Articles written by: The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
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Tuesday, 22 Feb, 2011
Two Iranian naval ships have entered the Suez Canal, en route to Syria, in a move which will have several immediate repercussions throughout the region. The ships, the Alvand and the Kharg, entered the canal in the early morning of Tuesday, 22 February, despite reports last week that the vessels would not attempt to pass into the Mediterranean.
This event is significant chiefly due to the fact that it marks the first large material shift in regional policy from Egypt, since Hosni Muba...
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Monday, 21 Feb, 2011
Bouazizi’s desperate act ignited a wider flame across the country and the sudden onslaught of an uprising on the ground eventually led to the deposition of its current president, a curtain call on a 23-year-rule during which his party dominated politics in Tunisia. Popular theories concerning how political change may come to Arab countries were challenged by the ensuing events. Although analysts have been aware for the last two decades that Tunisia's growing youth bulge may t...
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Monday, 21 Feb, 2011
DAMASCUS - I love Fridays in Damascus. The usual bedlam winds down to a gentle murmur. It’s the weekend in this part of the world, the Muslim day of rest; shop fronts are shu...
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Saturday, 19 Feb, 2011
In the wake of the Egyptian demonstrations, which were partially organized via internet social media platforms, a call went up last week through the pages of Facebook for a...
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Friday, 18 Feb, 2011
The soldiers of Egypt’s army should make the most of being treated like rock stars by their people—it surely won’t last for long.
Walking down Qasr El-Aini Street toda...
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Friday, 18 Feb, 2011
The vagaries of Lebanese politics have already been thrown into harsh light in 2011. The convoluted representation system—which invariably guarantees a hamstrun...
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Wednesday, 16 Feb, 2011
Jonathan Stewart Lebowitz, also known as Jon Stewart, is a political satirist, writer, TV host, actor, media critic and standup comedian. Since 1999, this multi-talented Am...
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Wednesday, 16 Feb, 2011
The first days of this week have witnessed anti-regime protests throughout Iran, among other Middle Eastern countries. Because of complete government censorship, news from ...
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Friday, 11 Feb, 2011
There were scenes of unbridled joy and euphoric jubilation on the streets of Cairo this afternoon, in the wake of an announcement from recently installed vice president, Om...
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Friday, 11 Feb, 2011
Yesterday it seemed as though the Egyptian military had moved to resolve the continuing turmoil in Egypt by easing President Hosni Mubarak out of office. The military’s s...
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