Monday May 07, 2012
Despite the violence and instability rocking the country, the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad desperately wants Syrians and outside observers to believe everything is just fine. Read More »
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 »
Monday April 30, 2012
By Jeffrey Wright
Brennan’s speech today will be touted as an example of the Obama Administration’s transparent approach to the drone war, but given its shortcomings, Americans should demand a much more thorough accounting of President Obama’s understanding of his powers and their limits - if any remain. Read More »
Friday April 27, 2012
By Jeffrey Wright
When Susan Abulhawa’s novel Mornings in Jenin (originally titled The Scar of David) was published in the US in 2010, it created significant attention. Though the novel received generally positive reviews, some objected to its frank descriptions of one Palestinian family’s years of suffering after the establishment of Israel in 1948. Read More »
Wednesday April 25, 2012
By Jeffrey Wright
Spencer Ackerman, Wired’s intrepid national security correspondent, broke yet another important story yesterday evening, revealing that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, has ordered a top-to-bottom review of military training materials to ensure that they do not contain Islamophobic content. Dempsey’s order came after military brass learned that a class intended for senior military officers had used Islamophobic course materials. The class, entitled “Perspectives on Islam and Islamic Radicalism,” was offered as an elective at the military’s Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC) in Norfolk, Virginia. JFSC was founded after the Second World War with the goal of training military officers to work cooperatively, and it educates mid-level officers, many of whom will spend their careers in the military and eventually rise to the highest ranks of their branches. Read More »
Monday April 23, 2012
By Jeffrey Wright
Palestinian Christians are eager to leave the West Bank for the same reasons most Palestinians are: the Israeli occupation. Read More »
Thursday April 12, 2012
By Jeffrey Wright
When the Obama Administration announced the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq by the end of 2011, many observers warned that the decision could have disastrous consequences for the fragile Iraqi state. Opponents of the President, including likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, decried the decision as premature and politically motivated, using it as evidence of Obama’s supposed weakness in foreign policy. But, more than four months after the vast majority of American troops left Iraq, these predictions of disaster have not come to pass. Read More »
Monday April 09, 2012
By Jeffrey Wright
In an election season full of suspicion of Arab Americans and American Muslims, a new documentary provides an important antidote by showcasing the lives of 39 Arab Americans from around the country. Read More »
Friday April 06, 2012
By Jeffrey Wright
Egypt’s presidential race was shaken up this week by the announcement that Khairat el-Shater, the deputy Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, would be the Freedom and Justice Party (the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party) candidate for president. Read More »
Tuesday March 06, 2012
By Jeffrey Wright
Overall, Netanyahu’s speech sounded like that of a man eager for confrontation. Read More »
Tuesday February 28, 2012
By Jeffrey Wright
As the seemingly endless American presidential election campaign wears on, Egypt’s presidential election is beginning to take shape. Read More »
Friday February 17, 2012
By Jeffrey Wright
While American attention has been focused on Syria and Egypt, an increasingly volatile conflict between Sudan and South Sudan has gone largely unnoticed. Read More »
Tuesday January 31, 2012
By Jeffrey Wright
The United States Military Academy at West Point announced today that an Islamophobic retired general has withdrawn from his planned role as the speaker at West Point’s ceremony marking the National Prayer Breakfast. Read More »
Monday January 30, 2012
By Jeffrey Wright
An uprising that began as a conflict between peaceful protesters and violent state security forces is increasingly becoming a conflict between armed groups. Read More »
Tuesday January 24, 2012
By Jeffrey Wright
This evening at 9 pm, President Obama will deliver his third State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress and millions of Americans watching on television. Read More »
#NC lawmaker equates Islamic prayer w/ terror http://t.co/G9sp1NeLC1 @mostrolenk @aaiusa h/t @ozzyformayor
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Latest poll to be released Friday finds Americans are divided on continuing aid to #Egypt: http://t.co/1spZM1m9d2
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RT @MaiE_89: In the 1990’s, #Egypt had a 60% favorable rating among Americans, while today only 36% of US views the country positively via @AAIUSA
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Looking at Iran by James Zogby
Kahlil Gibran Awards Gala - April 16, 2013President Obama got it just about perfect in his Jerusalem speech when he urged Israelis to see the world through the eyes of Palestinians. That portion of his remarks was so compelling it deserves to be quoted in full: Read More »
Air Date: 5/31/2012
Fellows from Syracuse University’s “Leaders for Democracy Fellowship Program (LDF); Bill Press, Host of the “Bill Press Show” and author of the new book, The Obama Hate Machine: The Lies, Distortions, and Personal Attacks on the President---and Who Is Behind Them. Read More »
The story of Arab Americans coming of age as an organized community is a classic American tale of immigrants seeking opportunity, benefiting from America’s freedoms, but also experiencing, at times, the dark side of exclusion and discrimination that has so often been a part of our nation’s history. Read More »
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