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The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
on : Monday, 20 Jul, 2009
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The Not So Happy Yemen

The motives that lie behind the demonstrations, confrontations and strikes which the southern governorates have lately witnessed are uncertain. Analyses of such events are conflicting. It is not clear whether they involve a liberation movement longing for independence or public discontent originating in the difficult economic circumstances in Yemen. Regional interferences are also a possibility not to be excluded in the evocation of rebellion and sectarianism in Yemen. Regarding this last aspec...

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The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
on : Monday, 13 Jul, 2009
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The State of Political Progress in Lebanon

The Lebanese parliamentary elections ended more than a month ago, and today the Lebanese people are going through another tough experience while trying to form the government in the wake of   these elections. It is true that the "March 14" Alliance achieved victory, but the "March 8" Alliance, led by Hezbollah, still has the ability to exert power, an ability which was not granted by the constitution nor the law, but one that the party has seized through the power of its weapons in the past f...

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The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
on : Monday, 29 Jun, 2009
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Iran: Between Disappointment and a New Revolution

A Window of Opportunity Despite the Disappointment, There is Hope Safa Haeri – Iranian-born career journalist living in France. Creator of Iran Press Service, he covered th...

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The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
on : Monday, 22 Jun, 2009
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Who Owns Islam?

The issue of Islam and Islamic movements is a thorny one which has witnessed widespread debate since the early 1980s over whether these movements and their branches represent the ...

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The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
on : Monday, 15 Jun, 2009
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Reflections on the upcoming presidential elections in Iran

The hoped-for transition that would enhance the internal Iranian performance is to regain the reform-oriented discourse within the project of Iran's reconciliation with itself on ...

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The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
on : Monday, 1 Jun, 2009
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Lebanese elections and the current political scene

Days before the date of announcing the election results in Lebanon, the political scene seems to be dominated by differences between confused political sects, and the ones that ha...

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The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
on : Monday, 25 May, 2009
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US-Iraq Agreement on a Long-Term Partnership: What’s in it for Iraq?

There are three scenarios for Iraq. Even the optimistic one is cautious, and they all embrace a tendency towards pessimism and a serious concern about the future and stability of ...

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The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
on : Monday, 27 Apr, 2009
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The Hezbollah/Egypt Situation

Since Egypt declared its discovery of Hezbollah’s cell, known as the cell of (Sami Shehab), analyses have varied about the expansion of Hezbollah’s activities outside its bord...

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The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
on : Saturday, 11 Apr, 2009
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The Shiite Political Islam

Iran is “Dangerous” Even to Itself.  We should not allow any Iranian banner to be raised in our countries. El-Musawi says. The hard-line path in Iran found its golden la...

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