by ALI HASHEM for AL MONITOR on MARCH 6, 2013: “Our brother Hugo passed away.” These could be the very words the Arab world used to circulate news of the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. For many Arabs, Chavez’s death means almost as much to them as it does to his loyalists in Caracas. For [...]
by ROBIN WRIGHT for WILSON CENTER, JANUARY 2013: In 2013, millions of Israelis, Iranians, and Arabs will vote in at least 10 pivotal elections that will, in turn, address basic issues facing the Middle East. These countries have vast political, religious, ethnic, and economic differences. But most confront a common trend—the rise of the right [...]
by UN NEWS CENTRE on DECEMBER 20, 2012: The new 10-page update – the latest in a series of reports and updates – paints a bleak picture of the conflict and continuing international human rights and humanitarian law violations taking place in Syria, with civilians continuing to bear the brunt as the front lines between [...]
by CONDOLEEZA RICE for THE WASHINGTON POST on NOVEMBER 23, 2012: The civil war in Syria may well be the last act in the story of the disintegration of the Middle East as we know it. The opportunity to hold the region together and to rebuild it on a firmer foundation of tolerance, freedom and, eventually, democratic [...]
by CHUCK FREILICH for THE DIPLOMAT on OCTOBER 29, 2012: “There is a point at which non-interference becomes complicity in mass murder.” The Middle East is undergoing a historic transformation. Parts of the region are up in flames, and Asia’s primary powers either have no role or a destructive one. Pakistan, Indonesia and other Asian Muslim [...]
In the Muslim World, News of Chavez’s Death Caused Great Grief
by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary on MARCH 6, 2013: Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, President of Venezuela since 1999, passed away from cancer on March 5, 2013. His death drew impassioned reactions from around the world. In the Muslim world news of Chavez’s death caused great grief, and Iran even proclaimed a national day [...]
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