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The Arab tumult: Mistaken Identity
By Fawaz Alfawaz The recent tumultuous events in the Arab region evoke lots…
Editorial: Leaks and the ethics of journalism
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: As Egypt oscillates between waves of absolute chaos…
Illusions of democracy
By Esther Dyson NEW YORK: The Internet is an extraordinarily powerful tool. It…
On Bin Laden: Far from extinguished
By Bernard Haykel Many pundits have rushed to the conclusion that the death…
After Bin Laden: has militant Islam failed?
By Mustafa Akyol Among the dozens of tweets that I received from fellow…
Social media creating social awareness in the Arab world
By Hani Naim BEIRUT: Social media has brought various religious and ethnic groups…
Morocco’s vision forward
By Yossef Ben-Meir The fatal terrorist bombing of a tourist cafe in Marrakech…
Dysfunctional disarmament
By Ban Ki-moon GENEVA: As the United Nations Conference on Disarmament begins…
Christians, Muslims and solidarity: the Egyptian challenge
By H.A. Hellyer CAIRO: The recent burning of a church in Cairo’s Imbaba…