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Iran's new president on Iraq, nukes and terror
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Can Gaza now create a viable economy?
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Egypt's tentative steps towards democracy
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Unstoppable meets immovable in Gaza
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Saudis jail, deport foreigners with HIV
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Iran's nuclear program: no desire for carrots, no fear of sticks
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Iran, truth tellers and the devotees of preemption
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Saudi dynasty has new king, same agenda
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Human rights group: Iran must stop youth executions
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Egypt bombings: many suspects, few certainties
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The rise of a jihadi suicide culture
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Clashes in Gaza ahead of Israeli pull-out
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Pro-settler Israelis stake out a place in art
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Egyptian farmers' anger seen as "silent time bomb"
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Iran's choice: pragmatist or hardliner?
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Young voters key in Iran's presidential race
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Iranian Kurds inspired by success in Iraq
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Israel offers settlers a land swap
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Kuwait grants political rights to women
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Egypt's Mubarak sets up obstacles for opposition
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Vanity, boredom fuel Iran's nose job boom
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In Turkey, women gain expanded religious authority
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Lebanon celebrates the end of Syrian occupation
Salon.com (US)

Palestinian women carry the burden of occupation
Amnesty International (UK)

The mystery of the roses in Rabin Square
Haaretz (Israel)

The 100 days of Abu Mazen
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Another country: Iran and its exiles
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Expanding settlements, eroding trust
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Israeli nuclear blackjack with Iran
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Oil and the coming war with Iran
Antiwar.com (US)

What's going to happen to Israel's settlers?
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Ancient town is pivotal in Israel's withdrawal plans
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Beirut streets show signs of the times
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Saudi writers risk flogging to challenge Islamists
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Who killed Hariri?
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The nuclear demon that won't go away
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As Syria exits Beirut, can a pro-Syrian president remain?
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Iran salutes female racing driver
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Woman racer upsets testosterone-driven Iran
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Syria looks to life after Lebanon
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Hezbollah upstages the opposition in Lebanon
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Lebanon's "Cedar Revolution" meets Hezbollah
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Lebanese find a new identity in peaceful protests
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Kuwaiti women protest for rights
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Lebanon faces a critical week
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Lebanese opposition has learned much from Ukraine
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Lebanon's realignment and Syria
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Saudi Shiites look to Iraq and assert rights
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Mideast mix: the promise of democracy, the threat of instability
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Major earthquakes in Iran since 1978
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Iran's distrust of US is 50 years in the making
USA Today (US)

Syria: a course in Mideast Dictatorships 101
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Iranian cleric blogs for free expression
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Turkey's homosexuals call for stronger EU support
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"In the rose garden of the martyrs": reflections on Iraq
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Mosque and state: just how close?
Business Week (US)

Saudi Arabia's elections: just for show?
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The day peace broke out
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Peace in the Middle East: now it's up to Bush
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Photo of Palestinian boy kindles debate in France
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Iran's bloggers caught in crossfire of war on terror
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Growing concerns in Gaza
Ha'aretz (Israel)

Palestinian democracy's new face: radical and female
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An Israeli rediscovers his Iraqi roots
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Changing their sex in Iran
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US neo-cons seem desperate to attack Iran
The Guardian (UK)

Should Iran be the next target?
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Next stop, Tehran?
The Progressive (US)

Islamic pilgrims bring cosmopolitan air to unlikely city
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Ready for a fight: the Pentagon's plans for Iran
New Yorker (US)

Pentagon criticizes Iran reconnaissance revelations
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Attacks make Israeli border town bitter at Sharon
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Competing visions of peace process face Abbas, Sharon
Christian Science Monitor (US)

Iranian cleric turns blogger for reform
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Arab women demand more seats at the table
Ms. Magazine (US)

Israel, Palestinians back on speaking terms
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Sharon, Abbas and the art of the impossible
Haaretz (Israel)

New militant attacks pose early challenge to Abbas
Reuters (US)

Palestinian elections: from the circus ring to the tightrope
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A year after deadly quake, Iran city struggles to rise again
Christian Science Monitor (US)

The war inside the Arab newsroom
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From churches, a challenge to Israeli policies
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Palestinians vote in local elections
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More signs of Syria turn up in Iraq
Christian Science Monitor (US)

If you like Iraq, you'll love Iran
Salon.com (US)

