American Egyptian Dialogue Conference in Atlanta PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 03 May 2009 00:00
 

By Jenn Young
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In the city of Atlanta, home to CNN and the Carter Center for Peace, a group of American journalists, professors, religious leaders, and community activists met with their Egyptian counterparts to discuss challenges facing media sources in portraying accurate images of the “other."


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Obama Renews Sanctions Against Syria PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 08 May 2009 00:00

Press Release
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President Obama sustains declaration of emergency with regard to Syria which renews sanctions delineated in previous executive orders.

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The Rise of Militant Islam PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 06 May 2009 00:00
 

 By Tarek Heggy
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As early as the first century of the Muslim calendar, Islam has known radical sects who demanded blind adherence to their rigid reading of the articles of faith, side by side with mainstream Islam, whose adherents eschew violence and extremism and do not profess to hold a monopoly on Truth.

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The Term "Man Caused Disasters" Sounds Weak, but the "War on Terror" Has Always Been Weaker PDF Print E-mail
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by Yvonne R. Davis
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 "The 'war on terror' has had a pernicious impact on American democracy, on America's psyche and on U.S. standing in the world." --Zbigniew Brzezinski

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A Proposed Peace Strategy for the Arab-Israeli Conflict PDF Print E-mail


by Dr. Ahmed Saad
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Since the 1948 establishment of the Israeli state in Palestine, both peaceful and military approaches were pursued to address the Arab-Israeli conflict.  However, time has proven that the current peace strategy has architectural defects and a proposed modification is presented herein to correct it.

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The Syrian National Reconciliation between Aspiration and Reality PDF Print E-mail

 


by Dr. Abdulbaset Sieda
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Following the death of the Syrian president Hafez al-Assad (10 June 2000) and his replacement by his son Bashar al-Assad in a manner contrary to what one would expect in a republic, except maybe North Korea, Syria witnessed an unprecedented popular movement aspiring for change and reform lead by independent academics of various backgrounds.

 

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Rethinking "Resistance": Arab Liberal Perspectives PDF Print E-mail
by Daniel Lav * 
Courtesy of MEMRI.org

The ideology of "resistance" - muqawama - has been a central feature of Arab political thought in the modern age. Recently, though, the concept of resistance - and in particular the way it has been deployed in the last few years - has come under attack from Arab liberals.

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On Campus: The Pro-Palestinian's Real Agenda PDF Print E-mail
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by Khaled Abu Toameh*
Courtesy of Hudson Institute NY

During a recent visit to several university campuses in the U.S., Idiscovered that there is more sympathy for Hamas there than there is in Ramallah.

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