Added on 15/05/2012
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Anders Behring Breivik , Bahrain , Church of the Nativity , Congress , Daniel Pipes , Department of Defense , Egypt , G20 , Hiroshima , Indonesia , Islam , Jordan , Kuwait , Mecca , Michigan , Middle East , Morocco , Norfolk , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Pakistan , Pentagon , President , Renaissance Party , Robert Spencer , Spencer Ackerman , Tunisia , Turkey , United States , US military , Virginia , Washington , Washington DC
JUAN COLE: The Pentagon has launched an investigation into a class on Islam which characterises all Muslims as radical, violent extremists
Added on 09/05/2012
Syria News Wire
BBC , Electricity , Food and Drink , President , Red Crescent , Red Cross , Syria , Turkey , United Nations
NEWS FROM SYRIA: The Red Cross issued a rare political statement on Syria to highlight the critical situation facing citizens there.
Added on 07/05/2012
Francis Matthew
Economy , Turkey , UAE , Youth
FRANCIS MATTHEW: This regional popularity is an asset and the UAE should make every effort to nurture the conditions that built this reputation.
Added on 02/05/2012
Juan Cole
Actor , Al Qaeda , Anders Breivik , Barack Obama , Bashar al-Assad , Ba’ath Party , Bin Laden , Damascus , Egypt , Gingrich , Governor , Guinea , Hamas , Hassan Nasrallah , Hizballah , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Israel , Jimmy Carter , Joe Biden , Lebanon , Lord’s Resistance Army , Middle East , Mitt Romney , Muslim Brotherhood , Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt , Muslim Brotherhood of Syria , Newt Gingrich , Osama Bin Laden , Palestinian Territories , President , Ron Paul , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Syrian Muslim Brotherhood , Tunisia , Turkey , United States , US Elections
JUAN COLE: Romney clearly doesn’t have the slightest idea what he is talking about, and seems intent on alienating 1.5 billion Muslims
Added on 16/04/2012
Syria News Wire
Ba'athist , Damascus , Iraq , Lebanon , Religion , Robin Yassin-Kassab , Syria , Syrian National Council , Turkey
NEWS FROM SYRIA: It’s time that Syrians properly addressed the issue of sectarianism instead of pushing it to one side.
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 13/04/2012
Juan Cole
Africa , Ali Khamenei , America , Anglo-Iranian Oil Company , Asia , Binyamin Netanyahu , BP , British government , China , Congress , Electricity , European Union , Food and Drink , France , Germany , Greece , India , Indonesia , Iran , Iranian government , Iranian parliament , Iran’s central bank , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Japan , Latin America , Leon Panetta , Manmohan Singh , Middle East , Obama , Obama administration , Oil , oil fields , oil imports , oil prices , Oil production , oil profits , Persian Gulf , President , Prime Minister , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of Defense , South Korea , South Sudan , Soviet Union , Syria , Tehran , Turkey , U.S. intelligence , United Kingdom , United States , Washington , Winston Churchill
JUAN COLE: It’s well worth looking at previous situations where major powers tried to use economics to bring Iran to heel.
Added on 05/04/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Europe , Greece , Mecca , Middle East , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Shisha , Turkey , United States
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Mecca has become a smokeless environment, with Shisha, religiously suspect, being banished to the city’s limits.
Added on 16/03/2012
Syria News Wire
Aleppo , Arab League , Army , Damascus , Democracy , Facebook , Free Syrian Army , Golan Heights , Hama , Homs , Istanbul , Lebanon , Mobile Phones , Muslim Brotherhood , President , Protests , Ramadan , Red Cross , Syria , Syrian Golan Heights , Syrian National Council , Turkey , United States
SYRIA NEWS WIRE: It began with a small demonstration by young people in Deraa. The flames have spread and now engulf the nation.
