Added on 14/02/2011
Juan Cole
Al Qaeda , Algeria , Algiers , Bahrain , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Iran , Manama , Oil , Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries , Palestine Authority , President , Prime Minister , Reuters , Salam Fayyad , Tunisia , United States , Washington , West Bank , Yemen , Yemeni military
JUAN COLE – Events are moving quickly around the Arab World following the departure of Hosni Mubarak. I highlight, what I believe, are the most significant developments.
Added on 05/02/2011
Steve Royston
Abdulaziz , Abdullah , Al Qaeda , Bahrain , Bahrain government , Crown Prince , Dammam , Egypt , Facebook , Faisal , Finland , Food prices , Internet space , Jeddah , Jordan , Madinah , Makkah , Minister of Information , Ministry of Information , National Assembly , Print media , Riyadh , Satellite TV , Saud , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Tahrir Square , Tunisia , Twitter , Yemen
STEVE ROYSTON: I have had a few conversations whether Egypt will impact Saudi. My answer would be no – at least not in the current conditions.
Added on 05/02/2011
Eman-Al-Nafjan
Egypt , Israel , Jeddah , Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Social Media , Syria , Tunis , Tunisia , US Federal Reserve , Yemen , YouTube
EMAN AL NAFJAN: Shocked as they are by the events in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen and Jordan there are strong historical reasons why Saudis remain viewers, not participants.
Added on 03/02/2011
Brit in Beirut
Egypt , Egypt Protests , Iran , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Middle East , Syria , Syrian military , Tunisia , Yemen
BRITINBEIRUT: The events in Egypt came as a surprise to many (not least, it appears, the U.S State Department), however in the Middle East conflict is never far from the surface.
Added on 02/02/2011
Mondoweiss
Abdullah , Abdullah II , Alexandria , Anwar Sadat , Argentina , Army , Barack Obama , Ben Ali , Bolivia , Brazil , Bush , Cairo , Camp David , Chile , Egypt , Egyptian government , France , Gamal Abdel Nasser , Gaza , Haaretz , Hillary Clinton , Hosni Mubarak , Human Rights Watch , Interior Ministry , International Atomic Energy Agency , Interpol , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jimmy Carter , Jonestown , Jordan , Joshua Landis , Latin America , Lebanon , Mahmoud Abbas , Menachem Begin , Middle East , military officer , Mohamed elBaradei , Mohammed Bouazizi , Mubarak's government , Muslim Brotherhood , Obama administration , October Bridge , Oil , oil producers , Omar Suleiman , P. J. Crowley , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , Paraguay , Pentagon , President , Prime Minister , Ramallah , Saddam Hussein , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of State , Sidi Bouzid , Silvan Shalom , Social Media , Suez , Suez Canal , Suzanne Mubarak , Tunisia , U.S embassy , U.S. , U.S. military , United Kingdom , United States , Uruguay , Usher , Washington , White House , Workers Party , Yemen
PHYLLIS BENNIS, MONDOWEISS: Do the principles on which the U.S. was founded apply to more than 300 million Arabs?
Added on 02/02/2011
Common Ground News Service
Algeria , Army , Cairo , Common Ground News Service , Egypt , Facebook , Hosni Mubarak , Jordan , Middle East , Omar Suleiman , President , Tunisia , Twitter , Yemen , Zine el Abidine Ben Ali
FARAH I. ABDEL SATER: One outstanding feature of the recent turmoil in Tunisia and now in Egypt is the prominent and active role of the region’s youth.
Added on 02/02/2011
Jonathan Cook
Abdul Hadi , Avigdor Lieberman , Birzeit University , Camp David , Egypt , Fatah , Gaza , Haifa University , Hamas , Israel , Jerusalem , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Oslo , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian national movement , Pennsylvania , politics professor , President , Ramallah , Security Council , Tunisia , UN General Assembly , United Nations , United States , West Bank , Yemen
JONATHAN COOK: Eighteen years of the so-called ‘peace process’ appear to have drawn to a close and the Palestinian people feel betrayed by their negotiators.
Added on 01/02/2011
Steve Royston
Africa , Ban Ki Moon , Ben Ali , China , Davos , East Africa , Egypt , Europe , France , G20 , Haiti , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Jordan , Marshall , Middle East , Mubarak , North Africa , Oil supplies , Pakistan , Suez , Suez Canal , UN General Assembly , Unemployment , United Nations , Yemen
STEVE ROYSTON: A focus on regeneration will have a longer-lasting effect than quick political fixes that will do nothing to alleviate the lot of the frustrated…
Added on 31/01/2011
David Roberts
Bahrain , Berlin , Cairo , Egypt , Jordan , Mubarak , Muslim Brotherhood , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Sky News , Tahrir Square , Tunisia , Turkey , Yemen
DAVID ROBERTS: How exactly people think things will ipso facto get better I don’t understand. You can’t eat or pay rent with democracy.
Added on 30/01/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Abdullah , Army , Cell phones , Egypt , Henry Kissinger , Israel , Jeddah , Jordan , Middle East , Mubarak , national government , Omar Suleiman , Sadat , Saudi Arabia , Tunisia , United States , Yemen
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The big question, of course, is ‘After Mubarak, what?’ I’m sure Mubarak feels, as did Louis XV, Après moi, le déluge.
