Added on 31/12/2012
Tabsir
Abdel Bari Atwan , Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Algeria , America , Arabic newspaper , Ayman al-Zawahiri , Editor-in-Chief , Egypt , Florida , Foreign Affairs , Gaza Strip , Iraq , Islam , Israel , Jerusalem , Leon Panetta , Libya , London , Mali , Middle East , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Pentagon , President , Somalia , Sudan , Syria , Taliban , U.S. administration , United States , Washington , West Bank , Yemen , YouTube
KHALED FATTAH, TABSIR: There is a lazy shorthand in much Western reporting on the Middle East, particularly when it comes to describing the influence of tribes
Added on 15/09/2012
mai abdul rahman
Afghanistan , Cairo , Chris Stevens , Egypt , Hillary Clinton , India , Iran , Iraq , Islam , Israel , Jordan , Kuwait , Lebanon , Libya , Los Angeles , Malaysia , Mauritania , messenger , Morocco , Palestinian Territories , Sam Bacile , Secretary of State , Sudan , Terry Jones , Tunisia , United States , US embassy in Cairo , Yemen , YouTube
And so the violence associated with a vile, hate filled movie escalates. Why can we not fight hate with wisdom and rationality?
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: And so the violence associated with a vile, hate filled movie escalates. Why can we not fight hate with wisdom and rationality?
Added on 06/08/2012
Richard Silverstein
Al Qaeda , Arab Spring , Bibi Netanyahu , Dick Cheney , Egypt , Egyptian military , Egyptian police , Ehud Barak , Eilat , Gaza , Haaretz , Hamas , IDF , Iran , Islamists , Israel , Israeli army , Michael Oren , Mubarak , Muslim Brotherhood , Pakistan , Ramadan , Shin Bet , Sinai , Somalia , Sudan , Syria , United States , Yemen
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: There are forces out there seeking to capitalize on the Arab Spring: It’s s a different world Israel is facing. A harsher world, one more difficult to control.
Added on 12/07/2012
Jonathan Cook
Activist , Afghanistan , Al Aqsa Mosque , Al-Aqsa , Ariel Sharon , Army Radio , Bedouin , Belgium , Benjamin Netanyahu , California , Eid , Europe , France , Germany , Grand Mosque , Haaretz , Hebrew University , Human Rights Association , Iran , Iraq , Islam , Israel , Israeli government , Israeli police , Jaffa , Jerusalem , Mediterranean coast , Nazareth , Negev , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Rabbi , Ramallah , Sea of Galilee , Sudan , Supreme Court , Tel Aviv , the Heritage , United States , US State Department , West Bank , Western Wall
JONATHAN COOK: Proof that Israel has been engaging in a proactive campaign to destroy Islamic places of worship under its control is there for all to see.
Added on 04/07/2012
Ramzy Baroud
Arab Spring , Camp David , Egypt , Fatah , Gaza , Israel , Jerusalem , Khartoum , Middle East , Muhammad Mursi , Muslim Brotherhood , Palestine , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian Territories , President , Sudan , Syria , Tunisia , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , West Bank
RAMZY BAROUD: The authorities in every Arab country are expected to express solidarity with the plight of the Palestinians. Is it just nice noise?
Added on 24/06/2012
Tabsir
Africa , Arab Spring , Atlantic ocean , Bahrain , Burkina Faso , Egypt , Libya , Mali , Mauritania , Niger , Northern Mali , Sudan , Syria , Tahrir Square , Tunisia , Yemen
DANIEL M. VARISCO: It’s a crisis that seems to have evaded the world’s attention but the human disaster that Sahel is facing is vast
Added on 01/06/2012
Editor, MEP
2010 World Cup , 2018 World Cup , 2022 World Cup , Asian Football Confederation , Bloomberg , Caribbean Football Union , Doha Olympics , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Geneva , International Criminal Court , International Labor Organization , International Olympic Committee , International Trade Union Confederation , Jack Warner , Labor , labor minister , Law , Libya , Mark Pieth , Mohammed bin Hammam , Olympics , Olympics 2020 , Omar al-Bashir , President , Qatar , Russia , Sepp Blatter , Sharan Burrow , Sudan , Villaggio
JAMES DORSEY: Critics are asserting Qatari building standards are shoddy and cast doubt on the safety standards of stadiums…
Added on 27/05/2012
Tabsir
Afghanistan , America , Baghdad , Cairo , Egypt , Europe , France , International Monetary Fund , Iraq , Kabul , Libya , Middle East , Paris , Sana’a , Somalia , Sudan , Syria , Tunisia , United Nations , West Bank , Yemen , Yemeni military
DANIEL M. VARISCO: Whether it’s Syria or Yemen the bloodshed just seems to go on. It’s always been so.
Added on 23/04/2012
The View From Fez
Abdul Hadi , Canada , Casablanca , Dubai , Egypt , Fez , Iraq , Jordan , Lebanon , Mainstream media , Marrakech , Montreal , Morocco , Palestinian Territories , photojournalist , Sudan , Syria , Tamara Abdul Hadi , The Guardian , The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , United Arab Emirates , Vanessa Bonnin
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: Her photography has captured the imagination of people around the Arab world and beyond. She discusses her project.
Added on 13/04/2012
Tabsir
Afghanistan , Conflict , Europe , Gaza , Hamas , Iraq , Jerusalem , Libya , Mali , Middle East , Nigeria , Pakistan , starvation , Sudan , Syria , Turkey , United States , War , Yemen
DANIEL M. VARISCO: What is it about us a species that we seem to be in a state of perpetual conflict?
