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Coming Down to the Wire in Lebanon: Parliamentary Immunity, Israeli Spies and...
Franklin Lamb writes from Beirut’s Abdel Kadas Kabbani High School Polling Station 95 hours and the Polls will open As election volunteers in Lebanon work this morning to spruce up its hundreds of...
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Nasrallah’s Turn
Nicholas Noe tracks the evolution of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s rhetoric since 2006. Over the last decade and a half, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Lebanon’s militant Shiite movement...
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A Process of Change – Nasrallah to Petraeus
It’s important to remember that Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s speeches consist of more than mere rhetoric. One of the reasons for Nasrallah’s enormous popularity in the Arab and Muslim worlds is...
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Reese Erlich: “Stop using the word ‘terrorist’”
Defining what a terrorist is and isn’t is a major dilemma. What one may consider terrorism, another may consider resistance. So where does one draw the line? Reese Erlich tackles that topic in his...
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Coffee With Hezbollah: A Review
by Tom Chartier Lately, in the last few years… like since Richard Milhous Nixon assumed the coveted title of POTUS… I have had trouble falling asleep at night. Sound familiar? You betcha! The stresses...
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People Power in the Middle East
M. Shahid Alam From his weekly perch at CNN, Fareed Zakaria, speculated last Sunday (or the Sunday before) whether George Bush could take credit for the events that were unfolding in Tunisia, whether...
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US, the Arab Revolt and al-Qaida
M. Shahid Alam On December 24 2004, I wrote an essay, “America and Islam,” for which I received much heat from Zionist and right-wing bloggers in the United States. The article made the point that the...
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Under Control: the Arms of the Lebanese Resistance
by Brenda Heard The arms of the Resistance, it has been suggested, should be abandoned as a matter of principle. ‘From now on’, explains Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri, ‘the possession of...
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Playing with Political Fire
by Brenda Heard The timing of political manoeuvring often reveals the stark business of domination. Sometimes the timing is flagrant, like the recent commotion in Greece. In the very hours of...
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The Other Pole
Rime Allaf has an unmissable piece in the Guardian. As a counterpoint to the sectarian war scenario we’re hearing so much about, Rime offers the other pole. From 1946, spoiled by the US-sponsored coup...
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