The Dilemma of Islamic Financial Systems: for good or ill?
CAIRO: In today's hyper-competitive business and financial world, Islamic financial systems are…
Jordan begins reacting to the Sunni-Shia rift
The timing of the execution of Saddam Hussein on the first morning…
Enough abuse of the streets in Lebanon
Just as it was half a century ago, Lebanon is once again…
America's new Middle East strategy: containing Iran
What's America's strategy in the Middle East? US Secretary of State Condoleezza…
The State of our Union is frustrating
You could see it in Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's…
Ben Ali's dictatorship is creating more Islamists
Tunisian President Zein al-Abedin ben Ali has on official occasions often referred…
Turkey is changing, despite Dink's murder
Less than a week before Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was assassinated, his…
If Iran is next, the United States is making a mistake
Can politics learn from history? Or is it subject to a fatal…
From home to home
JEZREEL VALLEY, Israel: When my grandfather was on his deathbed, began one…
The Lebanese might repeat the past
I spent two days in Beirut in late 2002. And the tension…