No Toilets or Air For "Forgotten Prisoners"

Betwa Sharma, 10.29.2009

Betwa is the NY/UN correspondent for the Press Trust of India.

Prison conditions worldwide are worse than the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture could have imagined. Jails without air, toilets and food are not rare.

Jordanians' Public Broadcasting Challenge

Daoud Kuttab, 09.25.2009

Palestinian journalist residing in Jerusalem and Amman.

Despite winning the license to privatize, Jordan has failed to create a legal environment or introduce traditions that encourage and improve public service broadcasting.

Three Cheers for Israel?!

Amitai Etzioni, 09.21.2009

Author of "Security First: For a Muscular, Moral Foreign Policy"

Throughout the Middle East, water is running out. Israel and Jordan have moved jointly to address this problem.

Iraq, Afghanistan: Lessons From the Pros

Martin Varsavsky, 10.21.2009

Tech Entrepreneur, Professor at IE

Failed policies in the Middle East could be reshaped by learning from those who have managed to do surprisingly well for themselves: the Israelis, the Iranians and the Afghan drug lords.

Building Hope: What Yahoo!'s Acquisition of Maktoob.com Means

Faisal Ghori, 10.18.2009

Principal at Middle East Ventures, a strategy consultancy

The acquisition signifies that the Middle East has now for the first time become relevant in the eyes of American Internet giants, and with their attention, the region has become globally relevant for its technology-based entrepreneurship.

The 'One-state Solution' Only Stokes Palestinians Self-Delusion

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, 09.19.2009

Associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and its Museum of Tolerance

Until the Palestinians eager to bury the Jewish state finally recognize the legitimate national aspirations of 5.7 million Jews, there may not be peace. But there will always be an Israel.

Jordanian Parliament is Back on Air... Indirectly

Daoud Kuttab, 08.10.2009

Palestinian journalist residing in Jerusalem and Amman.

Two and a half years after being taken off the air, Radio Al Balad was able to broadcast live during the afternoon session of Parliament on July 6, 2009.

Video Blogging Jordan Turns Citizens Into Journalists

Daoud Kuttab, 07.18.2009

Palestinian journalist residing in Jerusalem and Amman.

Vblogging has empowered citizen journalists who are fighting to prove that they can use technology to change their own lives.

The Student of History Needs to Go to Summer School

Mark Levine, 07.07.2009

Historian of the Middle East

For all its well-intentioned rhetoric, President Obama's speech was, sadly, conceptually flawed, empirically challenged, and politically blind to the daily realities that drive hundreds of millions of Muslims to increasing despair.

After Trauma, Iraqi Refugees Look for Healing

Catholic Relief Services, 07.04.2009

For thousands of Iraqis, kidnapping is a nightmare they cannot wake up from. Between 2004 and 2007, hundreds of children and adults were abducted, tortured and often killed.

Spurred by Iran, Arab World Witnesses Nuclear Renaissance

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, 06.27.2009

Multimedia Journalist, most recently for the New York Times

As North Korea restarts its main nuclear plant and Iran continues to flex its nuclear muscles, a less publicized nuclear renaissance is underway in the Middle East.

Pope to Arab Christians: Keep the Faith

Don Belt, 06.15.2009

Senior editor, "National Geographic"

In a land of bitter conflict, Arab Christians have always been the go-betweens, the human bridge between the Islamic world and the Christian West. Their exodus now would leave a huge void.

Swine Flu Prompts Israel, the PA, and Jordan Authorities to Spring to Action

Karin Kloosterman, 06.09.2009

Editor, GreenProphet.com

The 2,000-mile border between Mexico and the United States is nothing compared to the short distances of about 100 miles between the cities in Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority.

Business as Usual for Obama in the Middle East Will Doom the Chances for Peace or Stability

Mark Levine, 06.05.2009

Historian of the Middle East

Mideast Envoy Mitchell's remarks send a signal, both to Israeli and Palestinian leaders, and to the peace activists in both communities struggling desperately against their policies, that business will continue as usual under the Obama Administration.

Rima Maktabi: Al Arabiya's Stunning, Substantive, War-Tried Anchor

Magda Abu-Fadil, 05.20.2009

Director of Journalism Training Program at the American University of Beirut

Fearless, dedicated, yet emotional about conflicts ripping into her country, Rima Maktabi knows when to suppress tears and get on with her job as a professional journalist.

CNN Reporter Turned Princess Starts Jordanian J-School

Magda Abu-Fadil, 05.13.2009

Director of Journalism Training Program at the American University of Beirut

Princess Rym's advice to young journalists today is: "Be persistent. Don't take no for an answer. Remember why you're doing this. It's not about you, it's about the story."

Britain's Guantanamo

Andy Worthington, 05.04.2009

Journalist and author of "The Guantanamo Files"

There are many unnerving similarities between the Bush administration's policies and those implemented in the U.K., which have caused barely a ripple of protest.

Allen Iverson Still Longs for his Ring

Timothy Cooper, 06.05.2009

Writer and Filmmaker

I'm hoping that Iverson is able to shake off those painful back spasms, as he now comes back fresh for a struggling Detroit squad as their sixth man.

The Budget's Foreign Policy Handcuffs

Stephen Zunes, 04.27.2009

Chair of Mid-Eastern Studies program at the University of San Francisco

As Americans are losing their jobs due to a lack of public funding, the Democrats' appropriation bill pours billions of dollars into sophisticated weapons for both Israel and neighboring Arab states.

Open Letter to President Obama on the Need to Support Democracy in the Middle East

Shadi Hamid, 04.12.2009

Research Director, Project on Middle East Democracy

Earlier this week, a group of more than 100 experts and scholars released an open letter to President Obama, urging him to make support for democracy ...

I'm American, But to Israel I'm a Number

Hammad Hammad, 04.06.2009

"Void in Israel, see Palestinian ID #." That's what an Israeli stamp states in Hebrew on my American passport. In Israel, I am a numbered Palestinian despite my American citizenship.