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The acute obscurantism that informs Saudi domestic policies also serves as the basis for the kingdom’s foreign policy. Saudi foreign policy is simply reactionary. Saudi Arabia wants an Arab world devoid of any hints of liberalism where absolute tyrants...
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The Day of Judgment will not come about until Moslems fight Jews and kill them. Then, the Jews will hide behind rocks and trees, and the rocks and trees will cry out:...
made popular May 4 2011
In one of the online series discussing the post-Mubarak situation of Egypt in a funny ironic manner, Mona Tov talked about the Egyptian celebrities who were giving...
made popular Apr 29 2011
Every once in a while we come to believe that the ends justify the means. But most of the time we scramble to find the means to a given end. And if we don’t find the...
made popular Apr 28 2011
Egyptians protesting against Israeli embassy in Cairo.
2011 has been no ordinary year for the Mideast region. Since Tunisia’s revolution, a nation outside of...
made popular Apr 27 2011
If so, this would be quite the pattern between Egypt’s last pharaoh and Tunisia’s overthrown tyrant. Both men offered reforms as appeasement (naturally...
made popular Apr 13 2011
While the Egyptian Army troops were being hailed as major heroes for siding with the protesters and effectively refusing to engage in violent acts against those...
made popular Mar 28 2011
Israel’s leadership and media was not unduly alarmist, it seems, about the fall of Mubarak and Egyptian democracy. “The only democracy in the Middle...
made popular Mar 25 2011
It’s one thing to bring about a revolution; it’s quite another to bring about revolutionary change.
There are people dying, even as we speak, on the streets of the...
made popular Mar 7 2011
Mugabe and his loyalists will use anything as an excuse to increase the number of armed security force members in the country, in the cities and town, as he attempts to...
made popular Mar 2 2011
Requesting Mugabe to back off on violence against the people, MDC and associated activists is rather like making a polite request to Adolf Hitler to stop persecuting...
made popular Feb 25 2011
With the recent fall of the Tunisian and Egyptian leaders after civil protests against their continued and bloody rules, many people have wondered if the Zimbabwean...
made popular Feb 24 2011
“After the first successful thrust every revolution differentiates into political and class currents. This is the moment of greatest danger. The moment when the...
made popular Feb 22 2011
America is now asking Egyptian government to treat its people fairly and peacefully, violence free, during these demonstrations. They stated that they want freedom of...
made popular Feb 11 2011
While Yasmin Revolution in Tunisia inspired population throughout Arab world and wide support to change regime got decisive role in Egypt it was clear that Tunisia was...
made popular Feb 11 2011
US president says the Egyptian government has yet to put forward a ‘credible, concrete and unequivocal path to democracy’ after President Hosni Mubarak...
made popular Feb 11 2011
When everyone thought that Mubarak is finally going to give his goodbye speech, he obviously thought otherwise… Surprise surprise: Mubarak is staying, for better and...
made popular Feb 11 2011
As the world watches one of the most important countries in the Middle East and Africa fall into protest, we can only wonder what will result from these tumultuous...
made popular Feb 10 2011
As Egypt’s unrest continues, in neighbouring Gaza, an online manifesto for change has struck a chord with the young population.
made popular Feb 10 2011
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CAIRO, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Egyptian government resisted growing pressure on Thursday from key ally the United States and from a still energetic popular protest...
made popular Feb 10 2011
WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia threatened to prop up President Hosni Mubarak if the White House tries to force a swift change of regime in Egypt, The Times of London...
made popular Feb 10 2011
Cairo, Egypt (CNN) — Egypt’s vice president said the massive calls for President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster are disrespectful to the country as a mass of...
made popular Feb 9 2011
The protests in Cairo are now in their third week, and despite everything that has happened in the furious, violent yet ultimately hopeful 15 days in the Egyptian...
made popular Feb 9 2011
A small group of political amateurs with the use of social media were able to inspire a revolution in Egypt, that now threatens to topple Mubarak regime.
How does...
made popular Feb 8 2011
Protests were held in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch last weekend in solidarity with the uprising taking place in Egypt. In Christchurch about 100 people marched...
made popular Feb 7 2011
Clearly, the model that has been put in place in the Middle East is on its way out. But what comes next?
People on the streets of Egypt, and throughout the Middle East...
made popular Feb 7 2011
Arab leaders do not write memoirs. Admittedly the Arab world has had few leaders, and that term is used objectively, in modern history. Morocco’s been under the...
made popular Feb 4 2011
JERUSALEM — Israel’s top military leadership was in turmoil Wednesday, lacking an army chief or even the prospect of an early appointment as the Arab world...
made popular Feb 3 2011
As rival groups clashed in Egypt’s capital Wednesday, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called violence against peaceful protesters “unacceptable” Mr....
made popular Feb 3 2011
CAIRO — President Hosni Mubarak struck back at his opponents, unleashing waves of his supporters armed with clubs, rocks, knives and firebombs in a concerted assault...
made popular Feb 3 2011
The Tunisian republic was founded in 1956 by a lawyer and political activist, Habib Bourguiba, who had led the revolutionary struggle against the French colonial rule....
made popular Feb 4 2011
After pressure from the opposition party and the military, the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday announced that he would not contest elections for a sixth...
made popular Feb 2 2011
There has been no more exhilarating time for the Arabs for centuries, literally centuries, than this moment. This is bigger than the end of colonial rule. It is a great...
made popular Feb 2 2011
The huge turmoil in Egypt over the resignation of Mubarak has suddenly taken a U-turn with the army terming the demands of the people as “legitimate” and...
made popular Feb 1 2011
Egyptian people have been complaining about police passiveness with regards to stopping looters from robbing museums, malls, banks… Oh wait a minute, actually,...
made popular Jan 31 2011
My Facebook friends have been scribbling news from Egypt all over their walls; some of which have been jokes on the current protests… and to lighten up the stress...
made popular Jan 31 2011
Anti-government activists have been roaming the streets of Egypt ever since last Tuesday, with one simple wish to ask for, they want the Egyptian “King” Hosni...
made popular Jan 31 2011
Things are heating up in the Middle East. People throughout the region are fed up, and rightfully so. They’ve had it with the oppressive regimes, the corruption, the...
made popular Jan 27 2011
Tens of thousands of Egyptians have pledged to participate in mass demonstrations planned for Tuesday by a coalition of opposition groups, despite government warnings...
made popular Jan 25 2011
Interior Minister Habib Adli says al-Qaeda-linked network planned suicide attacks in Christian, Muslim places of worship, claims some of detainees were involved in...
made popular Jan 25 2011
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates arrives at Cairo’s international airport, Monday May 4, 2009, the first stop on a Mideast tour that will include Saudi Arabia. Gates is on a delicate mission, seeking to reassure U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf...
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