Added on 13/03/2012
Common Ground News Service
Aziz Abu Sarah , Center for World Religions , DC , Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution , Egypt , George Mason University , Israel , Jerusalem , Jordan , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Ramallah , tour guide , Turkey , Virginia , Washington , Western Wall
AZIZ ABU SARAH, TALIA SALEM, CGNEWS: A new, self-funding tourism initiative promotes active interfaith dialogue.
Added on 08/03/2012
Common Ground News Service
Democracy , Egypt , Egyptian army , Egyptian government , Gamal Abdel Nasser , Hosni Mubarak , Journalist , Media outlets , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , Mustafa Abdelhalim , Pakistan , President , Supreme Council of Armed Forces , Turkey , United States
MUSTAFA ABDELHALIM, CGNEWS: It works in many European countries and in Turkey. Why not in Egypt?
Added on 04/03/2012
Rachel McArthur
America , Arab League , Artist , Dubai , Far East , iPhone , Lebanon , Microsoft , Ramadan , Singer , Starbucks , Turkey , Twitter , United Arab Emirates , United States
RACHEL MCARTHUR: Ragheb has been praised by critics for his fairness, but it has not been clear if he was going to return for the next season – until now.
Added on 25/02/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , blasphemy , counsel , Crown Prince , Facebook , Hamza Kashgari , Jeddah , Journalist , Malaysia , Nayef , New Zealand , Poet , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , The Arab News , Turkey , Twitter , UN Court
ROB L. WAGNER: His religious comments were ill-chosen but they are not the only reason that he is in serious trouble.
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 16/02/2012
SuhaibWebb
America , Canada , Hafez Assad , Iraq , Jordan , Montreal , President , Skype , Syria , Tunisia , Turkey , United States
HAJAR ABDUL RAHIM, SUHAIBWEBB: My parents fled Syria to avoid jail, torture and possible death. I have begun to appreciate truly the price they paid.
Added on 15/02/2012
Common Ground News Service
Al Ahram Weekly , America , Brazil , Cairo , Democracy , Egypt , Freedom and Justice Party , Germany , India , Japan , Journalist , Mohamed el Sayed , Muslim Brotherhood , Oil , Singapore , South Korea , Suez , Suez Canal , the Al Ahram Weekly , Turkey , United States , Washington
MOHAMED EL-SAYED, CGNEWS: A very unlikely relationship indeed is beginning to take shape.
Added on 12/02/2012
David Roberts
Aleppo , Arab League , Army , Assad , Bashar al-Assad , China , Energy , Free Syrian Army , Golan Heights , Hafez Al Assad , Hama , Hizballah , Iran , Jordan , Lebanon , Libya , Mediterranean Sea , Oil , President , Qatar , Quds Force , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Syrian army , Tehran , Turkey , United Nations , United Nations Security Council
DAVID ROBERTS: Working out exactly what must be done is fiendishly difficult; anyone who says they have a solution is grossly underestimating the complexities.
Added on 04/02/2012
Richard Silverstein
Actor , Assad government , Bibi Netanyahu , Censorship , free press , Free speech , Gaza Strip , Haaretz , IDF , Iran , Islamist government , Islamist party , Israel , Israeli Knesset , Israeli police , Jarrah , Maariv , Ma’an , New York , Passover , Prime Minister , Richard Nixon , Shin Bet , Sinai , Singer , Supreme Court , Syria , The Jerusalem Post , The New York Times , Turkey , United States , Uri Blau , West Bank
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Is Israel a haven for the free press? Hardly. It allows extensive use of gag orders to protect the state, the military, and the wealthy.
Added on 30/01/2012
Common Ground News Service
Al-Nahda , Arab Spring , Damascus , deputy chief , Egypt , Egyptian military , Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood , Fatah , Gaza , Hamas , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Israeli government , Middle East , Natalia Simanovsky , North America , Palestinian Authority , Prime Minister , Qatar , research officer , Salafist Al Nour party , Salam Fayyad , Sinai , Syria , Tunisia , Turkey , United States
NATALIA SIMANOVSKY, CGNEWS: It’s highly unfortunate that Israel seems to treat all change in the Arab world as a threat to itself.
