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Arab Spring

Defining One's Own Destiny: Self-Determination, Religion And The 'Arab Spring'

Wolfgang Danspeckgruber | Posted 06.17.2011 | Religion

Read More: Religion, Religious Tolerance, Egypt, Arab Spring, Foreign Affairs, Obama Middle East, Middle Eastern Studies, Bahrain, Iran, Crisis-Diplomacy, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Liechtenstein-Institute-on-Self-Determination, Religion News
Wolfgang Danspeckgruber

Religion has an important role to play in these self-determination movements and religious leaders and communities should be part of any international policy calculations towards the region.

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Erdogan, New Ottomanism and the Middle East

Dr. Josef Olmert | Posted 06.16.2011 | World

Read More: Nasser, Turkey, Arab Nationalism, Ottomans, Ottoman Empire, Attaturk, Zionism, Akp, Arab Spring, World News
Dr. Josef Olmert

As the praises for Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's latest election victory continue to pour in, a big question is emerging regarding Turkey's foreign policy orientation.

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WATCH: Libya Rebels Get Innovative To Combat Gaddafi's Forces

Posted 06.16.2011 | World

Read More: Arab Uprising, Libya, Arab Spring, Muammar Gaddafi, Free Libya Martyrs, C5 Missile Launche, Gaddafi Forces, Libya Uprising, Libya Protests, World News

Despite their high ambitions, Libya's rebel forces of civilians and army defectors find themselves suffering from a severe lack of weaponry. Hence, as...

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Bahrain Detainees Need Rights Protection: U.S. Envoy

AP | REEM KHALIFA and BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 06.15.2011 | World

Read More: Arab Uprising, Michael Posner, Bahrain Detainees Protection, Human Rights, Arab Spring, Bahrain Protests, Civil Rights, Bahrain, World News

MANAMA, Bahrain — American officials are concerned about claims of abuses against detainees following Bahrain's crackdowns on Shiite-led protest...

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A Sign of Promise

Bob Walsh | Posted 06.15.2011 | World

Read More: Arab Spring, Syria Protests, Egypt Revolution, Middle East Protests, Bahrain Revolution, Bahrain Protests, Yemen Revolution, Middle East Peace, Lybia Protests, Lybia Revolution, Middle East Arab Spring, Yemen Protests, Morocco Protests, World News
Bob Walsh

Governments have proven over and over they cannot alone bring people together, even within their own countries. Progress can be made when people across a variety of sectors from throughout the world begin to work together.

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After The Arab Spring -- What Fall?

Rabbi Samuel April | Posted 06.15.2011 | Religion

Read More: Egypt, Nato, Arab Spring, Muslims, Gadaffi, Bible, Coptic Christians, Libya, Middle East, Hezbollah, Hamas, Religion News
Rabbi Samuel April

What is happening in Egypt and the rest of the Arab countries that have sown their spring planting? What will they harvest this fall?

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Iran Opposition Should Meet

Setareh Sabety | Posted 06.15.2011 | World

Read More: Iran, Iran Uprising, Iranelection, Iran Opposition, Arab Spring, World News
Setareh Sabety

Call for a Council of All IRI Opposition Leaders: (I wrote a call for unity a couple of weeks ago, now I present how I think we should proceed to uni...

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Will a Democratic Transition Happen in Egypt?

Rabah Ghezali | Posted 06.14.2011 | World

Read More: Egypt, Economic Assistance, Eguptian Army, Arab Spring, Democratic Transition, Middle East, Obama Middle East, World Bank, Tahrir Square, Economic Transition, Imf, Mubarak, World News
Rabah Ghezali

When forcing him to resign under American pressure, the Egyptian Army did not exactly arbitrate between Mubarak and the protesters but rather between Mubarak and themselves.

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Webb's Parting Shots on War

John Feffer | Posted 06.14.2011 | World

Read More: War Powers Act, Libya, Jim Webb, Afghanistan, John McCain, Okinawa, Arab Spring, Yukio Hatoyama, World News
John Feffer

If President Obama manages to eke out a second term, perhaps Sen. Jim Webb could return as the head of the Pentagon to preside over the end of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and a true dismantling of the military-industrial complex.

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The Dirty Tricks Dictators Play

John Jackson | Posted 06.14.2011 | World

Read More: Egypt, Syria, Democracy, Security, Iran, Intelligence, Protest, Activism, Strategy, Military, Mubarak, Dictatorship, Nonviolence, Assad, Revolution, Arab Spring, World News
John Jackson

It is clearer than ever, that movements that are disciplined, non-violent, unified, and politically cunning, pose powerful threats to the autocrats they challenge.

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To Those Seeking Freedom in the Middle East

Guy Oseary | Posted 06.14.2011 | World

Read More: Palestine, Middle East, Iran, Arab Spring, Tunisia, Israel, Egypt, Middle East Peace, Syria, Huffingtonpost Guy Oseary, To Those Seeking Freedon in the Middle East, World News
Guy Oseary

When I watch your revolution, I don't see an enemy. You look like someone I would meet in a café or a conference. Like someone I would start a business with or approach as a customer. Someone I could find on Facebook or follow on Twitter.

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Eden Revisited: Shahram Karimi and the Re-Enchantment of Art

Lisa Paul Streitfeld | Posted 06.15.2011 | Arts

Read More: Shiraz, Christ, Mithra, Myth of Eternal Return, Shahram Karimi, Anahita, Iran, Art, Arab Spring, LTMH Gallery, Zoroastrianism, Shirin Neshat, Persian Art, New York City, Poetry, Painting, Women Without Men, Farsi, Middle East, Arts News
Lisa Paul Streitfeld

Shahram Karimi is the consummate artist, master of many mediums. In depositing his emotional baggage in the center of this stunning exhibition, the artist transforms his outsider identity into the ultimate insider.

