AMMAN -- Syrian President Bashar Assad has made his declared intention to establish full diplomatic ties with Lebanon official. He issued a decree that would see embassies in Beirut and Damascus for the first time in their history.
ACRE, Israel -- An uneasy calm has settled on the mixed Arab-Israeli town of Acre in northern Israel after five days of almost continuous rioting left widespread physical damage to property, and irreparable emotional and psychological damage to the citys residents who in the past have co-existed in an uneasy and fragile peace.
EDITORIAL
We are disturbed by the degree to which "Arab" has become the metaphorical mud to sling against your opponent. Last week, for example, the Republican Jewish Coalition released a document in which they use the term Pro-Arab as a pejorative accusation. For his part, Rush Limbaugh has joined in by declaring that Obama is in fact an Arab American. Then, last Friday, after a supporter called Senator Barack Obama "an Arab," Senator John McCain came to the defense of his political opponent by saying, "No, maam. Hes a decent family man and citizen...."
OPINION
Frances war with the jihadis is more intense than most Americans or even most Europeans would imagine.
CAIRO – The American University in Cairos recently built campus in New Cairo has provided Egyptian students the ability to have a genuine "American" university experience in Egypt. In doing so, however, it has greatly limited the opportunities for its foreign students to engage with the many aspects of Egyptian society and culture once plentiful at its old location.
