Author: Sarah Akel
In an April 14, 2007 interview on an Arabic program on Israeli TV, Professor Menahem Milson [1] discussed the novel…
The Bush administration has changed its position regarding a possible receptive Israeli response to the calls of Syria’s President Bashar…
Syrian dissident Riad al-Turk urged President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday to lead Syria on the path to democracy or face…
Islamists always believed the U.S. was weak. Recent political trends won’t change their view. D uring the Cold War, two…
The first time I met Anwar al-Bunni, in June 2005, one of Syria’s numerous state-owned newspapers had just called him…
The first time I met Anwar al-Bunni, in June 2005, one of Syria’s numerous state-owned newspapers had just called him…
– Pierre Akel
They want neither Sharia, nor a coup, but a fully democratic Turkey. First they demonstrated in Ankara, then in Istanbul,…
His Majesty, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, may God bless him King of Bahrain The Women Petition Committee pays…
ZARQA, Jordan — Abu Ibrahim considers his dead friends the lucky ones. Four died in Iraq in 2005. Three more…
Seven young men who were engaged in developing a youth discussion group and for having some articles published on the…
– Nir boms – Zvi Barel
To All, Worldwide, Human Rights & Civil Society’s Organizations, including UN-Council on Human Rights As well as to Public Figures…
In an article on the Arab reformist websites Aafaq (April 9, 2007) and Middle East Transparent (April 8, 2007), Egyptian…
– David Schenker – Jane novak – Michael Young – Robin wright – Ariel Cohen
India was recently the ‘Guest of Honour’ country at the Paris International Book Fair (PIBF), which was held from 23…
Agence France-Presse – 03 April, 2007 The new petition – the first during the reign of King Abdullah- represents the…
– Iqbal Latif – Wajid Shamsul Hasan
Far more than in Shiite areas, sectarian hatred has shredded what remained of community life in Sunni neighborhoods of Baghdad
By Karen DeYoung Each day, thousands of pieces of intelligence information from around the world — field reports, captured documents,…
He beat her and threatened her with murder. But because husband and wife were both from Morocco, a German divorce…
To most Western minds, madrasahs are breeding grounds for terrorists. But that’s only one side of the coin. The syllabus…
An enduring image of General John Abizaid is of him bounding from an armored Humvee in one of Baghdad’s toughest…
By Sudarsan Raghavan Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, March 16, 2007; A01 BAGHDAD — U.S. troops are conducting security sweeps…
WASHINGTON, March 14 — The Bush administration, which six months ago issued a series of political goals for the Iraqi…
World Defense Review columnist Smoldering in Somalia More than three months after the United Nations Security Council first authorized an…
Louise Arbour, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Dear Ms. Arbour, I still remember our meeting in May 2005,…
The Daily Star Two Tuesdays ago, Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt spent 35 minutes with the president of the…
After the Damascus Spring Shortly after I arrived in Damascus last June, Amr Nazir Salem, the minister of telecommunications and…