Not so Good Friday

15 years ago

I had originally said it was best in Syria, but as the news of dozens of deaths at the hands…

Has the time come for Syria?

15 years ago

It is hard to do better the day before a showdown in Syria than spending an hour with Joshua Landis…

DC lunch: women of courage

15 years ago

Yes, I did make it to both lunchtime events today, Mona Makram-Ebeid at the Middle East Institute and Shirin Ebadi…

Disingenuous is the polite term

15 years ago

President Omar al Bashir of Sudan is, to put it politely, disingenuous in this attempt at a straight-up interview by…

Lessons from Serbia applied in Middle East and North Africa

15 years ago

The press has caught on to some of the connections between Serbia's Otpor legacy and popular rebellions in the Middle…

You reap what was sown

15 years ago

A reader tweets: Personally I prefer Bosnia to stay one single state. But how can we say YES to #Kosovo…

Getting Gaddafi out also requires diplomacy

15 years ago

Tony Cordesman's tirade against the half-hearted effort NATO is making against Gaddafi's forces in Libya is all the rage today…

If only we had 10 plagues to send

15 years ago

It's the second night of Passover and Bashar al Assad is still not letting his people go. The notion that…

The Passover of Arab liberation

15 years ago

Tonight is the beginning of Passover, the holiday celebrating the founding narrative of the Jewish people, which is also regarded…

What do Syrians want?

15 years ago

While the Arabist is certainly correct in noting the banality of President Bashar al Assad's speech to his new council…