Added on 21/02/2012
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Asaf Ali Zardari , Central Intelligence Agency , China , Delhi , Egypt , Egyptian government , Electricity , Energy crisis , European Union , France , India , Iran , Iraq , Islamabad , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Japan , Khartoum , Nigeria , Obama , Oil , Oil production , oil profits , Pakistan , President , Saudi Arabia , South Korea , South Sudan , Sudan , Suez , Suez Canal , Syria , Tehran , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , US government , Washington
JUAN COLE: The last crackpot Neocon plan cost America $1 trillion and nearly 5,000 soldier’s lives. The latest one is meeting resistance.
Added on 07/02/2012
James M. Dorsey
Afghanistan , Africa , Al Qaeda , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Arab League , Atlantic coast , Beijing , Benghazi , Central Asia , China , Damascus , Djibouti , East Africa , Egypt , Europe , International Criminal Court , Libya , Middle East , Muammar Qaddafi , North Africa , Pakistan , President , Russia , Security Council , Sinai desert , Social Media , Somalia , Sudan , Syria , the Hague , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: China’s veto of the U.N’s resolution condemning Syria is a watershed moment for its involvement in the Middle East.
Added on 27/12/2011
James M. Dorsey
African Champions League , Algeria , Captain , Champion’s League , Democracy , East Africa , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Football , Hosni Mubarak , Interpol , Libya , Middle East , Moammar Qaddafi , Morocco , Niger , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Saadi Al Qaddafi , Soccer , South Sudan , Sudan , Tunis , Tunisia , Yemen , Zambia
JAMES M. DORSEY: A study has revealed that 5 North African nations experiencing upheaval in 2011 have seen football teams improve markedly.
Added on 20/10/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abu Dhabi , Ali Sabat , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Chechnya , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Holy Qur'an , Indonesia , Morocco , Oman , Philips , Poet , Qatar , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Saudi court , Shoura Council , Sudan , Tara Umm Omar , Turkey , Yanbu , Yemen
ROB L. WAGNER: A recent ruling by the Shoura Council in Saudi Arabia has brought the issue of black magic to the fore again. Its influence is huge.
Added on 27/08/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Ariel Sharon , Army , Camp David , Egypt , Egyptian military , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Hamas , Israel , Israeli military , Lebanon , Ma’an , Mobile Phones , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , President , Red Sea , Ronald Reagan , Secretary of State , Sinai , Sudan , United States , Uri Avnery , Washington
RAMZY BAROUD: Why is Israel bent on discrediting Egypt, exploiting the most sensitive period of its modern history, and destabilizing the border area?
Added on 05/08/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Army , Benjamin Netanyahu , CNN , Damascus , David Wurmser , France , Golan Heights , Hafez Al Assad , Hama , Hizballah , Iraq , Israel , Israeli army , Israeli government , Lebanon , Libya , President , Richard Perle , Sudan , Syria , Syrian army , Syrian Golan Heights , United States
RAMZY BAROUD: There is no simple linear reading of the events that have overwhelmed Syria in recent months. The country is deeply embroiled in so many vital, strategic regional issues.
Added on 24/07/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Africa , British government , Djibouti , East Africa , Ethiopia , Food and Drink , Italy , Kenya , Libya , Media outlets , Middle East , Organization of Islamic Cooperation , Oxfam , Somalia , Sudan , The Telegraph , United Kingdom , United Nations , United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund , United States , World Health Organization
RAMZY BAROUD: Maybe it’s time to save a few bombing runs on Libya and donate the proceeds to the humanitarian catastrophe that’s unfolding in the Horn of Africa?
Added on 14/07/2011
Naseem Tarawnah
Denmark , Egypt , Iraq , Japan , Jordan , Lebanon , Libya , Middle East , Palestinian Territories , Sudan , Sweden , Syria , Tunisia , Yemen
NASEEM TARAWNAH: We Jordanians have a problem. We’re always comparing ourselves to others but using the worst of the region as our benchmark.
Added on 21/05/2011
The Moor Next Door
Abdullah , Algeria , Algerian government , Algiers , America , Arab Gulf , Bahrain , Bahraini government , Barack Obama , Cairo , Civil society , Clinton , Damascus , Department of State , Deputy Secretary , East Africa , Egypt , Energy , European Union , Hamas , Iran , Israel , Jordan , Libya , Manama , Mauritania , Middle East , Mohamed Bouazizi , Morocco , Mubarak , North Africa , Obama , Palestinian Territories , President , Rabat , Rami Khouri , Riyadh , Rosa Parks , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Syria , Tunis , Tunisia , United States , Washington
THE MOOR NEXT DOOR: There was little new in Obama’s ‘Arab Spring’ speech. Nervous light criticism of Bahrain, no reference to Gulf allies and a minor poke of Israel.
Added on 11/05/2011
Omar al-Issawi
Afghanistan , Al Ahram , Algeria , Anwar Sadat , Beirut , Christianity , Christmas , Easter , Egypt , Europe , Gamal Abdul Nasser , Grand Mosque , Hamas , Hizballah , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Iraq , Islam , Israel , Lebanon , Libya , Mecca , Michel Aflaq , Middle East , Oil , Osama Bin Laden , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian Territories , Peace , President , Salah Al Bitar , Spain , Sudan , Syria , Tehran , the Egyptian daily , Turkey , United States , US House of Representatives , Yasser Arafat
OMAR AL ISSAWI: The latest round of sectarian strife in Egypt is not about sectarian confrontation. It is about ignorance.