Added on 28/01/2011
Omar al-Issawi
Algeria , Ben Ali , DC , Egypt , Gaddafi , Jordan , Libya , Mubarak , Nasser , Oil , Palestinian Territories , President , Saleh , Tunisia , Washington , Yemen
OMAR AL-ISSAWI: For years I’ve observed with great sadness Arabs who glorified the achievements of a distant past while offering nothing for the future.
Added on 17/01/2011
Hisham Wyne
Algeria , Ben Ali , Democracy , Egypt , Europe , Iraq , Julian Assange , Kuwait , Libya , Mubarak , Oil states , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Tunisia , Twitter , UAE , United Arab Emirates , United States , Yemen
HISHAM WYNE: Tunisa’s revolution has little to do with the ideals of democracy. It’s a simple cry for better quality of life.
Added on 15/01/2011
James M. Dorsey
Abdullah , Al Qaeda , Algeria , Ben Ali , Darfur , East Africa , Egypt , European Union , G-8 , Hillary Clinton , Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Kuwait , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , North Africa , Obama administration , Oil , Political systems , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Samir Rifai , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of State , Somalia , Southern Sudan , southern Yemen , Sudan , Syria , Tunisia , Tunisian government , Turkey , United Nations , United States , University of Jordan , Yemen , Zine el Abidine Ben Ali
JAMES M. DORSEY: A wave of protests across the Arab world sets the stage for the redrawing of the political map of the Mideast and North Africa.
Added on 12/01/2011
Osama Al Sharif
Addis Ababa , Africa , Algeria , Amman , Colonel , Darfur , Egypt , Iraq , Israel , journalist and political commentator , Khartoum , Middle East , Morocco , Oil , Osama Al Sharif , President , Southern Sudan , Sudan , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen
OSAMA AL SHARIF: The modern history of Sudan is dominated by immature political and religious agendas that ignored the country’s racial, religious and economic complexities.
Added on 12/01/2011
Ahmed-Al-Omran
Algeria , Egypt , Employment , Gaza , Jordan , Lebanon , Middle East , Mohamed Bouazizi , Morocco , Social Media , Stanford University , Tunisia , Unemployment , United States Agency for International Development , West Bank , Yemen , Youth
AHMED AL OMRAN: Identity, lack of economic opportunity, freedom of expression – these are just some of the issues facing young people throughout the Arab World.
Added on 05/01/2011
Osama Al Sharif
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Alexandria , Baghdad , Condoleezza Rice , Coptic Church , Copts , Egypt , Egyptian government , Iran , Iraq , Islam , Israel , Lebanon , Middle East , New Year's Day , Pakistan , policeman , Reuters , Secretary of State , Somalia , Sudan , Terrorism , UN Court , United States , Washington , Yemen
OSAMA AL SHARIF: Christians are not the only victims of sectarian terror: Mosques, shrines, religious parades have been targeted indiscriminately, affecting Sunnis, Shias and other sects…
Added on 03/01/2011
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Ahmet Davutoglu , Alexandria , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Ankara , Asia , Avigdor Lieberman , Bush , Christian Church , Damascus , Egypt , Egyptian military , Gaza , Germany , Hamas , Hamid Karzai , Hosni Mubarak , House of Representatives , India , Iran , Iraq , Iraqi army , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Jordan , Justice and Development Party , Kirkuk , Lebanon , MEK , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , Netanyahu government , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama administration , Oil , Pakistan , Palestine , Palestine Authority , Paris , President , Republican Party , Swat Valley , Syria , Taliban , Tehran , Turkey , U.S. , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , US government , US military , Washington , West Bank , Wikileaks , Yemen
JUAN COLE: The Obama administration has been successful in tightening the financial noose on Iran during 2010, but Iran could fight back like a cornered rat…
Added on 23/12/2010
Osama Al Sharif
Asharq Al-Awsat , Darfur , Europe , Hizbollah , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jerusalem , Lebanon , Middle East , Obama , Obama administration , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Peace , President , Sudan , UN Security Council , United States , Washington , West Bank , Yemen
OSAMA AL SHARIF: 2010 has established that the region has failed to learn from its past. Failing to resolve conflicts does not mean that they simply go away.
Added on 19/12/2010
Prince El Hassan bin Talal
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Baghdad , Barack Obama , Cairo , Chanukah , Christmas , Common Ground News Service , Dubai , Eid Al-Adha , guard , Holy Temple , Iran , Iraq , Iraqi government , Jerusalem , Mecca , Middle East , Pakistan , Peace , President , United States , Yemen
HRH PRINCE EL HASSAN BIN TALAL: It was a year which began with much promise and, whisper it, hope around the Middle East. It ends, however, with feelings that are all too familiar…
Added on 11/12/2010
Alice Hackman
Africa , Al Qaeda , Anwar al-Awlaki , Common Ground News Service , Europe , Facebook , Iraq , London , Member of Parliament , Sana’a , The Guardian , United Kingdom , United States , World Trade Organization , Yemen , Yemeni government
ALICE HACKMAN: Say ‘Yemen’ to most people in the West and the word ‘terrorism’ comes immediately to mind. But yet this beautiful country has a lot to offer.
