All too frequently these days, I am asked whether our past polling at Zogby International gave us any advance clues to the uprisings that have occurred in several Arab countries. The answer, of course, is no. We were surprised, as, I believe, were the demonstrators themselves by the outpouring of support and the rapid growth of their movements in Tunisia, Egypt and beyond. Read More »
Air Date: 3/17/2011
Thomas Lippman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations; Richard Downie, Deputy Director and fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Africa program; Shane D'Aprile, Campaign Reporter The Hill newspaper and Senior Editor at Politics Magazine. Read More »
For all the fanfare and bluster, the U.S. House of Representative's Committee on Homeland Security hearings on "The Extent of Radicalization in the Muslim Community and That Community's Response" produced little of value. The entire affair was so shockingly ill-conceived and so poorly executed as to leave one wondering whether the Committee's Chairman, New York Republican Peter King, was fit to lead. Read More »
Aire Date: 3/10/2011
Barbara Bodine, Diplomat In Residence - Lecturer of Public Affairs, Princeton University; Dean Obeidallah, Arab American Comedian; Sheriff Leroy Baca, Sheriff of Los Angeles County; Imam Mohamed Magid, Executive Director of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) and President of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). Read More »
Let me state quite directly: Islamophobia and those who promote it are a greater threat to the United States of America than Anwar al Awlaqi and his rag-tag team of terrorists. On one level, al Awlaqi, from his cave hide-out in Yemen, can only prey off of alienation where it exists. Read More »
Air Date: 3/3/2011
Marina Ottaway, Director of the Middle East program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Max Blumenthal, award winning journalist and author; Lara Friedman, Director of Policy and Government Relations for Americans for Peace Now. Read More »
I stood, this morning, before a room filled to capacity with members of the Democratic Party's Ethnic Council. The Council is an assembly of representatives of America's rich and diverse ethnic immigrant communities. Members come from across the United States. Read More »
Air Date: 2/24/2011
Robert Malley, Middle East and North Africa Program Director, Washington, DC for the International Crisis Group (ICG); Ahmed Salah, Co-founder of Egypt's April 6th Youth Movement; Robert Borosage, Founder and President, Institute for America's Future; Michael Sfard, human rights lawyer and legal expert on Israeli settlements.
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When speaking about the Arab uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and beyond, the language used here in the U.S. is euphoric. Expressions like "nothing will ever be the same again" and "the existing order is being swept away" are common. Read More »
Air Date: 2/17/2011
Geneive Abdo, Fellow and Iran analyst at The Century Foundation; Ghaith al-Omari, Advocacy Director at the American Task Force in Palestine (ATFP); Josh Kraushaar, Executive Editor of the National Journal's Hotline. Read More »
If one lesson is to be learned from the remarkable events unfolding in Egypt, it is that Arab public opinion matters. For too long Arab voices have not been listened to, nor have Arab sensibilities or aspirations been respected. The Egyptian people have not only risen up, demanding to be heard, they have challenged other Arabs and the West to pay attention to what they are saying. Read More »
Air Date: 2/10/11
Mona Yacoubian, Special Adviser, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention and Director of the Lebanon Working Group at the United States Institute of Peace; Michele Dunne, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and editor of the online journal, the Arab Reform Bulletin; David Nassar, founder of Hotspot Digital. Read More »
When U.S. politicians are forced to discuss critical Middle East matters, more often than not, their remarks either display an ignorance of facts, are shaped more by political needs than reality, or are just plain dumb. Commentary about the popular revolt in Egypt provides a case in point. Read More »
Air Date: 2/3/2011
Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor, University of Maryland, provided an in depth analysis of the situation in Egypt. Read More »
Across the Middle East dramatic events have been unfolding in rapid-fire succession, confounding U.S. policy makers. Read More »
Air Date: 1/27/2011
Diana Buttu, Research fellow, Harvard University and former PLO Spokesperson and Legal Advisor; Ivo Spalatin, Consultant and Lecturer, arms control and international security issues;
Khaled Elgindy, visiting fellow, foreign policy, The Brookings Institution; Joyce Karam, Washington Correspondent for Al-Hayat Newspaper. Read More »
Tunisia is on my mind. Events unfolding there have been both dramatic and inspiring, and are dominating discussions across the Arab World. The scenes coming from Tunis have been riveting. A peaceful mass revolt that persisted in the face of repression and violence has brought down a dictator and a government in a marvelous display of "people power". Read More »
Air Date: 1/20/2011
Joe Stork, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa division for Human Rights Watch; Marina Ottaway, director of the Middle East program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Suhail A. Khan, Senior Fellow for Christian-Muslim Understanding at the Institute for Global Engagement Read More »
The senseless shootings in Tucson (that left six innocents dead and thirteen wounded - including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords) traumatized the nation, threatening, for a moment, to exacerbate an already deep political divide. Shock always takes a toll, frequently causing reactions that can be quite revealing. Read More »
Air Date: 1/13/2011
E.J Dionne, Jr., University professor and columnist for the Washington Post; Andrew Natsios, former USAID Administrator and Sudan Expert; Bill Corcoran, President and CEO of American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA). Read More »
#FF Arab American Orgs @AAIUSA @NAAP_NY @TheAANews @AAFSArab @ArabCCC @ArabDawn @ArabAmericans @Arab_America @ArabVoters @ADCtweets
about 1 hour, 41 minutes ago.
only 33% of Americans have positive view of #Egypt, +30pt drop http://t.co/GEXSvziQ 'growing gap btwn us must be taken seriously'
about 6 hours, 10 minutes ago.
'If Washington was confident of innocence of its citizens it would wait for #Egyptian judiciary to acquit them' http://t.co/GBLcV50G @aaiusa
about 8 hours, 4 minutes ago.
Kahlil Gibran Awards Gala - April 18
Be Part of the Change!If we are to believe what we are hearing and reading from a variety of confirmed and unconfirmed sources, in Israel and the U.S., some day in the next few months we may wake up to the news that Israel has bombed Iran's nuclear facilities. Or maybe not. Read More »
Air Date: 12/29/2011
Rob Malley, Middle East and North Africa Program Director at the International Crisis Group; Amb. Hussein Hassouna, Chief Representative of the League of Arab States to the United States; Lara Friedman, Director of Policy and Government Relations for Americans for Peace Now. Read More »
The subcommittee's meeting today to explore whether there are risk factors or preincident indicators of terrorist activity identified by intelligence and law enforcement organizations to enable them in thwarting attacks while preserving -- let me repeat that -- preserving individuals' right to privacy and civil liberties. Read More »
