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The strange logic of Taliben or Janjaweeds of killing their own if they dont get…
Pierre Akel While Lebanon’s ongoing crisis has enjoyed prominent media coverage all over the world,…
Unlike Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, which has been receiving extensive media coverage as a…
In a column recently I had expressed apprehensions that Pakistan rendered into a no-man’s land…
As the world community ponders reluctantly what to do with Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the mullah…
WASHINGTON, The American military quietly waged a campaign from Ethiopia last month to capture or…
By Wieland Wagner SPIEGEL ONLINE – China is sending more troops to the mostly Muslim…
China is sending more troops to the mostly Muslim province of Xinjiang in the far…
The 1978 work put the fear of God into any Western scholar who dared to…
FROM WORLD DEFENSE REVIEW Published 22 Feb 07 World Defense Review columnist Violence, Islamism, and…
Earlier this week, two statements neatly summarized the crisis in Lebanon. The first came from…
Extra, extra, read all about it: The Saudi-Jewish entente is here. The Saudis are rolling…
Senior leaders of Al Qaeda operating from Pakistan have re-established significant control over their once-battered…
The president is nippy and abrasive. This is what all those who have worked closely…
While the world is busy watching the developing crises in the Middle East, Morocco is…
Recently, from his perch at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, Germany’s former foreign minister, Joschka…
Poverty is not a shame. The shame is to deny its existence and to do…
On the second anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the United…
Problems on hold Over the past 15 months, since the November 2005 legislative elections, the…
SAUDI ARABIA’S WORLD The Saudi Arabia which German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit this weekend…
In March 2005, Samir Kassir wrote a column titled, “Beirut, the springtime of the Arabs.”…
She is a single mother of two, a well known Saudi journalist, and a women…
March 15, 2005 The Bush Administration’s policy of “constructive instability” in the Middle East is…
The other day I wrote—- ”The role of religion and priest in society has a…
January 25, 2007 After being held in prisoner for 15 years for a remark he…
Arab Allies in Region Feeling Pressure DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Kuwait rarely rebuffs its…
Some two years ago Saudi clerics issued fatwas forbidding Muslims to play soccer unless its…
So today is a “day of change,” to quote Suleiman Franjieh. He could be right.…
BINT JBAIL, Lebanon, Jan. 16 — In August, Mohammed al-Seyed watched with some pride as…
Support Builds for Libyan Dissident Human rights activists and Western diplomats are increasingly concerned about…
“ World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, with holes on his socks, is seen as he…
