Over the past quarter century, I have witnessed countless presidential and parliamentary elections in the Middle East and North Africa. I cannot remember one that went off without voter intimidation, …
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Obama orders arrest of three four-star generals. Air Force and Marine chiefs accused of trying to overthrow the administration.” If these headlines were splashed across the front pages of the …
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In late January I was asked to look into the closure of the Daily Star, Lebanon’s only English language daily. But discussions to financially prop up the paper were going …
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The very high cost of rebuilding Gaza and other regional disasters is on people’s minds in the Middle East and beyond. Whether we are talking about the havoc wreaked by …
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The multiple bomb attacks on Bombay last November were but the latest in a series of terrorist attacks that rocked India during the second half of 2008. In total, five …
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When Iran introduced gasoline rationing in 2007, Ehud Olmert, then Israeli prime minister, said the torching of some Tehran gas stations showed “economic sanctions are working increasingly well.” Threats to …
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The deep involvement by Turkey’s prime minister in the recent conflict between Israel and Gaza marked Ankara’s return, after an absence of nearly a century, into the fold of Middle …
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Opened in the midst of the slaughter in Gaza and the twilight of Bush’s presidency, the new American embassy in Baghdad garnered less coverage than when its astronomical budget was …
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As instability in the region shows no signs of abating, the launch of a dialogue between the new administration in Washington and Iran is seen in the West and the …
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Whatever happens in Gaza, blame Hamas! That was the official line of Israel’s well-oiled PR-machine and it was largely swallowed by most Western politicians and mainstream media. Hamas started it, …