Posted on Fri, September 30, 2011 at 18:35 pm CEST
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Archbishop Dominique Mamberti Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

Christians suffered the most persecution worldwide because of their faith… Continue reading

Topics: The Vatican • United Nations 
Posted on Thu, September 29, 2011 at 16:35 pm CEST
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FM Abubakr Al-Qirbi Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

Despite limited resources, the Government continued to make every effort to fight Al Qaeda… Continue reading

Topics: United Nations • Yemen 
Posted on Wed, September 28, 2011 at 20:55 pm CEST
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FM Mohamed Mouldi Kefi Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

Allow me to salute the martyrs and youths of Tunisia’s peaceful revolution, a revolution for freedom and dignity that offered to the world an Arab Spring… Continue reading

Topics: Tunisia • United Nations 
Posted on Tue, September 27, 2011 at 23:53 pm CEST
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Ban on Circumcision: Trampling Religious Rights of non-Christians in the Netherlands

Holland’s doctors’ association is encouraging Dutch parliament to place a ban on male circumcision, calling the practice “a violation of human rights”… Continue reading

Topics: Abigail Esman • Christianity • Jewish Life • Netherlands • Western Culture 
Posted on Tue, September 27, 2011 at 00:01 am CEST
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FM Taïb Fassi Fihri Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

The Arab world is witnessing profound events and transformations… Continue reading

Topics: Morocco • United Nations 
Posted on Mon, September 26, 2011 at 19:44 pm CEST
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Letter from Prague: What The Betrayal of Czechoslovakia in 1938 Can Teach Us About The World and Israel Today

Visiting the Czech Republic prompts thoughts of the 1938 Munich agreement… Continue reading

Topics: Czech Republic • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Nazi Germany 
Posted on Sun, September 25, 2011 at 02:42 am CEST
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FM Mohamed Kamel Ali Amr Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

It has become totally absurd to carry on talking about a peace process while Israel continues… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • United Nations 
Posted on Sat, September 24, 2011 at 19:41 pm CEST
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President Talabani Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

Iraq is building a homeland where everyone lives in peace and stability without regard to sectarian, ethnic or factional affiliations… Continue reading

Topics: Iraq • United Nations 
Posted on Thu, September 22, 2011 at 01:11 am CEST
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President Sleiman Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

It is important to underscore the rightful Palestinian efforts aiming at earning the recognition of the State of Palestine and its full membership to the United Nations… Continue reading

Topics: Lebanon • United Nations 
Posted on Fri, September 9, 2011 at 01:29 am CEST
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Egyptian Dissident: Maikel Nabil Sanad

Maikel Nabil Sanad, a 25-year old pacifist currently on a hunger strike in an Egyptian prison… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Human Rights 
Posted on Fri, August 19, 2011 at 23:57 pm CEST
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Obama Administration Calls for End to Syrian Dictatorship But Reveals Its Own Worldview

After months of rebellion in Syria and heavy repression there, the Obama Administration has finally called for the downfall of… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Syria • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, August 15, 2011 at 23:33 pm CEST
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Syria’s Revolution: A Bloodbath the West Cannot Ignore

There’s a real war going on with real massive human rights’ violations, real massacres, and real alternatives at stake… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Human Rights • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Mon, August 15, 2011 at 21:44 pm CEST
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Symbol of Egypt’s Revolution On Trial For Advocating Revolution

Asmaa Mahfouz, the April 6 Youth Movement leader who said she began the Egyptian revolution with a tweet… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Human Rights 
Posted on Sun, August 14, 2011 at 23:46 pm CEST
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UNRWA’s Anti-Israel Bias

Confronted with a barrage of criticism from the Palestinian Authority and many Arab states… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Human Rights • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Pro-Palestinianism • United Nations 
Posted on Sat, August 13, 2011 at 22:47 pm CEST
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Obama and Erdogan grant Assad 15 days to finish Syrian Uprising

Thursday night, Aug. 11, US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan agreed to set Syrian… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Human Rights • Syrian Revolution • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, August 13, 2011 at 21:13 pm CEST
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Egypt: Why Are Christian Girls Converting to Islam?

Few things in Islam are as liable to provoke passion and violence as the issue of conversion… Continue reading

Topics: Christianity • Copts • Democracy • Egypt • Global Islam • Human Rights 
Posted on Fri, August 12, 2011 at 18:21 pm CEST
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Spring comes, but not for Iraq’s Kurds

Amid widespread protests during this so-called “Arab Spring,” one place that has received relatively little media coverage is Iraqi Kurdistan… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Iraq • Iraqi Kurdistan • Kurdish People • Kurdistan 
Posted on Thu, August 11, 2011 at 01:24 am CEST
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Curbing Tehran’s Nuclear Ambitions: Tightening the Economic Noose

Are sanctions capable of derailing Tehran’s nuclear drive? Some skeptics reject such measures altogether… Continue reading

Topics: Cyber War • Economy • Human Rights • Iran • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations 
Posted on Fri, August 5, 2011 at 00:30 am CEST
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Syria: The Orontes River runs red

Horrifying images of bodies and limbs floating in the Orontes River in Hama were aired by Syrian state television early Thursday… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Human Rights • Syria • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, July 14, 2011 at 01:02 am CEST
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Obama Era Updates Famous Charles Atlas, “97 Pound Weakling” Ad

A skinny guy and pretty young woman in a bikini are walking on the beach… Continue reading

Topics: Satire • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, July 3, 2011 at 20:07 pm CEST
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Al-Azhar’s declaration: A new leap into politics?

Al-Azhar’s recently declaration backing a democratic civil state has triggered questions over the political role that… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Muslim Brotherhood • Sunni Islam 
Posted on Wed, June 29, 2011 at 18:48 pm CEST
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Tunisia’s Morning After

Where does Tunisia, the unlikely igniter of the Middle Eastern upheavals, stand on the democratic transition scale… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Jasmine Revolution • Tunisia 
Posted on Wed, June 29, 2011 at 16:27 pm CEST
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The invisible Palestinians

Sunday was the first day of Sgt. Gilad Schalit’s sixth year in captivity… Continue reading

Topics: Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • The Media 
Posted on Thu, June 2, 2011 at 00:29 am CEST
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Syria: Are all dictators created equal?

The sharp dichotomy in America’s approach to bad guys is not merely intellectually inconsistent, it is muddled thinking… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Human Rights • International Law • Libya War • Syria • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, June 1, 2011 at 23:25 pm CEST
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Syria: Shattered Humanity inside Syria’s Security Apparatus

The young man was dangling upside down, white, foaming saliva dripping from his mouth… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Human Rights • Syrian Revolution