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Accelerating the Persian and Arab Springs

Alireza Jafarzadeh | Posted 06.13.2011 | World

Read More: Arab Spring, Clinton, President Obama, Iran, Nuclear, Nuclear Weapons Program, Ahmadinejad, State Department, World News
Alireza Jafarzadeh

The souring relations between Ahmadinejad and Khameini signal a worsening of the regime's internal strife. The widening gaps represent a turning point for a regime that survives on repression and brute force.

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Religious Authority, Islam And Revolution

H.A. Hellyer | Posted 06.13.2011 | Religion

Read More: Islam, Egypt Protests, Islam and Revolution, Hosni Mubarak, Islam and Politics, Egypt Revolution, Arab Revolutions, Arab Spring, Mid East Revolution, Religion News
H.A. Hellyer

The Arab Spring has given new hope, new possibilities and new potentials to the people of the region. They expected their moral leaders to stand by them and be clear that Islam demands such things.

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Clinton: Africa Leaders Must Heed Arab Revolts

AP | By MATTHEW LEE | Posted 06.13.2011 | World

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Arab Spring, Hillary Clinton Africa, Africa Government, Africa, World News

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is warning African leaders that unless they enact broad social, economic and p...

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The Damascene Sword

Michael Brenner | Posted 06.13.2011 | World

Read More: Syria, Arab Spring, Middle East, Foreign Affairs, Obama Syria, Iran, Syria Protests, Bashar Al-Assad, Foreign Policy, World News
Michael Brenner

Washington's public reactions to the downward spiral of civil strife in Syria are symptomatic of its general disorientation. When in doubt, revert to hackneyed slogans.

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Christians at Risk: A Jew's Concern

David Harris | Posted 06.12.2011 | World

Read More: Jews, Arab Spring, Middle East, Egypt, World News, Coptic Christians, World News
David Harris

If a page is to be turned in the Arab world's most populous country, it cannot come at the expense of a vulnerable minority. As a Jew, I identify with the Copts' situation.

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Shadow Internet: Secret U.S. Effort Reportedly Aims To Help Dissidents

Posted 06.12.2011 | World

Read More: Syria, Egypt, Iran, Dissidents, Arab Spring, Africa Protests, Government Protests, Hillary Clinton, Libya, Taliban, Afghanistan, Afpak, Shadow Internet, Arab Protests, World News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is leading a global effort to establish "shadow" Internet and cellphone systems to help dissidents...

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Syrian Army Regains Control Of Restive Border Town

AP | BASSEM MROUE | Posted 06.13.2011 | World

Read More: Syria, Turkey, Syria Violence, Arab Spring, Syria Protests, Jisr Al-Shughour, World News

BEIRUT — Elite Syrian troops backed by helicopters and tanks regained control Sunday of a town where police and soldiers joined forces with the ...

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Arab Americans: Confronting Challenges, Learning Lessons

James Zogby | Posted 06.11.2011 | Politics

Read More: Arab World, Arab Spring, Syria, Malek Jandali ADC, Jandali ADC Annual Convention, Freedom Song Jandali, Jandali Banned, ADC Annual Convention Jandali, Jandali Controversy, Syria Protests, ADC Malek Jandali, Jandali ADC, Malek Jandali, Jandali Freedom Song, ADC Jandali, Politics News
James Zogby

This week, a bit of controversy erupted when it was announced that the performance of Malek Jandali, a Syrian musician, had been dropped from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee's annual convention.

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Arab Freedom and the ADC Convention

Nadia Hijab | Posted 06.11.2011 | World

Read More: Egypt, Syria, Bds, Human Rights, Adc, Arab Spring, Tunisia, Freedom, Yemen, Palestine, Israel, Bahrain, World News
Nadia Hijab

A storm rages around the ADC's decision that musician Malek Jandali should not perform his song "I Am My Homeland" at its annual convention. As one of the scheduled speakers at the convention, I have been weighing my participation in the event.

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Iranian Women Lead the Persian Spring

Soona Samsami | Posted 06.13.2011 | World

Read More: Haleh Sahabi, Iran, Arab Spring, Human Rights, Asieh Rakhshani, Iran Nuclear Program, Camp Ashraf, World News
Soona Samsami

The mullahs need to watch out; as the Arab Spring is advancing, the Persian Spring -- this one led by Iranian women -- will soon sweep the Ayatollahs from power.

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Ethnic Divisions and the Fall of the Arab Spring: What's in a Name?

Peter T. Coleman, PhD | Posted 06.10.2011 | Politics

Read More: Arab Spring, Politics News
Peter T. Coleman, PhD

There is great concern today about interethnic divisions signaling the end of the Arab Spring. Trepidation that hopes for national democratic unity in...

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5 Steps for the United Nations Security Council on Syria

Human Rights Watch | Posted 06.10.2011 | World

Read More: Human Rights, Arab Spring, Daraa, UN Security Council, Un, Crimes Against Humanity, Syria, Jisr Al-Shughur, World News
Human Rights Watch

by Nadim Houry, senior Syria researcher at Human Rights Watch Given the grave violations that are occurring in Syria, the Security Council has a resp...

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DePape Temper Tantrum: A Swing and a Miss

Supriya Dwivedi | Posted 06.10.2011 | Canada

Read More: Arab Spring Canada, Brigette Depape, Depape, Layton Quebec, Harper Contempt, Harper Government, Arab Spring, Jack Layton, Canada News
Supriya Dwivedi

Saying that Canadians need an Arab Spring to counter Harper undermines the travesty of living in a undemocratic country. I don't think Ms. DePape realizes just how lucky she is to live in a nation where she has the right to voice political dissent.

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