Added on 24/09/2011
James M. Dorsey
Bashar al-Assad , Democracy , East Africa , Egypt , Facebook , Indonesia , Iran , Middle East , mobile telephony , North Africa , Philippines , President , Russia , Social Media , Syria , Tunisia , Twitter , United States , Zine El Abedine Ben Ali
JAMES M. DORSEY: Autocrats – and their advisers – around the region have clearly underestimated the power of social media. But how significant has it been in effecting real change?
Added on 19/09/2011
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Cell phones , Democracy , Egypt , Egyptian government , Facebook , Hisham Matar , International Peace Institute , Jennifer Sears , Libya , London , New York city , Novelist , Palestinian Territories , southern Yemen , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United Nations , Yemen
JENNIFER SEARS, ARABLIT: Two leading novelists attending an event in New York reflect on the role of intellectuals on this year’s events.
Added on 15/09/2011
Tabsir
Arab Spring , Bernard Lewis , Democracy , Edward Said , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Europe , Jerusalem , Libya , Middle East , Syria , The Jerusalem Post , Tunisia , Women , Yemen
DANIEL M. VARISCO: Here we go again. ‘Orientalist Historian Takes Warped Freudian View of Entire Arab population.’ Hmm, what about all those women who were in Tahrir Square?
Added on 12/09/2011
The Moor Next Door
Benghazi , Burkina Faso , Burundi , Chicago , Civil society , Eileen Byrne , Italy , Journalist , Liberia , Libya , News media , Nicaragua , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , President , Ramadan , Rwanda , Transitional National Council , Tripoli , Tunis , Tunisia , Uganda , United States , Western Libya , Yemen
EILEEN BYRNE, TMND: Now that Qaddafi’s regime has been unseated thoughts of the men who did the fighting are turning to the nation’s immediate priorities.
Added on 12/09/2011
Juan Cole
9/11 , Abdel Bari Atwan , Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Barack Obama , Ben Ali , Bin Laden , Bush Administration , Cairo , Central Intelligence Agency , Dick Cheney , Donald Rumsfeld , Egypt , George W. Bush , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Israel , Journalist , Libya , Martin Luther King Jr. , Middle East , Middle East Opinions of America , Mustafa Abdel Jalil , national government , Northern Pakistan , oil fields , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Palestinian Territories , Pentagon , President , Ronald Reagan , Saudi Arabia , Sayyid Qutb , Tahrir Square , Taliban , Tunisia , United Nations , United States , US government , Washington , Western Europe , Yemen
JUAN COLE: Al Qaeda’s vision for the Arab World has been comprehensively rejected. It appears that Arabs – in particular, young Arabs – are prepared to put their lives on the line, not for a Caliphate, but for parliamentary democracy.
Added on 11/09/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , Activist , ARAMCO , ASBAR Center for Studies , Bahrain , Board of Grievances , Cairo , communication technology , Dammam , Egypt , Emir , European Union , Facebook , Fahd , Gamal Abdel Nasser , Grievances , Hamas , Hatton Al-Fassi , Holy Qur'an , Islam , Islamic Ennahda Party , Jeddah , John F Kennedy , Journalist , King Abdullah , King Saud University , King Saud University in Riyadh , Libya , London School of Economics , Madinah , Makkah , Middle East , Mohammed Fahad Al-Qahtani , Morocco , MTV , Muslim Brotherhood , Nadia Bakhurji , News media , Nora bint Abdullah Al-Fayez , North Africa , oil industry , Prophet Muhammad , Richard Nixon , Riyadh , Saud bin Abdul Aziz , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Council of Engineers , Saudi government , Shoura Council , Social Media , Syria , Tabuk , Tahrir Square , Tunisia , Tunisian government , Twitter , United States , Women's Rights , Yemen
ROB L. WAGNER: There has been a lot of criticism of Saudi Arabia’s upcoming municipal elections. Some groups, however, know how best to work the system.
Added on 07/09/2011
Common Ground News Service
9/11 , Africa , Al Qaeda , Democracy , Egypt , Hassan bin Talal , Jordan , Middle East , Palestinian Territories , Tunisia , United States
HRH PRINCE EL HASSAN BIN TALAL, CGNEWS: It’s been a tumultuous decade defined in large part by violence and death but how different is the Middle East today?
Added on 27/08/2011
Lucy Emmerson
Army , Egypt , Eid Al- Fitr , Fatah , Iran , Libya , Ramadan , Saif al-Islam , Saudi Arabia , Tripoli , Tunisia
LUCY EMMERSON: The Libya that emerges from this conflict will be in dire need of rebuilding and there are those who doubt the NTC is up to the job…
Added on 22/08/2011
Juan Cole
Africa , Al Qaeda , Arab League , Baghdad , Barack Obama , Ben Ali , BP , chess , Egypt , Europe , France , George W. Bush , Hosni Mubarak , India , Iran , John McCain , Lebanon , Libya , McClatchy , Netherlands , Nicolas Sarkozy , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama administration , Oil , oil markets , oil prices , Oil wealth , Pentagon , President , Prime Minister , Robert Gates , Saif al-Islam Qaddafi , Secretary of Defense , Silvio Berlusconi , Spain , Tobruk , Transitional National Council , Tripoli , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , Western Europe , Western Mountain region , Zine el Abidine Ben Ali
JUAN COLE: It is worthwhile reviewing the myths about the Libyan Revolution that led so many observers to make so many fantastic or just mistaken assertions about it.
