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March 22, 2008
Osama Bin Laden has presented himself to the Arab and Muslim worlds as a departure from the ordinary and the corrupt. He has impressed many young men of those worlds with his rejection of the flashy lifestyle (at least as far as we know) of the region's worldly leaders. Rather, he lives the life of ...
go to article »March 17, 2008
So many things have been happening that are disturbing. But more disturbing is the inability to make sense of them all, to connect the dots. Maybe just writing them might help comfort the afflicted: OBAMA’S ARAB CONNECTIONS: Barack Obama’s biggest problem has to do with Arabs and the Pal...
go to article »February 22, 2008
Bloggers and some politicians in the Middle East were quick to draw parallels between Kosovo's independence from Serbia and the Palestine Question. Following the news from the Balkans, here's a snapshot of more reactions from Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Israel: From Israel, Auss...
go to article »February 14, 2008
“The notion that a contemporary woman must look mannish in order to be taken seriously as a seeker of power is frankly dismaying. This is America not Saudi Arabia” that is what the editor of Vogue magazine Anna Wintour stated on learning why Hillary Clinton decided not to appear in Vogue...
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