This November, 2009, Arabs and Palestinians are commemorating Sheikh Izzedin Al-Qassam's 74th anniversary. This article sheds light on the life and history of one of the major icons of resistance

President Obama’s failure to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks has severely diminished his administration’s hopes of achieving a Two-State Solution. Persuading Israel and the Palestinians to reach an accord lay at

The National Endowment for Democracy hosted a day-long meeting to discuss the ongoing prospects for democracy in the Middle East.

Ali Sadreddine Bayanouni, the General Controller of the Syrian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, beseeched in his message to a handful of Islamic parties and the Brotherhood’s organizations in Arab

The Palestinian return center (PRC) has organized a visit by a European parliamentary delegation to Palestinian refugee camps in Syria followed by a meeting with president Bashar Al-Assad over conditions

It is always amusing to see how authoritarian regimes endow themselves with the trappings of democracy – a party, parliament, “elections” – as if they somehow confer legitimacy to otherwise

Despite the iron-fist policies of unpopular Arab leaders—buttressed by imperial Western nations—the popular outbursts witnessed in the aftermath of the sacrilegious storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque once again symbolized a

One way and another, a resurgent Turkey is rewriting the rules of the power game in the Middle East, in a positive and non-confrontational manner. This is one of the

It seems that the Syrian authorities will be facing an embarrassing predicament if the leaders of Sunni Islamist movements insist on boycotting the Arab Leaders summit later this week. Ali

Known simply as the 'General' Michel Naim Aoun was born in a peaceful mixed Christian-Shia area of Haret Hreik, now a core Hezbollah area. He rose from poverty to become