Added on 22/08/2011
James M. Dorsey
Ba’ath Party , Colonel , East Africa , Egypt , Energy , Food and Drink , Green Square , Hosni Mubarak , International Criminal Court , Iraq , James M. Dorsey , Libya , Middle East , Moammar Qaddafi , Muslim Brotherhood , Nanyang Technological University , Nanyang Technological University's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Saddam Hussein , Saif al-Islam , Tripoli , Tunisia , United States , Zine El Abedine Ben Ali
JAMES M. DORSEY: Libyans unlike Egyptians and Tunisians will be in a position to dismantle the former regime’s apparatus.
Added on 22/08/2011
Naseem Tarawnah
Bahrain , Egypt , Libya , Mubarak , Syria , Tripoli , Tunisia
NASEEM TARAWNAH: Thank you Tunisia for lighting a flame. Thank you Egypt for adding the fuel. And thank you Libya for keeping it alive.
Added on 18/08/2011
The Moor Next Door
Libya , Morocco , Tunisia
THE MOOR NEXT DOOR: They’ve been fighting hard against Qaddafi’s troops but turmoil throughout North Africa has seen an upswing in Berber identity.
Added on 17/08/2011
Common Ground News Service
Canada , Democracy , Dubai School , Egypt , Facebook , Fatah , International Monetary Fund , Muslim Brotherhood , Social Media , Tunisia , Twitter , United Arab Emirates , United States
MEHRUNISA QAYYUM, CGNEWS: Inspired by Twitter a grassroots Egyptian organisation has set up an online forum that limits participants to 140 seconds air time.
Added on 13/08/2011
James M. Dorsey
Al Ahly , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Bahrain , Bahrain Football Association , Barak Obama , East Africa , Egypt , FIFA , Gulf Cooperation Council , Gulf island , Hillary Clinton , Iran , James M. Dorsey , Libya , Middle East , Mohammed Hubail , Nanyang Technological University , Nanyang Technological University's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies , National Guard , North Africa , Obama , President , Protests , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of State , Shiaa , Soccer , Sunnis , Syria , Tunisia , United States , United States Navy , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: Mr. Obama does not want to put at risk the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet; nor does he want to cross what is a red line for Saudi.
Added on 12/08/2011
Mich Cafe
Abu Bakr , Abu Dhabi , AED , Al Habtoor Group , Bangladesh , Blue Mosque , Dubai , Germany , Islam , Istanbul , London , Mecca , Ramadan , Tunis , Tunisia , Vicky
I heard ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan saying, when people argued too much about
his intention to reconstruct the mosque of Allah’s Apostle, “You have talked too much.
I heard the Prophet saying, ‘Whoever built a mosque, Allah would build for him a similar place in Paradise’.”
MICH CAFE: The closer you get, the more splendid the mosque looks. The size is breathtaking and I had difficulty getting the four 60-meter-high minarets in one frame.
Added on 09/08/2011
The View From Fez
Asia , Europe , Lebanon , Morocco , Rabat , Tunisia , United States
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: Low prices combined with a growing reputation for excellence mean that many people from Europe and the United States are flocking to Moroccan plastic surgeons.
Added on 09/08/2011
Lucy Emmerson
Amr Hamzawy , Army , Egypt , Hosni Mubarak , Mubarak , Muslim Brotherhood , President , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces , the Egyptian daily , Tunisia , Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali
LUCY EMMERSON: As Saleh, Al-Assad and Gadaffi watch this trial, the message must be clear: no one is above the law, everyone will someday be held to account.
Added on 02/08/2011
Common Ground News Service
Beirut , Cairo , Congress , Egypt , Finance , John , Lebanon , London , Prime Minister , Saudi Arabia , Security Council , Tunisia , United Nations , United States , Women , Women's issues , Yemen
CGNEWS: Not a single woman was appointed to the recently unveiled Lebanese cabinet. 30 men now govern Lebanon. It’s, unfortunately, indicative of larger problems in society.
Added on 01/08/2011
Common Ground News Service
Bashar al-Assad , Cairo , East Africa , Egypt , important tools , Islam , Jordan , Journalist , journalist and activist , Lebanon , Maan News Agency , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , North Africa , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , President , Rasha Dewedar , Stockholm , Sweden , Syria , Tunisia , Women , Women's issues
RASHA DEWEDAR, CGNEWS: It’s an issue that faces women throughout the Arab world but progress, it appears, is being made in some countries to protect women.
Added on 27/07/2011
Lucy Emmerson
Africa , Egypt , Lina Ben M’henni , Middle East , President , Rights , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces , Tahrir Square , Time Magazine , Tunis , Tunisia , Women's issues
LUCY EMMERSON: Now is not the time to let “women’s issues” fall to the back of the agenda; they must not be deprived of the dignity that they have fought for.
