Middle East

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2009

On Israel's 'Domination and Its Intoxications'

Amira Hass

Accepting the International Women's Media Foundation lifetime achievement award, Amira Hass decries the "official language" that allows her fellow Israelis to avoid reality.
Obama Trapped Behind Wall of Mideast Containment

Ira Chernus : Iran

Why the Obama administration's efforts to achieve a Middle East peace between the Israelis and Palestinians are inextricably linked to its efforts to bring Iran to heel.
What Have We Done to Democracy?

Arundhati Roy : US Foreign Policy

What's next in a world where democracy has been so hollowed out, so emptied of meaning?
Statement on Missing US Hikers

Shon Meckfessel : Journalists & Journalism

Three Americans, including Shane Bauer, a contributor to The Nation, went missing while on a hiking trip in Iraqi Kurdistan and are presumed to be detained by Iranian authorities. A fourth member of their party provides insight into their trip here.
Changing Kurdistan

Mohammed A. Salih

On July 25 Kurdistan held both presidential and parliamentary elections. A new, stronger opposition with more seats in the parliament indicates a change in the political landscape in the region.
Obama in Cairo: Where Are the Arab Views?

The Ed Show

Nation contributor Laura Flanders debates the merits of President Obama's speech directed at the Muslim world.

2008

The Searchers

Moustafa Bayoumi : Lebanon

Tribalism is in vogue among conservative Middle East scholars. But a better understanding comes from investigating regional ties rather than sectarian divisions.
An Unlikely King

Bernard Avishai : Biography

An authoritative new biography of Jordan's King Hussein offers an absorbing diplomatic history of the Middle East.
Israel at 60: The State of the State

Eric Alterman : Israel

Israeli writers and intellectuals look at their nation and its problems in a more nuanced and realistic way than most Americans.
What Lies Beneath

Adina Hoffman : Archaeology

The race for "Jewish" bedrock has turned a Jerusalem slum's archaeological riches into an existential threat.
The End of History: With a Period, Not a Question Mark

Phyllis Bennis : Israel

Palestinians lament the Israeli-built wall and life under occupation, and fear permanent restricted access to the holy city of Jerusalem.
No Blood For ...er, um...

Tom Engelhardt : Oil

More than five years after the invasion of Iraq--just in case you were still waiting--the oil giants finally hit the front page.
Bush's Islamist Enemies List

Mohamad Bazzi : Lebanon

By conflating Al Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah, the President displays his ignorance--and could be laying the groundwork for attacks by Israel on Hamas and Hezbollah.
On Not Passing Israel's 'Lynch Test'

Akiva Eldar : Israel

On the sixtieth anniversary of Israel's founding, one of the country's leading journalists reflects on history, the occupation and the duties of conscience.
Architect of War(s)

Michael T. Klare : Dick Cheney

Dick Cheney's Mideast tour suggests another catastrophic military adventure in the Persian Gulf is still in the cards.
Shadowplays

Neve Gordon : Non-Fiction

In a pair of groundbreaking books, Israeli historian Hillel Cohen explores the thorny issue of Palestinian collaboration with Zionists.
Is Iran Winning the Iraq War?

Robert Dreyfuss : Iraq War

Maybe. But Iraqis mistrust Iran as much as they do the United States.

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