Posted on Mon, February 11, 2013 at 15:09 pm CET
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A Look Back at Forty Years of Middle East Analysis

My main goal of forty years of Middle East analysis has been trying to explain the Middle East as it actually exists, how its politics work, and how its history can be understood… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Culture • History • Islamic Countries • Israel • Palestinian Arabs • Politics • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, April 30, 2012 at 21:32 pm CEST
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Libya: Assessing Berber Prospects

One reason the term “Arab Spring” is a misnomer is because of the participation of non-Arabs, including Kurds in Iraq and Syria as well as Berbers in Morocco and Libya… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Berbers • Libya • Maghreb • Religion 
Posted on Sat, January 21, 2012 at 16:25 pm CET
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Arabism Is Dead! Long Live…?

Many of the arguments and assumptions that governed the Arabic-speaking world for six decades have simply vanished… Continue reading

Topics: Arab League • Arab World • Democracy • Global Islam • Islamic Countries • Islamism • Politics • Religion • Syria 
Posted on Sun, November 6, 2011 at 21:37 pm CET
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Does Anyone Speak Arabic?

The question of multilingualism and the decline of the Arabic language in polyglot, multiethnic Middle Eastern societies… Continue reading

Topics: History • Islamic Countries • The Middle East 
Posted on Sun, July 10, 2011 at 23:23 pm CEST
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The historical evolution of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

The Muslim Brotherhood is the largest religious-social movement in the modern era… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Global Islam • Global Jihad • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Wed, April 27, 2011 at 00:38 am CEST
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The Anti-Democratic Super-Weapon: The Middle Easternization of the West

I have long thought that we are experiencing what might be called the Middle Easternization of the West but never fully understood it until… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Zionism • Eurabia • Islamophobia • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Multiculturalism • The Middle East 
Posted on Tue, February 15, 2011 at 21:40 pm CET
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What Next in Egypt? A Detailed Assessment

The Egyptian political situation has now entered a new phase. The first order of business is to write a new constitution, a process that should take months… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East 
Posted on Sun, February 6, 2011 at 21:56 pm CET
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Do Egyptians Want a Relatively Secular, Stable Democracy?

Here is the real issue: What do the masses want? Remember, it is the people of Egypt — especially in an election — that will determine the outcome, not just… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Eurabia • Global Islam • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • The Media 
Posted on Sat, January 29, 2011 at 14:31 pm CET
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Saudi King Condemns Egypt Protesters, Warns for Instability

Saudi Arabia’s king condemned protesters in Egypt on Saturday as “infiltrators and looters” seeking to destabilize their country… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Global Islam • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Saudi Arabia 
Posted on Sat, November 27, 2010 at 13:00 pm CET
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Faisal-Frankfurter Correspondence At the Paris Peace Conference, 1919

Following the Faisal-Weizmann Agreement, Emir Faisal exchanged letters with Judge Felix Frankfurter [who served as a Zionist delegate of the American delegation to the Paris Peace Conference], professing his support for Jewish claims in Palestine… Continue reading

Topics: Historical Documents • The Middle East • Zionism