By Trudy Rubin The events of 2011 — featuring Arab upheavals that no one expected — should serve as a warning against New Year’s predictions. But…
Isobel Coleman Quotas for women seem to be the hot thing in the Middle East these days. Libya just announced a 10 percent quota for women…
ARAB TIMES Yemeni Protesters Shout Slogans During A Demonstration Against The Law Of Immunity Pertaining To Outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh KUWAIT CITY, Jan 10, (Agencies):…
Frida Ghitis, Special to CNN Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -The final runoff of Egypt’s first free elections in recent memory has ended and the result is clear:…
Forbes A global perspective of women, business and culture This is a guest post by Amanda Riggs As a Western woman who worked in Egypt for…
Arab Spring deals Iran losing cards Winnipeg Free Press When Iran saw the fall of the pro-western regimes in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, it believed…
Is the Arab Spring Good News for Christians? Patheos In this first part of a new series, an expert on the Middle East explains the perils of the Arab…
By: William B. Quandt Egypt has just about completed the lengthy process set out months ago for electing its parliament. Many more months will pass before…