The Middle East is in turmoil, its political map being rewritten by revolts against the status quo. But in the heart of this region, in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, actors, on all sides, appear to be stuck playing out the same stale scenes.In recent weeks, the U.S. President, the U.N. Secretary General, and a host of other heads of state have weighed in on the importance of resolving this conflict. But other than to lamely insist that "the parties must return to the negotiating table", no one seems to have an original idea as to how to do it. This insistence on resuming negotiations, of course, ignores political reality. Read More »
Air Date: 4/21/2011
Daniel Levy, Co-Director of the Middle East Task Force; Tom Malinowski, Washington Director of the Human Rights Watch; Ahmed Ahmed, Arab American comedian Read More »
While much of what has come to be known as “the Arab Spring” remains a work in progress, there can be no doubt that a new dynamic has been unleashed across the region – one that will have a profound impact as it continues to play out in the years to come. Read More »
Air Date: 4/14/2011
Nabeel Khoury, Director of the Near East South Asia Office of the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research; Tarik Yousef, founding Dean of the Dubai School of Government; Khalid Abdulla-Janahi, Co-Chair Global Agenda Middle East council, World Economic Forum. Read More »
"Will Arabs be able to form real democracies?" (or some variation on that theme) is a question I am frequently asked these days. After several exchanges with those who ask this question, I have come to realize that in most instances, in the backs of their minds, are a set of assumptions about what constitutes a "real democracy" and a rather naïve and ahistorical understanding about how democracies come into being and then function and evolve. Read More »
Air date: 4/7/2011
Matthew Hoh, Director, Afghan Study Group, Center for International Policy; Lara Friedman, Director of Policy and Government Relations for Americans for Peace Now; Jim Rosapepe, Maryland state Senator. Read More »
The matter of bigotry against Muslims in America has been with us for quite some time now. In the past week, there were multiple incidents that served to catapult this problem to the forefront of national attention. Read More »
Air Date: 3/31/2011
Aaron David Miller, Woodrow Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar; Faiz Shakir, Vice President and Editor of ThinkProgress; Tamara Cofman Wittes, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Read More »
For weeks now President Barack Obama has faced a barrage of criticism from Republicans over his Administration's failure to intervene in Libya's ongoing conflict. The GOP's assault accused the President of "weakness", "dithering", and "a lack of leadership". But, coming from the same cast of characters who recklessly led us into Iraq, the attacks could be dismissed as partisan rhetoric. Read More »
Air Date: 3/24/2011
Ellen Laipson, President and CEO of the Henry L. Stimson Center; Jim O'Sullivan Chief Analyst for the National Journal Daily. Read More »
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 »
#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
about 10 hours, 38 minutes ago.
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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