Nation Topics - Arab Awakening | The Nation

The American government is currently employing counterterrorism strategies against Muslim communities here in the United States that were first developed by the military for use abroad.

During her time reporting on the protest movement, Alwadi was detained by authorities in Bahrain and forced to sign a statement saying that she wouldn't write about or engage in political activities.

Throughout the Arab world, we are witnessing nothing less than the awakening of several phenomena that are critical for stable statehood.

If the Syrian dictator falls, there could be a bloody sectarian settling of accounts.

Can Egyptians turn the fervor of Tahrir into lasting political engagement?

Seemingly within reach of unprecedented power in a post-Mubarak Egypt, the group faces the prospect of implosion.

The success of the insurgent movements throughout the region correlates well with the strength of organized labor.

The king says his realm is a beacon of liberalism, but the people demand bread, and roses too. 

Without social justice for unemployed youth, revolutionary hopes may descend into class war.

The Palestinian liberation struggle was “the rock that was thrown in the still water.”