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A Secular Future for Tunisia?

As Tunisia is lauded for having its first free election, skeptics are beginning to wonder if the Tunisian Revolution of 2011 might play out like...

Sarkozy upstages President Obama at the UN

Today, the UN General Assembly hosted the speech of two of the most important world leaders, US President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas...

Interview with Riad al Turk, Syria's most prominent opposition figure

On Friday, July 29, 2011, journalist Mohamad Ali al Atassi interviewed Riad al Turk, whose story was published in Dar al Hayat, (meaning House of...

Obama tells AIPAC to read his lips, and smell the Arab wind

President Obama wanted the last word at AIPAC and he got it this morning when he delivered his annual speech at the American Israeli Political...

Obama's speech on the Middle East: analysis

The venue of choice for the speech was the right one: the State Department. This morning, we finally heard President Obama's much anticipated...

Israel, the legacy of 1948 and the Palestinian Nakba

This month, Israel celebrated its 63rd year of existence as a Jewish state. Interestingly, not everyone is in agreement as to how this state came...

Why the anti-American sentiment in Egypt?

There are too many reasons, but they can be narrowed down to a few core issues that have troubled Egyptian citizens for a long time. It should also...