The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace puts out a monthly newsletter with nuggets of analysis on the Middle East, and it's always a treat. September's issue is out today (in a new format!) so check it out. I am probably going to blog about the Kuwait article (Rentierism Revisited) tomorrow or Friday – or maybe […]
So Secretary Rice just completed a tour of North Africa, hitting Libya, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. For obvious reasons her meetings with Muammar Qaddafi of Libya received a great deal of attention; click here for a little State Department commentary on Libya's role in the international community since its diplomatic relations with the US […]
As the election is almost upon us, this is the best time to become more informed about the issues. My goal with this post is to display the facts, and let you judge for yourself. The only thing that I will tell you to do is register and VOTE (if you didn't know, many states […]
In the beginning the motive was clear. The majority had to become a minority by killing, not by elections. At that time the country had no president and the assassination trend was meant to stop the majority from electing a president by 65 votes out of 128, which is the 50 + 1 formula. However, […]
The minimum wage was raised. Finally a piece of good news although at the prices they have here its far from being decent. Maybe some should slow down the corruption and use the money for the people. What an awkward idea, no? President Suleiman invited all camps [realistically there are more than two] to attend […]
This NYT article sheds a little light on why in the world OPEC would cut production when oil prices are still over $100 a barrel. (The price of a barrel was $104 at close of NYMEX today).
Kalima, an initiative of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, announced its intention to make 8 new titles available, including John Milton's Paradise Lost and Paradise Restored. Kalima aspires to make 100 new great works of other languages available in Arabic each year; their ambition is to rectify the current rate of translation […]
Policymakers and opinionmakers in Washington and the Middle East would do well to pay careful attention to today's article in the New York Times about Egyptians and other Arabs not believing claims by the United States that Osama bin Laden was responsible for the attacks of September 11. Some reasoning goes like this: – A […]
Mona Eltahawy has interviewed a series of Muslim Republicans and summarized their struggles this election cycle. In sum, it's not a good scene; one doctor described it thus: "I am truly having an identity crisis as a Muslim Republican. I really don't want to abandon the party, but I really feel the party has abandoned […]
Hillary's message has reached Saudi Arabia – the Human Rights Commission there has just added a women's and children's division.
Haifaa al Mansour gave an interview to Al Jazeera English's program One on One this week. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/IPu8TF7ANMQ” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] There is a brief article at Al Jazeera on the interview; you can watch the second part of the interview on YouTube as well. Al Mansour is a female Saudi filmmaker, which is […]
The spotlight remains on Tripoli this weekend, especially in light of Future Movement leader MP Saad Hariri's three-day visit, during which he has met representatives from the city. Hariri's efforts to create a climate that will foster reconciliation come after he had earlier warned that Syria “is trying to return to Lebanon through Tripoli.” Talks […]
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