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Cairo to Fort Hood: Broader Engagement at Home and Abroad

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Science Envoy Program, Islam, Fort Hood, Physicians, Veterans Day, Anderson Cooper, In the Land of Invisible Women, Taliban, Waco, State Department, Barack Obama, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Al Qaeda, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Zakat, Islamophobia, Unabomber, Jihad, Armistice Day, Saudi Arabia, Cnn, Insomnia, New York Times, Nidal Malik Hasan, Hillary Clinton, Muslim, Obama Cairo Speech, Ground Zero, Politics News
Qanta Ahmed, MD

Mass murders have become a depressingly familiar punctuation in the rhythm of modern day American despair.

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Neocons' Jihad against Liberal Parties in Egypt

Wael Nawara | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Neoconservatives, Obama Cairo Speech, Liberals, Barack Obama, Armageddon, World News
Wael Nawara

What does it mean to be an Egyptian Neocon? In their words, it means that they believe that the USA, has the right and the obligation to spread "democracy" and "capitalism," by force if necessary.

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Obama Strikes Back -- First Year Agenda, Phase III

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dick Armey, Chrysler, Gm, Public Option, Liberals, Lebanon, Camelot, Democrats, Democratic Party, Gitmo, Barack Obama, Gays in the Military, Tea Baggers, Conservatives, Fox News, Neoconservatives, Harry Reid, Newt Gingrich, Republican Party, Health Care, Obama Cairo Speech, Republicans, Tea Bagging, Uigers, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

Phase III: Obama Strikes Back. The Republicans are still leaderless and teabaggers have hung up their Lipton for the winter. Meanwhile, two-thirds of Americans still want health care reform.

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Who Speaks for Islam?

Dalia Mogahed | Posted 10.24.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Barack Obama, Sharia Law, Muslim Womens Rights, Muslim, Obama Cairo Speech, Gallup, Sharia, World News
Dalia Mogahed

From Morocco to Malaysia, Muslim respondents described their respect for much of what the West holds dear: freedom of the press, the rule of law, and transparency and accountability of government.

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Conservatives and Off-Base Lefties: Can You Top This?

Norman Lear | Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Peace Prize, Obama Nobel Peace Prize, Obama Cairo Speech, Obama Islam, Barack Obama, Politics News
Norman Lear

Obama stunned the world by reaching out to Islam -- not from Washington, not by way of TV or the Internet -- no, he traveled to Egypt and spoke to Islam as he would speak to us. And who topped that this year?

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For Iran--Think Long Term, Not Immediate Self-Gratificaton

Salam Al Marayati | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sanctions, Iran, Iraq, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Middle East, Iran Sanctions, Desert Storm, Obama Cairo Speech, Gulf War, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics News
Salam Al Marayati

Implementing sanctions against Iran would play right into the hands of the theocracy. By imposing sanctions, the US will hand the Iranian government a card it does not have at this time--blaming the increase of prices on foreign powers.

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Look Who's Coming To Dinner

David A. Harris | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cairo, Michael Oren, National Jewish Democratic Council, Israel, Democrats, Obama Cairo Speech, Barack Obama, Ramadan, Politics News
David A. Harris

Wait -- Israel's Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, is coming to the Ramadan dinner hosted tonight by President Barack Obama?

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Winning Back Israel

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Obama Arab World, Israel, Obama Cairo Speech, Obama Israel, World News
Alon Ben-Meir

Obama must make it abundantly clear that his focus on the settlements is not arbitrary, but represents a critical point of departure if Israel is to ever to seek peace with the Palestinians.

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Obama Image Abroad Favorable For United States: Poll

Huffington Post | Posted 08.23.2009 | World

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The latest Pew Global Attitudes Project survey shows that the international opinion of America has improved as a result of Barack Obama, with the exce...

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The Promise of Visionary Pragmatism

Elin Suleymanov | Posted 07.27.2009 | World

Read More: Shimon Peres, Consul General, Pragmatism, Shimon Peres Azerbaijan, Obama Pragmatist, President Shimon Peres, Azerbaijan, Obama Cairo Speech, World News
Elin Suleymanov

Located at the global cultural crossroads of the Caucasus, Azerbaijan stands in a clear defiance of the "Clash of Civilizations" paradigm.

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Where Burqas Meet Strippers

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

Read More: Burqa, Islam, Hijab, France, Head Scarf, Oppression, Exotic Dancers, Muslims, Objectification of Women, Strippers, Obama Cairo Speech, Feminism, Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

Could the traditional burqa-clad woman and the modern Western exotic dancer be two sides of the same coin?

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Pardon Me, Sir, But is My Eye Hurting Your Elbow?

Howard A. Rodman | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cairo Speech, Reactions to Obama's Cairo Speech, Obama Cairo Speech, David Letterman Sarah Palin, David Letterman, Politics News
Howard A. Rodman

Sorry to say, the world can be divided into two kinds of people -- those who apologize, and those who don't. Among the former is David Letterman, a man so sorry he apologized to Sarah Palin twice.

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A Call to President Obama -- Convene Talks Now for a Nuclear Weapons-Free Middle East

Steven Crandell | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Middle East Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, Nuclear Weapons, Middle East, Non-Proliferation Treaty, President Obama, Israel, David Krieger, Obama Cairo Speech, World News
Steven Crandell

I'm asking Obama to begin talks on a Middle East Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, where all countries in the region, including Israel, agree not to manufacture, acquire, test or possess nuclear weapons.

