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Saudi security forces take part in a military parade in preparation for the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015. (AP)

31 May 201601048 James M. Dorsey

What Happens When Arab Autocrats Left to Fend for Themselves?

It is a difficult task to explain everything about the Middle East in a short article. So what I am going to do is to present an important, yet somet

Egypt Mosque Islam MPC Journal/Hakim Khatib

12 May 20161941 Hakim Khatib

The Growing Breach in Muslim Unity: Causes & Effects (Part Two)

Winds of Regional Schism In mapping the Sunni-Shiite conflict we should differentiate between the Sunni-Shiite intra-state and inter-state conflicts.

8 May 20161977 Hakim Khatib

The Growing Breach in Muslim Unity: Causes & Effects (Part One)

Needless to say, the global Muslim community and its Weltanschauung stand at the Abyss, in which Muslims are steadily approaching threshold of unimag

29 April 201601005 James M. Dorsey

Women: A Benchmark of Saudi and Iranian Reform

In a slick document, entitled Vision 2030 that was drafted by Western consultants, Saudi Arabia identifies sports “as a mainstay of a healthy and bal

Iranian women show their identification, as they queue in a polling station to vote for the parliamentary and Experts Assembly elections in Qom.AP MPC Journal

28 February 201601253 Hakim Khatib

Reformists Set to Make Gains in Iranian Election

Preliminary results show candidates from Iran's powerful hard-line camp have lost ground in parliament, while moderates poised to win top spot on pow

12 February 201603581 Hakim Khatib

This Is How Iranian Women Dressed in the 1970s

Iran before the Islamic Revolution of 1979 was quite a different country from the one we see today. It was secular, Western-oriented and allowed a cer

Zarif Jubeir Saudi Arabia MPC Journal - Hakim Khatib

29 January 201601167 Hakim Khatib

Rivalry Between Saudi Arabia and Iran Is Not About the Victim but the Aggressor

Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran have been increasing recently. Although the narrative developed to describe the execution of a Saudi Shiite cl

5 November 201501626 Neville Teller

The US and Russia in Syria and Iraq – Foes or Allies?

Battlefields are chaotic. In the turmoil created by forces in conflict, it is often difficult to discern a clear pattern until the smoke of battle ha

Damaged buildings and debris in Deir al-Zor, June 13, 2013.Picture taken June 13, 2013. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

3 September 201501054 Neville Teller

What Future for Syria?

In March 2011 a few teenagers in a southern Syrian city – fired up no doubt by the revolutionary fervour sweeping the Middle East at the time – daube