I received an email last week. Almost two pages long and with only enough sentence breaks to count on one hand, it was coming from a place I knew all

Yet again, the Annapolis meeting between Olmert and Abbas is preconditioned upon the recognition by the Palestinian side of the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish state. Indeed

The present dismal reality unfolding in the Middle East has clear historical roots and a journey into the past may help to illuminate what lies behind the destructive policies of

Deep in the bowels of a Washington DC Think Tank, a recent college graduate—selected for her unquestioning and eager embrace of their cynical ideology—labors under the watchful eye of a

Another population has started blogging: more than one hundred members of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. Marc Lynch, Middle East scholar and author of the fine Abu Aardvark blog, notes that this

Since the beginning of Pakistan’s constitutional crisis, I’ve been thinking of potential parallels with Egypt. These remain fairly superficial,

When selecting a location for building and designing this prison, the ministry of interior took into consideration security measures to prevent prisoners from escaping and to give them the feeling

The Vatican latest call for holding a dialogue with Muslims without avoiding some main issues in which religions differ, raised many reactions among Muslims.

Which is more critical to the United States in the Islamic world — that a government be democratic, or that it be a friend and ally in the war against

There are dozens of US client states whose leaders fit the description "cruel dictator" who most people don’t know rig elections, jail opponents, close newspapers and start wars. On the