How quickly one forgets. As the State of Israel prepares to celebrate its 60th anniversary this May, the country seems to be suffering a case of collective — and selective …
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One of the first sights that greet new arrivals at Tripoli International Airport is an imposing portrait of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi wearing his trademark military sunglasses and a lustrous robe. …
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While the vast oil reserves of the Arab world are more than ever the focus of Western attention, over the last few years the eastern neighborhood of the trans-Atlantic community …
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For those Lebanese grimly preparing for a prolonged political stalemate, you may be reassured to learn that Lebanon is far from alone in experiencing a parliamentary paralysis. A similar — …
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With the dust settling on March’s Iranian parliament election, the poll suggests President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is likely to win a second term next year. Belying those who had again written …
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“The revolution will not be televised,” Gil Scott Heron sang in his razor-sharp 1974 criticism of mainstream US media. His words have since traveled well beyond American borders and, if …
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The UAE, and particularly Dubai, are on a mission to prove to the world that anything they set their minds to can be achieved. Under the leadership of Sheikh Mohammed …
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On the fifth anniversary of “Operation Iraqi Freedom,” the ‘operation’ part is still far from over. When the Iraqi military was neutralized in the first few weeks of the war …
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“Once, I remember, we came upon a French ‘man-of-war,’ senselessly firing cannon shots into the African jungle,” narrates Marlow in Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness,” his novel about madness …
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Politicians and media were quick to dismiss the recent elections in Iran as being undemocratic, and rightfully so, seeing the fact that the mullah-led regime carefully handpicked the candidates it …