Assessing the mood on the Arab street
Unrestricted polls in the Arab world were uncommon prior to the Arab Spring. Because of their own restrictive policies, the former regimes deprived themselves of the means to assess the mood in the street. Till the last minute, they had
Hope of return to the Middle East
Sydney Morning Herald
In the aftermath of the Arab Spring uprisings, Australians have continued to stay away, but operators are optimistic a turnaround is on the way. With Egypt’s presidential elections over, tour operators are hoping travel to the Middle East will finally
George Jonas: Let’s hear it for Israel, the Arab world’s all-purpose enemy
National Post
And how is the Arab Spring? Well, there’s bad news, and good news. The bad news is that since the beginning of the phenomenon that has been discussed more and understood less than any in recent years, hostility to Israel in the region has only increased.
Turkey emerges as tourism hotspot for Gulf visitors
Big numbers of Arab tourists are seen everywhere in Istanbul and other Turkish cities this year, as other tourism destinations, especially Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon, are grappling with the Arab Spring and its aftereffects. Arab tourists come from …
Daily Beast
I met with Khoury this spring, a few days before he was to fly to Beirut. We talked about As Though She Were Sleeping, his latest novel to be translated into English, his varied life as a militant, writer, and political activist, and the Arab Spring …
Geopolitical Dimensions of the Syrian Crisis
Foreign Policy Journal
1987-2011), sparking the Arab Spring that spread to many Arab countries including Syria. The protests led to the removal of the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (r. 1981-2011), and the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh (r. 1978-2011), yet it fell …
Writer tried to stop Vogue profile of Syria’s first lady
Ahram Online
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