SOURCE: THE JORDAN TIMES BY: JAMES J. ZOGBY Traumatic, violent acts bookended the first two decades of this century. The first was the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, which claimed the lives of almost 3,000 innocents. The second was the January 6, 2021 storming of the US Capitol which took its own unique toll … Continued
SOURCE: FOREIGN POLICY BY: OZ KATERJI The Arab world is trapped in a state of permanent revolution On Dec. 17, 2010, the world was changed forever by the actions of one man. A Tunisian fruit seller named Mohamed Bouazizi doused himself in petrol and set himself on fire outside the provincial headquarters of Sidi Bouzid … Continued
SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY: DR. JAMES J. ZOGBY I don’t know which metaphor to use to describe the current crisis in our politics because so many come to mind. Are we at a tipping point? The edge of a cliff? Or sitting on a volcano waiting for it to explode? You can choose one … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY: GORDON GRAY Tunisia may not be the largest, most powerful, or richest country in Africa or the Middle East, but America has a strong interest in ensuring its continued success as it completes its transition from decades of authoritarian rule to an inclusive democratic system. As America prepares to celebrate … Continued
SOURCE: THE HILL BY: BASSEM KAWAR On April 25, millions of Arabs and Muslims in the United States and abroad will turn their attention to the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears argumentsfor and against President Trump’s third attempt at a Muslim travel ban. The court will consider the legality of the ban after allowing the Trump … Continued
SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY: JAMES J. ZOGBY This past week, I participated in a press conference on the steps of the Supreme Court sponsored by the National Commission for Voter Justice (NCVJ). We were sounding the alarm that America is in the midst of a slow-moving “soft coup” engineered by Republican operatives, bankrolled by … Continued
SOURCE: OPEN DEMOCRACY BY: MIECZYSLAW P. BODUSZYNSKI Egyptians, Libyans, Tunisians, and other Arabs deserve better than to be told that they must choose between extremism and chaos or autocracy. Egyptian security guards intervene and detain scores of Morsi supporters who gathered in Alexandria on November 4, 2013 to denounce Morsi’s trial in Egypt. AA/ABACA/Press Association … Continued
SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST BY PAUL SCHEMM Just over a week ago, Tunisia became one of the only countries in the Arab world to allow Muslim women to marry non-Muslim men, flouting centuries of tradition and earning the accolades of human rights groups and activists around the world. The measure has been cited as another example of … Continued
By: Gershom Gorenberg Source: The Washington Post It all happened so unexpectedly 50 years ago: the crisis between Egypt and Israel, the war that began on June 5, 1967, and expanded from one front to three, the silence of the guns after just six days, and the cease-fire lines that marked Israel’s conquests of the … Continued
An Israeli army checkpoint in East Jerusalem. Kashfi Halford / Flickr By: Ilan Pappe Source: Jacobin Magazine From Ten Myths About Israel, out now from Verso Books. In the eyes of many Israelis and their supporters worldwide — even those who might criticize some of its policies — Israel is, at the end of the day, … Continued
22 Results (Page 2 of 2)
Loading ...