Tag: Middle East
Fighting the Wrong Enemy: Why Americans Hate Muslims
I remain an Arab, a Muslim, and a dissident—all unforgivable sins in the new, rapidly changing America.
Read More
The European Migrants Crisis: The West Has Lost the Moral High Ground
Migrants wait as the self-important leaders of Europe decide whether political expediency has a higher value than that of human life.
Read More
The Roots of Terror
Civilians in Paris have been killed because of these imperial drives for power, just as tens, hundreds of millions before them have been killed in the past.
Read More
No Arab Bolivars: As Region Implodes, Arab Socialism Fizzles Out
The Middle East is experiencing its greatest political upheaval and socialist influx in a hundred years.
Read More
‘The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat’ – Book Review
Works such as The Dispensable Nation simply highlight the arrogance and hubris of an empire in decline.
Read More
The Arab Intellectual is Resting, Not Dead
Professor Said, and many such giants, were missed most during this current upheaval, where intellectuals seemed negligible, if at all relevant.
Read More
The Age of TV Jokers: Arab Media on the Brink
At this critical stage of popular transformation, the stunting of critical Arab media will register its negative impact for years to come.
Read MoreIslamic Postmodernism to Postsecularism: Book Review
From Postmodernism to Postsecularism: Re-emerging Islamic Civilization. Eric Walberg. Clarity Press, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. 2013. In his introduction, Eric Walberg states, “The main purpose of this book is to help the reader...
Read MoreThe Middle East, Democratization, and the Arab Spring
While the flawed internal regime structure is part of the problem, Western influence in the Middle East has only served to enhance the potency and durability of these dictatorial regimes.
Read More