Qatar Rising
Taking the Lead in Middle Eastern Power Politics
On the Newsstand:Arab
Wael Nawara
HPR interviews Nawara, an Egyptian writer and activist who founded Egypt's El-Ghad Party.
King Abdullah II of Jordan: Modern Monarch and Would-Be Peacemaker?
In his memoir, Our Last Best Chance, King Abdullah II of Jordan tells a story that is at once personal and political. His powerful message on the centrality of the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to future peace and stability provides an intimate look at the contested and conflict-ridden history of the modern Middle East. After generations of gridlock, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may seem to have become an unstable and wholly inadequate status quo. There may be few, if any, more chances for peace.
Turkey and the Middle East in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring
Lessons learned from a lecture at Harvard on Turkey as a model for the Arab democracies.
The Democratic Divergence
As authoritarian regimes have crumbled in the Arab World, so too has the gulf that once separated politics from religion.
Tahrir Square and Egyptian Solidarity
Giacomo Bagarella reflects on his experience attending the May 27th protests in Egypt's Tahrir Square.
The FaceBouazizi Revolution.
Mark Zuckerberg has never heard of Arab leaders like Mohammed Bouazizi yet he's credited with the uprisings they've triggered.
A Lebanese Angle on the Rima Fakih Story
Apart from being an excellent excuse to boost web traffic with pictures of bikini-clad women (cf. The Huffington Post), you may not have seen Lebanese journalist Hanin Ghaddar’s very interesting article last week in Foreign Policy comparing American and Lebanese reactions to the Rima Fakih story. In America: Not many people — let along beauty pageant winners — have been accused ... Read More
