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Wednesday March 06, 2013
By Jennine Vari
Yesterday, AAI President Jim Zogby released the results of a 20-nation Zogby poll on Arab and Muslim opinions and attitudes toward Iran at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars. The poll release was accompanied by the launch of Zogby’s newest book, Looking at Iran: the Rise and Fall of Iran in Public Opinion Looking at Iran which compares 2012 Zogby Poll data on attitudes toward Iran with data Zogby Research has compiled from its past decade of polling in the region. Read More »
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Tuesday March 05, 2013
Today, at the the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC, AAI President James Zogby releases key findings from a 20-nation poll conducted by Zogby Research Services (ZRS) on Arab and Muslim attitudes toward Iran. Zogby is joined by an impressive panel of experts to comment on the poll including, Jane Harman, Marc Lynch, Hisham Melhem, Barbara Slavin, and Haleh Esfandiari. Today's poll is released alongside an e-book with full analysis of the results: Looking at Iran: the Rise and Fall of Iran in Public Opinion", which is available for purchase on Amazon. Read More »
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Monday January 28, 2013
Friday marked the two-year anniversary of the beginning of the revolution that pushed Hosni Mubarak from power and ushered in a new era in Egyptian politics. As Tahrir Square fills again with protesters, this time shouting slogans against the Muslim Brotherhood and their president, Muhammad Morsi, it’s an important time to reflect on the revolution’s successes and failures. Read More »
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Wednesday December 12, 2012
Since President Mohamed Morsi’s decree on Nov. 22, which placed his decisions above judicial review, Egypt has been in a state of perpetual political crisis, with each day bringing new demands and concessions from both Morsi and his secular opponents. Throughout it all, American diplomats and policy-makers have been remarkably silent Read More »
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Thursday December 06, 2012
The White House put out this statement yesterday on President Obama's call to Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi following the eruption of violent protests throughout Cairo. Could the U.S. do more to pressure Morsi into rescinding his recent power grab? What is the U.S. role with respect to Egypt's current unrest? Read More »
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Thursday November 08, 2012
Even though Obama’s re-election is a small victory for advocates of civil liberties and global peace, these ideals are far from assured. What we won yesterday is little more than the possibility of future success, the hope that cool heads in the second Obama administration will be able and willing to see past the mistakes of the first. Read More »
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Wednesday October 24, 2012
AAI President James Zogby was a featured guest yesterday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports.” Jim joined Brookings fellow and former Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk, and former Congresswoman Jane Harman, who now serves as director of the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, to discuss the third and final presidential election which focused on foreign policy. Read More »
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Thursday October 18, 2012
By Jennine Vari
Since the Arab Spring, the U.S.-Arab relations has have become increasingly complicated. With the emergence of new democratically elected governments in countries like Tunisia and Egypt, public opinion among Arabs has shifted to reflect greater disapproval of U.S. leaders and policies in the region. Read More »
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Thursday October 04, 2012
In mid-September, AAI President Jim Zogby traveled to the United Arab Emirates to present the findings of a poll conducted by JZ Analytics in five non-Arab Muslim countries, surveying attitudes toward the Arab world. Read More »
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Tuesday September 18, 2012
AAI president James Zogby appeared on Andrea Mitchell Reports today to discuss anti-U.S. protests unfolding in several Arab and Muslim countries throughout the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Now in their second week, the inability and perceived unwillingness to deal with protestors and calm public sentiment in several countries have cast doubt about the future relationships of the U.S. and many of its key allies like Egypt. Read More »
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Wednesday September 12, 2012
We must honor the legacy of the four Americans and ten Libyans who lost their lives defending the embassy, and strive for a more open and mutually-respectful interaction with the rest of the world. We must bring the perpetrators of this crime to justice, but we must also take great care not to conflate their actions with the Arab or Muslim people as a whole. Read More »
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Saturday August 18, 2012
We were, therefore, deeply troubled when we read a Religion News Service (RNS) story which grossly mischaracterized our effort.Because Egyptian society includes both Muslims and Christians, we felt that "the existing Constitution's language better represents the diversity of Egyptian society and should be retained." Read More »
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Monday August 13, 2012
Last week, the Arab American Institute (AAI) released a statement co-endorsed by leaders of the American Muslim and Coptic Christian communities. The statement, organized by AAI, is supported by Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV), longest serving Arab American member of Congress and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first American Muslim member of Congress. Read More »
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Thursday June 21, 2012
The last two weeks have brought a flurry of news from Egypt, beginning with a court decision that invalidated a third of the seats in Parliament and allowed the ruling military council, the SCAF, to dismiss the Muslim Brotherhood-dominated Parliament and seize legislative power. Read More »
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Friday June 01, 2012
When President Obama first came into office he promised this country that some fundamental and drastic changes would take place. He also promised the same scope of change in his Cairo speech to Arabs and Muslims across the globe, and because of the unprecedented gesture, people believed him. Today Arabs and Muslims, especially those in the Middle East, are still waiting for that fundamental change to come. Read More »
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Friday May 25, 2012
Given polling before the elections, this result is rather unexpected, and for forces sympathetic to the Jan. 25th Revolution, it represents a concerning embrace of Egypt’s status quo. Read More »
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Thursday May 24, 2012
by Mona Shadia
Something amazing is happening.
Something I only dreamed about and thought it would always remain a dream.
For the first time in Egypt's thousands of years of existence — a history marked with glory and failures — its citizens are deciding who should lead them as president. Read More »
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Thursday May 10, 2012
By Danielle Malaty
In the midst of one of our nation’s most intense election seasons, Americans are consumed with domestic issues, but on an exclusively domestic level. What many Americans don’t take into consideration is the fact that what happens abroad influences the polls in a very consequential way. Read More »
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Friday May 04, 2012
In the early days of the Arab uprisings last year, many commentators were quick to assert that the mass movements in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, and beyond had no foreign policy objectives; this great piece by Nicholas Noe of MidEastWire demonstrates that this is clearly not the case. Read More »
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Friday May 04, 2012
As Egypt’s first free presidential elections approach, many in the US are dismayed with the lack of progress of secular and liberal forces in the Egyptian political arena. One of Egypt’s leading liberal politicians and intellectuals, Amr Hamzawy, is in Washington this week, meeting with government officials and other Egypt-watchers in an attempt to allay those concerns. Read More »
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Looking at Iran by James Zogby
Kahlil Gibran Awards Gala - April 16, 2013
