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Special Reports

Columns

Eye on North Africa

Our Maghreb columnist William Bauer analyses and comments on politics, culture, economy, trending...
Algerian islamists accused of receiving funds from abroad

al-Medina wa al-Medina

The city, and the process of urbanism, has been a central vector in the Arab uprisings, however...
Public Squares and the Arab uprising

Midthought

Midthought confronts complicated conceptions of identity, politics, and nationality, aiming...
Party Like It’s Saudi

Arab Literature

Marcia Lynx Qualey is a Cairo-based writer and reader who runs a popular blog on Arab Literature,...
The capital of Arab comics: Algiers, Beirut, Cairo or Dubai?

Women of the Middle East

Bringing you the stories of strong, independent women as well as those who have no voice, this...
Comment: Women on the road to political leadership in Tunisia

Features

Iraq battle pits oil against antiquities

Babylon's Hanging Gardens were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but heritage appears...

Ammans' historic Rainbow Street abuzz after facelift

Rainbow Street in Amman's heart is abuzz again after posh 1920s-era homes were...

In Yemen, eating is a luxury millions struggle to afford

For almost half of Yemen's 22 million people, eating has become a luxury...

Image Of The Week: A Palestinian protestor holds a banner and a photo of a relative

Demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails outside the Massiyahu Prison in Ramle, near Tel Aviv, May 3. Israel has so far rejected all appeals lodged by the hunger strikers.
© Ahmad Gharabli - AFP/File

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News

• Israeli tank fire hurts seven in Gaza
• Iran's Ahmadinejad wants to attend Olympics
• Japan bank freezes Iran transactions after court order
• Syria accused of new massacre as UN team is evacuated
• Syria's Assad doomed, says Israel's Barak
• UN convoy attacked in Syria
• Kadhafi son refusing to accept defense lawyer
• Seven dead as gunmen raid Libyan oasis city
• Several wounded in renewed Lebanon clashes
• Hamas: New Palestinian cabinet strengthens the division
• US gas giant works to avoid Israel electric shortage
• Israeli intelligence head visited US for Iran talks
• At least 10 more people killed in Syria, says watchdog
• Syrians back regime, Assad tells Russia TV
• Iran calls for rallies against Saudi-Bahrain union
• Egypt presidential candidate Mohammed Fawzi Eissa pulls out to back Amr Mussa
• Egypt's military ruler vows fair election
• Yemen army is pushing AL-Qaeda back
• Bahrain activist says charge over tweets vindictive
• Syria-linked clashes end in Lebanon but anger remains
• Death toll in south Yemen anti-Qaeda offensive rises to 44
• Iran says Saudi-Bahrain union plan deepens crisis
• Dozens killed in Syria as Saudi Arabia expresses doubts about Annan peace plan
• Israel braces for unrest ahead of Nakba Day
• Iran-IAEA talks to resume on May 21
• Witnesses testify in Iraqi Vice President al-Hashemi's death squad trial
• 12,000 soldiers and 19 countries in largest military exercises in the Middle East in 10 years
• Burhan Ghalioun elected chief of Syrian National Council
• Human Rights Watch urges Kuwait to sign detention reform bill
• Iran executes man convicted of spying for Israel and killing nuclear scientist

Opinion

• Mehdi Khalaji: The Ayatollah Contemplates Compromise
• Itamar Rabinovich: The Anarchy Factor in Syria
• Abdul Wasa Al-Saqqaf: Yemen after the presidential elections
• Shlomo Avineri: The Arab Springtime of Nations?
• Javier Solana: Iran’s Last Chance?
• Josef Olmert: The Günter Grass Affair – why it matters
• Jonathan Schell: Disarmament Wars
• Joschka Fischer: The Persian Knot
• Sinan Ulgen: Erdoğan the Peacemaker?
• Ronald S. Lauder: Syria after Assad
• Itamar Rabinovich: Forging Syria’s Opposition
• Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou: Iraqi Libya
• Barak Barfi: Libya’s Transition to Transition
• John D. Podesta: NATO's Libyan Lessons
• Josef Olmert: Israel's calculus about Syria; the devil we know?
• David Scheffer: Fanning the Flames of Justice in Syria
• Olivier Basille: Letter to Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi
• Michael Bröning: Hamas Comes in from the Cold
• Jaswant Singh: Return to the Arc of Crisis
• Itamar Rabinovich: The Iranian Nuclear Threat Goes Global
• Moha Ennaji: The Maghreb’s Modern Islamists
• Josef Olmert: The past and Israel's calculus about Iran
• Amine Ghali: Improving Tunisia’s economy requires inclusion
• Gareth Jenkins: The deteriorating state of media freedom in Turkey
• Zaki Laïdi: Obama’s Middle East Malady
• Josef Olmert: The day after sectarianism and Syria's future
• Alfred G. Gerteiny: Western media's tilt towards Israel
• Michael Sharnoff: Revisiting the Arab Peace Initiative - A Novel Approach to Failed Talks
• Omar Ashour: What do Egypt’s Generals Want?
• Natalia Simanovsky: The Arab Spring is an opportunity for Israel

Features

• Iraq battle pits oil against antiquities
• Ammans' historic Rainbow Street abuzz after facelift
• In Yemen, eating is a luxury millions struggle to afford
• Analysis: Confining the conflict with Iran to the economic realm
• Qataris pressure the Earth’s environment more than anywhere else in the world
• Palestinian strike: a coup for non-violent protest
• CitJo website bridges social, traditional media gap
• Obscure jihadists enter Syrian conflict
• Insider's Guide: Weekend in Amman
• Calling SCAF to account
• SeedStartup: Riding the wave of Entrepreneurship in the Middle East
• Desperate search for loved ones amid Damascus carnage
• Contractors spearhead effort to train Iraqi forces
• The end(s) of stability?
• Forbidden + 18 Days – a review of two revolutionary Egyptian films
• With Iron Dome, a new posture helps defend morale
• Safe Arab tourism destinations thrive
• Heavy metal music unites Jews and Muslims across the Middle East
• Iraqi aims to write world's longest copy of Koran
• Put Palestine First
• Nobel Prize winner's new museum opens a gateway to Istanbul’s past
• Syria's Christians and the uprising
• Student terror as Syria forces raid Aleppo University
• Baba Amr, Syria's ghost town of rubble
• Violence erupts anew in Syria: Is U.S. intervention ever justifiable?
• Egypt's Amr Mussa battles Mubarak-era stigma in poll
• Turkish beauty magazines ties Muslim veil to glamour
• US funds may have helped Iraq insurgents
• A year after bin Laden slain, Al-Qaeda 'in ruins'
• US intelligence officials: After bin Laden, Al-Qaeda is essentially gone

Special Reports

• Doing business in Iraq
• Naguib Mahfouz 100 years
• Construction in Beirut
• Defense spending
• University studies in the Middle East
• Football in the Middle East

Columns

• Eye on North Africa
• al-Medina wa al-Medina
• Midthought
• Arab Literature
• Women of the Middle East
• Kalimat
• Mid East Musings
• War & Peace
• Letters from Istanbul
• Between East and West
• Green News