National Symbols

Source: Constitution Club

What is in a symbol? More particularly, what is in a national symbol? After many years of trouble and toil, the Freedom Tower has ascended past the height of The Empire State building today, no, it’s not quite ...
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Civil-Military Relations: A Potential Fault-Line In Egypt’s Democracy – OpEd

Source: Eurasia Review

Arab people are demanding democracy after living for decades under authoritarian regimes suffering systematic violations of their natural rights where injustice, impunity, police torture, battering and excessive use of deadly force were the nor ...
Full article at: Eurasia Review  More like this  2 days ago, 2:14pm CDT

Foreign media filling Arab air

Source: Gulfnews

The growing number of foreign Arabic language satellite TV channels is being described as "an ocean of channels" filling the waves of the region, and as "noisy markets". Almost every foreign country with a certain level of lever ...
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Al Qaeda Calls for Saudi Uprising

Source: Arutz Sheva

Al Qaeda chief Ayman Al Zawahri last Thursday urged Saudis to rise up against the kingdom's ruling Al Saud family. Egyptian-born Zawahri, who took over the leadership of Al Qaeda after Saudi arch-terrorist Osama Bin Laden was killed in ...
Full article at: Arutz Sheva  More like this  3 days ago, 6:16pm CDT

Arab Media Forum Bolsters Region's Local Outlets, Indies Post-Revolts

Source: The Huffington Post

Arab media are finally establishing stronger footholds in their backyards following recent revolts and demands by a growing youth population eager to have an impact on the course of events. "It's a natural outcome to ongoing changes i ...
Full article at: The Huffington Post  More like this  3 days ago, 6:07pm CDT

The Senate Should Boost Economic Reforms By Approving The Middle East Incentive Fund

Source: Think Progress

A number of countries in the Middle East and North Africa are undergoing unprecedented transitions that will either yield to free, equal and stable societies, or ones that are perpetually mired in conflict, violence and instability. The ...
Full article at: Think Progress  More like this  3 days ago, 11:50am CDT

The Dictator: satirising America

Source: Spiked

Sacha Baron Cohen’s rollicking comedy about a tinpot tyrant is more a send-up of Americans than Arabs. With The Dictator, Sacha Baron Cohen may have moved from mockumentary to farce, but this rollicking, topical c ...
Full article at: Spiked  More like this  4 days ago, 12:05am CDT

Warda gave us a soundtrack for the Arab spring | Nabila Ramdani

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Every revolution has its soundtrack, and right now it is the music of Warda al-Jazairia that is dominating the Arab world. The 72-year-old singer died on 17 May, following a career that not only encompassed popular music and film b ...
Full article at: Guardian Unlimited  More like this  4 days ago, 7:40am CDT

Letters to the Editor

Source: Haaretz

Jerusalem Day has turned into an annual festival of whining. Happily for us, that festival is starting to grow tiresome. The city is developing new, young and creative forces seeking to be active in Jerusalem, and to change the ...
Full article at: Haaretz  More like this  5 days ago, 8:03pm CDT