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Youssou N'Dour and "I Bring What I Love": An Elegaic Meditation on Faith, Islam and Music

Zachary Karabell | Posted 07.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Youssou N'Dour, Iran Election, Obama Cairo Speech, I Bring What I Love," Islam, Movie Documentaries, "Egypt, Entertainment News
Zachary Karabell

"I Bring What I Love" is an elegiac, beautiful film, years in the making that deserves an audience.

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The iPod and the Queen, the Kindle and the King

Ayaan Hirsi Ali | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Egypt Speech, Islam, Women's Rights, Obama Egypt, Obama Cairo, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Obama Mideast Trip, Sharia Law, Obama Mideast Speech, Obama Cairo Speech, Sharia, World News
Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Promotion of literacy for girls is a noble cause. But unless sharia laws are repealed, more girls will find themselves in flogging pens rather than rising up the career ladder.

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Obama's State of the Union With the Muslim World

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

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Firas Al-Atraqchi

For the first time in nearly two decades, the US has the upper hand in the Middle East.

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Taking Our Seat at the Table

Aram Khayatpour | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Speech, Muslim, Terror, Obama Speech, Foreign Policy, Cairo, Obama in Egypt, Obama Middle East Policy, Obama Mideast Trip, Obama Cairo Speech, Obama Muslim World, Politics News
Aram Khayatpour

After having to deal with the idiotic thugs of the last 8 years who wielded military might as if they were overcompensating for their own insecurities, we now have a president who seems to get it.

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'Bill Clinton is Syrian' and Other Tales of Obama's Speech From Damascus

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Arab World, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Syria, Bill Clinton, Arab Opinion, Damascus-Syria, Cairo Speech, Barack Obama, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Syrian, Reactions to Obama's Cairo Speech, Hillary Clinton, Arabic, Obama Cairo Speech, Obama Israel, Syrian-Public-Opinion, Condoleezza Rice, World News
Freddy Deknatel

Syrians will continue to ignore gestures of American reconciliation and Obama's optimistic oratory until an American ambassador is returned to Damascus and sanctions are lifted.

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Obama: The Roger Federer of Politics

Scott Malcomson | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Gdansk, Islam, Al-Andalus, Cordoba, Napoleon, Tiananmen 20th Anniversary, Barack Obama, Mossadegh, Poland, Jena, The Holocaust, Kojeve, Solidarity, Roger Federer, Obama Cairo Speech, Andalusia, World News
Scott Malcomson

Each man raises the level of play with a cool focus and economy of gesture that make most other players look crude.

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Obama's Cairo Trip: The Unreported Details in Context

Mohamed Elshahed | Posted 07.10.2009 | Eyes & Ears

Read More: Obama Egypt Speech, Cairo, Egypt, Qubba Palace, Obama Egypt, Cairo University, Obama Cairo, Hosni Mubarak, Obama Cairo Speech, Sultan Hossan Mosque, Barack Obama, Eyes & Ears News
Mohamed Elshahed

President Obama's speech was well-received on the Egyptian street, but retracing the President's path through "the timeless city of Cairo" quickly reveals that change will be hard to come by.

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Barack Obama and Islam

John L. Esposito | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama-and-Islam, Islamophobia, Jerry Falwell, Cairo, Obama Muslim, Prophet Mohammed, Islamic Radicalism, Obama Mideast Trip, Obama Cairo Speech, Barack Obama, Pat Robertson, Muslim World, Islamo-Fascism, Politics News
John L. Esposito

Muslims' major grievance against the West is what they identify as the denigration of Islam and Muslims and how they are seen by the West as inferior and not of equal value.

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The Settlements: Obama's Demands and Netanyahu's Options

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli Settlements, Benjamin Netanyahu, Obama Mideast Trip, Israel, Obama Cairo Speech, Obama Israel, Arab-Israeli Conflict, World News
Alon Ben-Meir

Obama must insist on stopping the expansion of the settlements as a prerequisite to instilling some confidence and integrity into the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.

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June 8 2009: news update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Pro-Israel, Chrysler Bankruptcy, Israel Hezbollah, General Motors, Political Humor, Barack Hussein Obama, Obama Mideast Trip, Obama Cairo Speech, China Economy, Pakistan Democracy, Politics News
Richard Valeriani

Obama makes first stop on trip in Saudi Arabia, saying he wanted to visit place where "Islam began." Does not mention it's also place where 9/11 began.

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The Speech Obama Didn't Give to the Muslim World

Anis Shivani | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Cairo, Pakistan, Obama Egypt, Guantanamo, Taliban, Obama Cairo Speech, Barack Obama, Muslim World, Torture, World News
Anis Shivani

The very idea of a speech addressed to more than a billion diverse people, with different grievances against America, seems ludicrous. My advisers ha...

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Obama's Speech and Displacement in the Muslim World

Ken Bacon | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraqi Refugees, Obama Cairo, Pakistani Refugees, Afghanistan, Obama Cairo Speech, Darfur, Barack Obama, Politics News
Ken Bacon

Reducing displacement in Muslim countries and elsewhere is an important step toward creating a more peaceful, prosperous and stable world. The benefits will reach far beyond the Islamic world.

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