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Obama Egypt Speech: HuffPost Bloggers Weigh In With Advice And Predictions (UPDATED)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

Read More: Middle East, Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Palestine, Arab World, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Obama Muslim, Obama Cairo University, Afghanistan, Obama Middle East, George W. Bush, Obama Cairo, Iran, Obama Mideast Trip, World News, Muslim World, Obama Egypt Speech, Egypt, Obama Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Us Middle East Policy, Muslims, Obama Middle East Policy, Iraq, Israel, World News

Reviews and reactions around the world to President Obama's Cairo University speech vary from being laudatory to disappointed to downright caustic, de...

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Fix it, Don't Nix it

Neil Hicks | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

Read More: President Mubarak, Egypt, Human Rights and Democracy Promotion, President Obama, u.s. Middle East Policy, U.S Foreign Assistance, World News
Neil Hicks

By pursuing a sustained commitment to human rights and democracy promotion in Egypt, the Obama administration can begin to make progress where its predecessors have failed.

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The Evil of It All...

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, US-Middle East Policy, Human Rights Abuses, Israel, Judaism, Israel-Gaza Airstrikes, World News
Larisa Alexandrovna

As a Jew I am ashamed of what Israel is doing under the banner of my heritage. As a journalist, I am alarmed at the media censorship. As a human rights advocate, I demand that Israel stop.

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America's Hidden Role in Hamas' Rise to Power

Stephen Zunes | Posted 02.05.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, u.s. Foreign Policy, u.s. Middle East Policy, Gaza, Middle East, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Palestinians, Israel, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Israel Gaza Operation, World News
Stephen Zunes

Originally posted on Alternet, January 3, 2009 The United States bears much of the blame for the ongoing bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and nearby parts...

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Undemocratic Arab Regimes Afraid of Obama's Change

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sawt Al Umma, Bush Administration, War on Terror, President Barack Obama, Political Repression, Arab Reformers, Obama International Reaction, Us Middle East Policy, Mohammad Omar, Hosni Mubarak, Egytpian Government, Obama Middle East Policy, Obama Middle East Reaction, Obama Reaction Abroad, Ayman Nour, Political Cartoons, Politics News
Daoud Kuttab

The victory of the change candidate was especially noticed by Arab reformers who have been paying a price for daring to question the political status quo.

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