The transcript of Obama’s speech in Cairo is here. In connection with Obama’s speech, Esquire presents an excerpt from my new book on the Muslim […]

The USG Open Source Center translates and analyzes Syrian Press reports on Obama’s visit to the Arab world Syrian Papers Discuss Obama’s Arab Tour, Statements; […]

President Barack Obama arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for consultations with Saudi King Abdullah. Reuters notes: “Saudi Arabia is among the United States’ top […]

My column at Salon.com is out, on the Arab world’s perception of President Barack Obama on the eve of his major address in Cairo. Excerpt: […]

The Taliban had kidnapped around 350 students and teachers from a school in the Bannu Frontier Region on Monday. According to some reports, the Pakistani […]

Anouar Majid writes in a guest op-ed for Informed Comment: This year, a few scholars are commemorating the 400th anniversary of one of the darkest […]

President Barack Obama says he will be more honest than past presidents with Israel. Israel, a great friend of the United States and a country […]

A bomb at a bus station in Kohat, northern Pakistan, detonated on Sunday, killing one and wounding 8. It is suspected that this bombing is […]

The USG Open Source Center translates an op-ed by Abd-al-Malik Ahmad Al Al-Shaykh welcoming president Obama to Saudi Arabia: Excerpts: Saudi Writer Hopes Obamas Visit […]