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Egyptian Army Concessions to Protesters

Egyptian Army Concessions to Protesters

04-14-2011 by L. S. Carbonell In addition to Wednesday’s detention of deposed President Hosni Mubarak and his sons Gamal and Asaa, the Egyptian Army which is acting as the transitional…

Syria’s Assad Imitating Pendulum

Syria’s Assad Imitating Pendulum

04-14-2011 by L. S. Carbonell We have been avoiding reporting on Syria because we have a writer in Damascus who can tell these stories much better than we can 6,000…

Democracy Begins With Fairness

Democracy Begins With Fairness

04-14-2011 by L. S. Carbonell For many years, I assumed that Egyptian archeologist Zahi Hawass was unmarried. The first time I saw him on television he spoke of the pyramids…

British FCO willing to work on LGBT Rights in Middle East & North Africa

Melanie Nathan, 13.4.11 The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) released its third Human Rights report on the 31st of March for the year 2011. The report improves its coverage of…

Detentions Bolster Egypt’s Transitional Government

Detentions Bolster Egypt’s Transitional Government

04-13-2011 by L. S. Carbonell Joining the half-dozen of so members of the ousted regime of Hosni Mubarak in Cairo’s Torah prison Wednesday were Gamal and Alla Mubarak, the former…

The Women Of The Senate Come Together To Call For The Protection Fo Women’s Rights In New Democracies

The Women Of The Senate Come Together To Call For The Protection Fo Women’s Rights In New Democracies

04/04/11-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Being a woman knows no boundaries. No matter if a woman is from another culture, or just from another party, there is something about being a…

Has Saif al-Qaddafi Finally Made The Right Choice?

Has Saif al-Qaddafi Finally Made The Right Choice?

04-04-2011 by L. S. Carbonell Last month, in a rare moment of reflection in front of a journalist, Saif al-Qaddafi lamented his father’s choices in not making reforms before the…

World Patience With Israel Running Out

World Patience With Israel Running Out

04-04-2011 by L. S. Carbonell As reported by Ethan Bronner in the Sunday New York Times, the United Nations is under pressure to vote before September on full membership for…