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 »
In a display of faux piety, the 112th Congress opened its first day of business by reading aloud the Constitution of the United States. Referring to it as "our sacred text", one-by-one, over 130 Members of Congress queued up to participate, each solemnly reading a few words before giving way to a colleague who would read a few more. Read More »
Air date: 1/6/2011 Michael Meunier, Founder and Chairman of the U.S. Copts Association; Laura Murphy, Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office; Shane D'Aprile, campaign reporter for The Hill newspaper. Read More »
It was one hundred years ago, that my father's oldest brother crossed a continent and an ocean to come to America. Habib Rashid Zogby, fourteen at the time, made the long trip with his uncle, leaving his mother, father and six siblings in Lebanon. Read More »
Air Date: 12/30/2010 Marwan Muasher, former Jordanian Ambassador to Israel, Author and Senior Vice President of External Affairs at the World Bank; Joost Hiltermann, Deputy Program director for the International Crisis Group. Read More »
The Christmas story as it is told in the West, in scripture and tradition, contains timeless elements that have shaped our culture in significant ways. As we tell it, year in and year out, the story conveys to those who listen powerful themes evoking deep feelings. Read More »
Air Date: 12/23/2010 Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations; M.J. Rosenberg, Senior Foreign Policy Fellow at Media Matters Action Network; Joost Hiltermann, Iraq analyst for the International Crisis Group (ICG). Read More »
Back in the early 1990's, at the end of Lebanon's civil war, together with a few other Arab American organizations, we requested and secured a meeting with then Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell to discuss both the situation in Lebanon and some unhelpful positions taken by the Senate that we felt might adversely impact the still troubled situation in that country. Read More »
(Air Date: 12/16/2010) John Esposito, professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies and founding director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University; Amjad Atallah, Co-Director of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation; Jordan Eizenga, Policy Analyst with the Economic Policy team at the Center for American Progress Read More »
Lebanon and its friends around the world are on edge waiting for indictments to be issued related to the assassination of Prime Minister Rafiq al Hariri. The investigators working on this case are apparently nearing the completion of their inquiry and are preparing to submit their findings to the International Tribunal—possibly within a matter of days. Read More »
Michael German, Former FBI Agent, and current Policy Counsel on National Security, Immigration and Privacy at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU); Amal Mudallali, Adviser to Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri; Geneive Abdo, Fellow and Director of the Iran program at the Century Foundation and editor of insideIRAN.org 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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