Jordan

Could Israeli Muslims Kick-Start An Environmental Movement in the Middle East?

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 08.20.2008 | Green


Karin Kloosterman

I've lived in Israel for almost a decade and was beginning to think that environmentalism in this part of the woods was a Jewish thing. Israel is burs...

My Interview With Deborah Campbell: How Hezbollah's Triumph is Blowback for U.S. Policy

Omid Memarian | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


Omid Memarian

Why after the Israel-Lebanon 34-day war two years ago, and particularly after the Doha accord in May, which restored Hezbollah to the Lebanese governm...

From Jordan: Iraqis Need Our Help

Luis Carlos Montalván and Tyler Boudreau | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics


Luis Carlos Montalván and Tyler Boudreau

Iraq refugees say the reason they will not return to Iraq is that it is too dangerous and unlivable. Yet living conditions in Jordan are arduous. They wait for a miracle, because that is all that is left.

Jordan's King Visits Iraq, Urges Arabs To Support

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 08.11.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD — Jordan's King Abdullah II held talks Monday with Iraq's prime minister after coming to Baghdad on an unannounced visit, the first by a...

US Vets Return to Middle East to Help Iraqi Refugees

Karin Zeitvogel | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics


Karin Zeitvogel

I'm on the first day of a rapid-fire visit to Jordan, which has provided a safe haven for an estimated 750,000 refugees from Iraq. We also hope to work out if we can provide relief to them.

Obama And The Wall

Jamal Dajani | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics


Jamal Dajani

During my recent travels to the Middle East, I found that although Obama fairs much better than his rival, early enthusiasm for his candidacy has been replaced by skepticism.

Media Darlings: The Maverick or The Chosen One?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Do reporters like John McCain better? Can Captain Straight Talk Express even complain? And should Obama sidestep his rep as the Anointed One?

Seven Tips to Obama

Jamal Dajani | Posted 07.20.2008 | Politics


Jamal Dajani

Don't keep insisting to the Arabs that you're not a Muslim. They already know that, and they don't care.

Eco-Touring in the Middle East: How About Jordan, Iran and Lebanon?

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green


Karin Kloosterman

ISA issues aside, eco-touring is no longer a concept found only in the West. More Middle Eastern organizations are starting to cater to the ecologically minded and are marketing eco-tours.

Killing the Dead Sea Twice Is Good for Politicians, Not the Environment

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green


Karin Kloosterman

The Dead Sea, shared by Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians should be listed as one of the Wonders of the World -- and it's in danger of drying up.

Israel's Diplomatic "JewJitsu"

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics


Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Israel has secretly accomplished more diplomatically in the past few months with its adversaries than anything that Condi Rice could have or would have brokered in years.

Mideast Suspicion Fertile Ground for Rumors

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 06.18.2008 | Media


Daoud Kuttab

A blogger reported on a lecture given by an advisor to McCain saying that the nominee plans to declare Jordan a Palestinian state. This supposed lecture, however, never took place.

'World's First Church' Discovered In Jordan: Report

AP | DALE GAVLAK | Posted 06.11.2008 | Living


AMMAN, Jordan — Archaeologists in Jordan have discovered a cave underneath one of the world's oldest churches and say it may have been an even m...

Queen Rania of Jordan Does YouTube for Peace

Craig Newmark | Posted 06.04.2008 | Media


Craig Newmark

Queen Rania is at the cutting edge of diplomatic communication and efforts to build global understanding, having launched a webpage on Youtube.

McCain at AIPAC Offers Americans and Israelis the Same Gloomy, Insecure, Hope-Free Future

Daniel Levy | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics


Daniel Levy

That most of the crowd loved McCain's speech is a sad reflection on AIPAC, and that it is reaping what it has sown in moving so aggressively to the right in recent years.

Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? Morgan Spurlock Shows the Simple Truth: We're in Some Serious Doo-Doo But There's Hope Yet

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 04.18.2008 | Entertainment


Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

Spurlock's film shows how regular people can ferret out simple truths, when our leaders fail to make the effort.

What Petraeus Didn't Tell You

Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics


Jamal Dajani

When General David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker testified before a Senate Committee this week, there was one issue never mentioned: that's the issue of Iraqi refugees.

A Double-Standard For Jordan?

William Fisher | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics


William Fisher

When Jordan's King Abdullah II addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress in March 2007, his speech was filled with words like peace and justice. ...

The New Media Environment: Paths to Understanding

Mahmood N. Al-Yousif | Posted 04.02.2008 | Media


The premise of the Aspen Institute's conference I just attended at the Dead Sea in Jordan was somewhat different from the others I had in the past. Th...

Islam's Moderate Leaders and That 3am Call

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics


Amb. Marc Ginsberg

The next president is going to have rebuild a lot of broken coalitions shattered by years of failed U.S. diplomacy to make that 3am call less of a threat to our sleeping kids.

Middle East Inflation Agitates Lower Classes

New York Times | Robert F. Worth | Posted 02.25.2008 | Business


Even as it enriches Arab rulers, the recent oil-price boom is helping to fuel an extraordinary rise in the cost of food and other basic goods that is ...

The Iraqi Refugee Mess Just Got Messier

Lionel Beehner | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics


Lionel Beehner

Shame on the Democratic presidential frontrunners for not raising this subject more often. Shame on reporters who take the shibboleth from the White House as if it were fact.

"I Have a Mirage!" Bush Declares to the Arab World

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 01.13.2008 | Politics


Amb. Marc Ginsberg

It's taken a terribly long time for Rice -- no Mid-East expert either before, during, or after her 7th year in this administration -- to understand that "elections" do not constitute "democracy."

Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Iraqi Refugees. . . What? Wait a Minute.

Russ Wellen | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics


Russ Wellen

The death and forced relocation of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis can no longer be ignored. The citizens of every American city or town need to provide jobs and lodging for Iraqis.

Lebanon is a Good Example of Removing the Impression of Suspicious Deals from the Bush Administration

Raghida Dergham | Posted 12.22.2007 | Politics


Raghida Dergham

The US has become interested once again in a leading role regarding Lebanon to correct the errors that have hurt the model of democracy, the reputation of the US and Bush himself.


 

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