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
Iraq is in a mess. Violence continues. Factionalism leads to endless bickering. Corruption is at high levels. Christians live in fear or flee altogether. Islamism is constantly creeping forward… Continue reading
Now the initial euphoria about the Arab revolts has subsided, it’s clear the ‘Arab Spring’ will not bring a liberal, secular, Western (or Islamic) model of democracy to the Arab world… Continue reading
In the recent destruction of Commonwealth war graves in Benghazi, Libya, you can see not just the desecration of graves, but attacks on crosses… Continue reading
Asharq Al-Awsat conducted a lengthy telephone interview with Al-Hassi from Tripoli… Continue reading
And the Americans brought them to power… Continue reading
The region-wide upheaval known as “the Arab Spring” would make it seem that terrorism, especially Islamist terrorism, is pretty much as dead as are its thousands of victims… Continue reading
Conflicts between Sunni and Shia Muslims are not at all new, but… Continue reading
At the end of 2011 is anyone in the Arabic-speaking world better off as a result of the upheavals of the Arab Spring… Continue reading
Is Tunisia, the Arab world’s historically most moderate country in social and intellectual terms, headed for Islamism… Continue reading
Turkey’s emergence in the 21st century as a Middle Eastern power has been in the making for the last decade… Continue reading
The “Arab Spring” is the name given to the tumultuous political events of 2011… Continue reading
It’s time for the Fifth Internationale, that of the Muslim Brotherhoods… Continue reading
When Abdul Jalil talks about reforms, he is (and was) doing so with an Islamist agenda in mind… Continue reading
Fifty Libyan Muslim Brotherhood mercenaries arrived in the Gaza Strip from Tripoli last month… Continue reading
Islamism will be the dominant political force in Libya… Continue reading
Nasrallah assured Hizballah troops they are capable of fighting Israel without Iranian or Syrian help… Continue reading
Many people find it hard to comprehend what the Obama Administration thinks it’s doing in the Middle East… Continue reading
The New York Times and BBC headlines on the Tunisian elections tell us it is a victory for “moderate Islamists”… Continue reading
The shadowy, scattered and underground Islamist forces have become powerful… Continue reading
What a myopic view the Western media and its array of “experts” have concerning the so-called “Arab Spring”… Continue reading
On December 24, Qaddafi loyalists descended on the predominately Amazigh (Berber) town of Yefren, attacking the homes of Berber leaders… Continue reading
What can we learn from the death of Libyan dictator Moammar Qadhafi… Continue reading
In a nod to his father’s dream to serve as grand regional mediator… Continue reading
According to a local Libyan political observer the Qaddafi family has been in a tailspin lately… Continue reading
Questions swirl around the death outside Sirte Thursday of Muammar Qaddafi… Continue reading
Throughout the ongoing unrest in the Middle East and North Africa… Continue reading
The September 12-16 tour of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Egypt, Tunisia and Libya has occasioned the question what role… Continue reading
As for Syria, it is inadmissible to boycott proposals on a national dialogue, stir up confrontation and provoke violence… Continue reading
Allow me to salute the martyrs and youths of Tunisia’s peaceful revolution, a revolution for freedom and dignity that offered to the world an Arab Spring… Continue reading
The call for freedom and democracy from the streets of the Arab world has brought about great change… Continue reading
The Arab world is witnessing profound events and transformations… Continue reading
Today, I stand before you to show the world that a new Libya is coming to life… Continue reading
The legitimate aspirations of both the Palestinian and Israeli peoples for peace, safety and statehood must be fulfilled… Continue reading
The people of the Arab world have made their aspirations clear… Continue reading
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