Arab World

Social Networking Site Provides Glimpse Into Global Community

Jane Wylen | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

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Jane Wylen

I thought that, by interviewing some of my contacts on Livemocha, I could gain some insight into how we Americans look from the outside. One man living in China wrote: "The U.S. has good education and good medical care. Americans enjoy every minute."

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Morocco's Gift

Pablo Ganguli | Posted 08.21.2008 | Politics

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Pablo Ganguli

Morocco has earned itself a reputation as a tolerant, nascent democracy in North Africa. In reality, it is a very different story.

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Carter's Hamas Hallucination

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics

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Amb. Marc Ginsberg

In 1996 I urged Carter to understand that he could make his peace with America's Jews and Israel by having a deeper appreciation of the resentment he engenders when his advocacy on behalf of the Palestinian people seems to be at Israel's expense.

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No Clash of Civilizations at U.S. Islamic World Forum

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 02.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Islam, Primaries, Muslim, Clinton, u.s. Foreign Policy, Presidential Campaign, Middle East, Iraq, Obama, Mccain, Bin Laden, Arab World, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Memo to the next president: from Morocco to Indonesia, if we (and they) don't blow the opportunity, there is a chance to make the "long war" a far shorter war.

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Dateline Qatar -- Join Me at the U.S. Islamic World Forum

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 02.16.2008 | Politics

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Amb. Marc Ginsberg

In the land that hosts Al Jazeera, it is with some irony that the Summit commences against a backdrop of increasing efforts by Arab governments to restrict press freedom.

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