Despotism Is Not the Solution for Egypt
The assassination of the man in charge of thousands of prosecutions including the controversial death sentences against Muslim Brotherhood followers paved the way for the incumbent Egyptian president for a…
Study in Contrasts: Militaries in Political Transitions in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa
The Economist recently highlighted the contrast between post-revolt Asian societies and Middle Eastern and North African societies in the woes of a prolonged, messy and bloody transition that is pockmarked…
The Middle East and North Africa: Adapting to a New Paradigm
The US and Arab military strategies across the Middle East and North Africa have failed to reverse the rise of often retrograde rebel forces in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Libya.…
Who’s Fighting Whom in the Middle East?
Across today’s Middle East armed forces engage each other in constant conflict. The largest of the battlefields are Iraq and Syria; others include Yemen, Sinai and Libya. When combatants set…
UN Out-of-School Children Initiative (video)
In late 2014, UNICEF MENA commissioned a short film, You Know Me, about why the region’s children are not in school. Shooting took place in Jordan and Morocco, and the film…
Unlike Europe Culture in the Middle East Is More Ascriptive
A major contrast between the Arab culture and the European one is that the former is ascription-oriented while the latter is achievement-oriented. Learn what that means!
Unearthly Leaked Recordings of Egypt’s President Are Revealed
Leaked recordings of Egypt’s president speaking about Gulf states can be at least described as un-statesmanlike.
There Are Terrorist Elements in Syria Said Egypt’s President
The President of Egypt Abdulfattah Al-Sisi warned from a military intervention in Syria and called for respecting its territorial sovereignty and dealing with the flow of terrorist foreign fighters. here…