Recent events in Lebanon have reinforced a widespread belief that civil war is imminent. As the uprising in Syria has spilled over to the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, with cl...
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Islamism is nothing but politics draped in religious garb. The declared aim of Islamist parties is to implement sharia and to unify the Islamic nation under the rule of the Calipha...
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The string of popular uprisings sweeping the Arab world has been described as social protest movements. The people, who took to the street to protest the dismal economic conditions...
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The way the U.S. administration has dealt with the Syrian crisis has been shocking to the Syrian people as well as major democratic powers. All were surprised by the negligent U.S....
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Since the “NGO crisis,” when American, European, and Egyptian NGOs were tried and expelled from Egypt, much debate among Washington policymakers has focused on the future of U....
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On Friday, May 4, 2012, Naguib Sawiris, founder of the Free Egyptians Party, delivered the keynote address to attendees of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s 2012 We...
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Omar Zghoul laughs when he ponders electoral reform. The 26 year-old Jordanian graphic designer and animator dismisses the utility of the legislature, even as parliamentarians deba...
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