Added on 02/12/2012
Juan Cole
Abdullah II , Amman , Arab Spring , Bahrain , Bahrain government , Bashar al-Assad , Constituent Assembly , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Governor , Israel , Jerusalem , Jordan , Lebanon , Libya , Middle East , Mohammed Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , Palestine , President , Prime Minister , Russia , Sana’a , Senate , South Yemen , Syria , Syrian army , Syrian government , Tahrir Square , Tripoli , Tunis , Tunisia , United Nations , US State Department , Washington , Yemen
JUAN COLE: From Jordan to Tunisia, from civil war to pilfered Palestinian land the Arab world is in a febrile state.
Added on 26/07/2012
Rob L. Wagner
America , Anthony Weiner , Arizona , Council on American-Islamic Relations , Dar Al-Hekma College , Glenn Beck , Hillary Clinton , Huma Abedin , hysteria , Islam , Israel , Jeddah , John McCain , Keith Ellison , Michele Bachmann , Michelle Bachmann , Michigan , military officer , Minnesota , Muslim Brotherhood , Pennsylvania , Republican Party , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of State , Senate , Soviet Union , United States , United States government , University of Pennsylvania , US government , US State Department
ROB L. WAGNER: The odious campaign by Michelle Bachmann against Huma Abedin marks the real beginning of a potentially disastrous period in U.S history
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 04/01/2012
Susan Al Shahri
Domestic Servants , Food and Drink , Human rights , Ministry of Education , National Human Rights Commission , Oman , Sultan Qaboos bin Said , US State Department
SUSAN AL SHAHRI: I’m a proud Omani but the way in which my fellow country people treat domestic servants fills me with shame. We must change.
Added on 25/10/2011
James Mullan
Damascus , Robert Ford , Starbucks , Syria , United States , US State Department , Washington DC
NEWS ANALYSIS: The US Ambassador to Syria has made quite a name for himself during his stint in Damascus. But he’s also ruffled many governmental feathers.
Added on 12/06/2011
Common Ground News Service
Barack Obama , Benjamin Netanyahu , Hebrew University , Israel , Jordan Valley , Knesset , Middle East , One Voice , Palestine , President , Prime Minister , Tel Aviv University , United States , US State Department , Washington
DAHLIA SCHEINDLIN, CGNEWS: There are a group of people who, it would appear, support Barack Obama’s vision (and that of most of the rest of the world) for a Palestinian State.
Added on 09/04/2011
Juan Cole
Al-Hayat , America , Amman , Beirut , Cairo , Cairo University , China , Declaration of Independence , Egypt , France , India , Islamabad , John Stuart Mill , Jordan , Martin Luther King Jr. , Middle East , Novelist , Pakistan , PayPal , Politics , Thomas Jefferson , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United States , US State Department , Washington
JUAN COLE: I am hopeful that the book will find an eager reception in Egypt, Tunisia and other countries yearning for democracy in the Arab world.
Added on 08/03/2011
Shabina S. Khatri
Arabian Gulf , Doha , Electricity , Emir , Facebook , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Food and Drink , Hamad Bin Khalifa al Thani , Healthcare , Israel , Media law , Middle East , Natural gas , press law , Qatar , Sheikha Mozah , The Huffington Post , Twitter , United States , US State Department
SHABINA S. KHATRI: Qatar is a welfare state that financially-speaking takes care of its people. The 350,000 nationals enjoy an average per capita income of $75,000 annually.
Added on 15/12/2010
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
anthropologist , California , China , Colonel , Gaddafi , Kim Jong-il , North Korea , President , Prime Minister , Putin , Roman Abramovich , Russia , Sarkozy , The National , Turkmenistan , United States , University of California , US State Department , Wikileaks
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMMED: We secretly love the utterly trivial gossip that even diplomats exchange. My favourite? Sarkozy’s rabbit chasing…
Added on 09/12/2010
David Roberts
2022 World Cup , Qatar , Qatar 2022 , Qatar 2022 recruitment , Qatari Government , US State Department
DAVID ROBERTS: Clearly, to build the stadiums and the infrastructure for the competition, Qatar will need yet more workers from abroad.
