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DemocracyHuman RightsObama December 19, 2009

Whatever Mistakes We Have Made

Obama also claimed that US interventions in other countries are designed to bring 'stability' and 'security.'
DevelopmentIslamic IssuesPalestine December 19, 2009

Israel’s Fictional Undivided Jerusalem

The disturbing reality that emerges from an examination of Israeli practices in the area around Jerusalem exposes, quite simply, that their efforts speak more of a naked land grab of
Islamic IssuesIslamic MovementsMB VS. QaedaObama December 19, 2009

Bombing Quetta?

An attack on Quetta, and on the leadership of the Afghan Taliban is something else entirely - and not just because bombing Quetta would probably result in mass civilian casualties,
DemocracyHuman RightsIslamic Issues December 19, 2009

European identity politics in play

Switzerland’s vote has exposed long-festering uneasiness within Europe toward immigration and members of ethnic communities, particularly those that are Muslim, says Ariel Kastner
IranIraqIslamic IssuesIslamic MovementsMB VS. QaedaObama December 19, 2009

Al-Qaeda threat used once again to justify war

The old cliché that the first casualty of war is truth has never been so blatantly evident as we witness the making of further wars and conflict.
Palestine December 19, 2009

I want to tell the world

Light a candle One little candle Watch the darkness fade away Just try it out One ray of light Wipes away the gloomiest Jet-black nights As the dawn breaks
December 19, 2009

Egypt: Ahmed Douma, student blogger, tortured during detention in Damanhour prison

Ahmed Saad Douma, a 20-year-old blogger and student at Tanta University, was arrested by State Security Intelligence (SSI -Amn Al-Dowla) at the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on
DemocracyObama December 19, 2009

The Middle East and the ‘Paradox of Engagement’

A new article of mine on Obama's Middle East strategy has just come out in Democracy
MB in International pressObama December 19, 2009

The Cairo Conundrum

In his June 4, 2009 speech at Cairo University, President Barack Obama dramatically raised expectations for U.S. policy in the Middle East, among Americans and Muslims both.
Democracy December 18, 2009

Steve York talks “Bringing down the Dictator”

Steve York is the director of the documentary “Bringing Down a Dictator”, which focuses on the fall of Solbodan Milosevic, beginning with his stepping up of violence in Kosovo in