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The optimism generated by the Arab spring is now giving way to anxieties about where these changes are taking Arab societies. The idealism of the you...
This must be a bittersweet week for filmmaker Nadine Labaki. Her latest film Where Do We Go Now? (W Halla' La Wein?) is being screened to sold-out audiences at Sundance, and yet it failed to get into the Best Foreign Film race for this year's Academy Awards.
Ziad Tassabehji has always been an entrepreneur at heart. Born in Lebanon and now living in the UK, Ziad started his first Internet company before there was even Internet in Dubai in 1995.
The cultural damage wrought by the unchecked regeneration of Beirut has been talked about at length, but there are also safety aspects to consider.
The change coming from the Arab Awakening is going through a frightening phase that is causing much frustration, and yet there is something in the air preventing a downward spiral into pessimism.
Democracy is much more than just holding free and fair elections. It has to be underpinned by a civil society governed by the rule of law and supported by a politically neutral civil justice system free of corruption.
The Secretary-General trusts in Lebanon's ability to move forward normally, and not as a Syrian hostage.
Arab opinion matters. It clearly matters to the West, which has long ignored Arab sentiment. But the views of the public matter within the region as well. The sooner leaders listen and learn, the sooner change can occur.
If you're organized and determined enough to get to these hard-to-reach places, you will be rewarded with some amazing adventures
What does Nayla Tueni want to prove as a politician and how can she reconcile that with her job on the paper founded by her great grandfather? Is there a conflict of interest?
Maybe what prime time television needs right now isn't a showcase of Muslims being as ultra-American as possible, but a conscientious exploration of why our image of the "All American" is actually a complete fiction.
The subjection of Arab women will be inevitable if Islamist political parties seize power in the countries of change, where coups or uprisings took place this year.
Relations between Turkey and the U.S. have changed in response to dramatic changes in the Arab world. But some constants remain -- among these are the dangers associated with the region's limited tolerance for foreign intervention.
Western and Arab diplomats will cheerfully tell you (off the record) that a number of international missions monitor conversations across the country, as do domestic organizations. It's a poorly kept secret that it's hard to keep a secret in Lebanon.
What matters most is early participation in shaping the destiny of the Arabs, so as for the Arabs not to fall into a cycle of organized, creative or random chaos.
With Lebanon suffering one of the world's slowest Internet connection speeds, it is certainly not surprising that social media hasn't picked up in this country as quickly as it did in other parts of the globe.
