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Syrian Democracy In Action

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:08:08 +0200

By Anthony Zeitouni
Such a great relationship exists between the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his fellow citizens. After 11 month of brainstorming and public debates about the new constitution and the entire reform process, the young president set Sunday, February 26, as the day of...

The Bloody Sunday Massacre in Cairo

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:24:17 +0200

By Anthony Zeitouni
The horrifying incident: Over 30 Coptic Christian Egyptian protestors were crushed under the wheels of the Egyptian army tanks in front of the State Radio and Television, called the Maspero building, in downtown Cairo on Sunday, October 9.

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Our New Allies, the Jihadists

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:49:52 +0200

The recent raid on the Israeli embassy in Cairo is a serious and dangerous incident and cannot be described as an act of recklessness by a few young protestors. It sets a precedent, and is a bad omen for the future of Egypt.

The protestors who stormed Tahrir Square and other public...

Syria: Happy Ramadan from Bashar Al-Assad And Family

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:05:09 +0200

“It is an inevitable surgery to save Syria,” a Syrian senior official told me the day after the recent massacre in the city of Hama, which took place on the first day of Ramadan, Islam’s sacred month. “In just a few weeks you will see the political reform of President Bashar Al-Assad”...

Syria: Who Is In Charge, Bashar Al-Assad or Maher Al-Assad?

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:12:32 +0200

Among all the information coming out of Syria, there are two pieces of news that can give us a clear idea about the political activities on both the government and opposition sides regarding the ongoing crisis in Syria. First, we have the two-day conference organized by the official commission...

The Question Of Syria

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:38:34 +0200

In Beirut the Syrian crisis invades and surrounds you; it is always there on the table, not just because we are neighboring countries but because we are “one people in two countries” as the late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad said. Also, more Syrians fled to Lebanon during the current...

Syria-Israel Business Talks

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:32:48 +0200

In his Mideast remarks “A Moment of Opportunity” President Obama addresses the Syrian popular upraising and sends a clear message to President Bashar al-Assad to either lead a transition to democracy or “get out of the way”. It looks like the Syrian regime has not yet received Obama’s...

Toppling Of Mubarak: A Chance For Peace In The Middle East

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:30:15 +0200

The game is now over for Mubarak. His regime is on its death bed waiting for somebody to end life support. Obama is holding the key of change now. The Obama administration’s position has been recently escalated its sound-bites from the “Mubarak is not a dictator” of Joe Biden to the...

Al-Qaeda’s Mission: Demonizing Islam

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:27:31 +0200

TIME magazine named Facebook’s Co-Founder and CEO Zuckerberg, 26, as Time’s Person of the Year 2010. Meanwhile Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, 28, was recently named the “Stockholm bomber” after he blew himself up in a street in Stockholm last week in a suicide attack. What a paradox, two...

Egypt: An Autocracy Endorsed By The United States

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:22:27 +0200

The results of the parliamentary election in Egypt are known even before election day, Sunday, November 28, because the ruling party of President Mubarak is once again manipulating the people of Egypt to win the race and to marginalize all others, from the Muslim Brotherhood group (an Egyptian...