14 September 2016 Expanding Russian Influence, Faith Combines With Firepower NYT

31 August 2016 How Pakistan wound up on the same side as Iran in the Syria conflict. The Diplomat

23 August 2016 Woman in Turkey’s east celebrates divorce by decorating car, urges others to defend women’s rights Hurriyet

24 August 2016 Where is the West’s moral compass? Michael Young

24 August 2016 Creating Frankenstein: The Saudi Export of Wahhabism James M. Dorsey

8 June 2016 Saad Hariri spies a political lifeline in Lebanon Michael Young

16 May 2016 Obama’s false dichotomy: short beards vs. long beards Khairallah Khairallah

3 May 2016 Syria and the Holocaust: Putting ‘Never Again’ to the test Robert Satloff

11 April 2016 Newsreader interrupts her own broadcast to urge fellow Muslims to feel ‘shame’ and ‘stop shedding their conscience’ over terrorist atrocities  The Daily Mail

21 March 2016 5 facts about Israeli Druze, a unique religious and ethnic group Pew

19 February 2016 Coptophobia Alberto M. Fernandez

13 September 2016 Egypt hopes soccer will help polish its tarnished image James M. Dorsey

7 September 2016 60 Minutes Sport, the Qataris & the Tobacco Industry Declan Hill

30 August 2016 Kuwait dissolves Olympic Committee and National Football Association Play the Game