I posted on the new list H-Mideast-Politics an inquiry about the lack of grassroots democratic practice in the Middle East. I said that I had […]

A major tiff has broken out between the Pakistani government and the US ambassador in Islamabad, Nancy Powell. Speaking at a dinner for businessmen in […]

Kuwaiti authorities are confirming that al-Qaeda was behind the attack there Tuesday on two Americans, which killed one and gravely injured the other. They have […]

Yemen and Bahrain both pleaded yesterday with Washington to employ non-military means to deal with the Iraq crisis. Since both governments are cooperating closely with […]

History News Network 1-20-03: Culture Watch Why Are Arch Conservatives Ganging Up on the Middle East Studies Association? By Juan Cole I had never even […]

US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld today sketched out his vision of a post-Saddam Iraq. He said it would be a country that was not […]

* Both Colin Powell and Condi Rice have by now openly come out in favor of the University of Michigan admissions system, which awards points […]

New Bin Laden Letter? Muhammad al-Shafi`i reports in Asharq al-Awsat today that the newspaper has acquired a copy of a letter purported to be from […]