Jordan's new female workforce
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On the air, Palestinians soften tone on Israelis
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Keeping faith in both reform and Islam in Iran
Washington Post (US)

Will nuclear bargain with Iran work?
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Is Syria serious about peace with Israel?
Christian Science Monitor

Israeli grandmother's monitor soldiers' treatment of Palestinians
Mother Jones (US)

If Iran goes nuclear...
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Truce with Iran buys time for both sides
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On to Iran: we won't get fooled again?
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Iraq's neighbors discuss war, elections and reconstruction
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After Arafat: can Palestine go from bullets to ballots?
The Economist (UK)

Young Palestinians after Arafat: hope for the rule of law
Christian Science Monitor (US)

The tragedy of Arafat
New Yorker (US)

How Yasser Arafat will go down in history
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After Arafat -- who will fill the void?
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Rifts among Palestinians grow as power struggle looms
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Palestinian line of succession answers and raises questions
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Life after Arafat
Mother Jones (US)

A new situation, possibly, in the Holy Land
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Sharon launches debate on Gaza withdrawal
AP (US)

Syria's grip on Lebanon tested
Christian Science Monitor (US)

Jews, Isreal and America
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Palestinians fear more of the same after US elections
AFP (France)

Sharon faces rising threat from extreme right
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How to rein in Iran without bombing it
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The aftermath of terror against Egyptians and Israelis
The Economist (UK)

Experts: sabotage an option against Iran's atomic plans
Reuters (US)

Conservatives in Iran battle the spread of foreign investment
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The high cost of Israel's Gaza misison
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An Iranian Jew's tales of the revolution
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Iran's nuclear stubbornness
Radio Netherlands (Netherlands)

Iran -- accused and defiant -- continues nuclear program
The Economist (UK)

The Saudis just say no to Bush
Salon.com (US)

Is the world getting serious about the Iranian nuclear threat?
Slate.com (US)

The choice on Iran
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A woman runs for office in Saudi Arabia
USA Today (US)

The divided Muslim world
The Economist (UK)

US's impasse over a nuclear Iran
Asia Times (US)

Israel, not Iran, is wild card in explosive Mideast pack
The Guardian (UK)

Iran's nuke history, recent developments
AP (US)

Nobel prize-winner Shirin Ebadi interviewed
The Progressive (US)

Spy case renews debate over pro-Israel lobby's ties to Pentagon
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US standing with Arabs hits a new low
Christian Science Monitor (US)

Sharon's plans exploded?
The Economist (UK)

Ariel Sharon: the great gambler
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Arab lands do an about face on America
Washington Post (US)

US government agrees to increased West Bank settlement
Jerusalem Post (Isreal)

High stakes for Turkey and the West
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Withdrawal from Gaza will test Israeli democracy
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Why Iran is giving the West the willies
Business Week (US)

Sharon's wars
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The Israelis who think Sharon is too soft
The Economist (UK)

The real Wahhab
Boston Globe (US)

Arab foreign policy: prickly, paranoid and occasionally pragmatic
The Economist (UK)

Muslim's need Saudi change, but slowly
International Herald Tribune (France)

Kurdistan's land disputes could boil over into violence
Antiwar.com (US)

Stranded on the Egypt-Gaza border
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As repression lifts, more Iranians change their sex
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Arafat "ruining his people," says protege
Salon.com (US)

Palestinian militants face off as rift between factions grows
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Which label fits better: "Arab art" or simply "art"?
Christian Science Monitor

Despite troubles, Arafat endures as a leader and a symbol
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Beirut's artists confront legacy of civil war
Christian Science Monitor (US)

Israel drafts new barrier route
BBC (UK)

Saudi Arabia's only woman film maker challenges strict norms
Reuters (US)

Can Israel be saved?
Salon.com

Kneeling in judgement: Egyptians turn rancor on the West
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Fighting Israel's wall
The Nation (US)

The wall and the law: court rules against Israeli barrier
The Economist (US)

Egypt's new cabinet
The Economist (UK)

Israel's illegal, but unstoppable barrier
The Economist (UK)

Foiling the fence
Slate.com (US)

Going nowhere: democracy in Egypt
The New Yorker (US)

Egypt after Mubarek: beware the trust-fundamentalists
Slate.com (US)

Iran and Israel: chain reaction
Christian Science Monitor (US)

Analysis: change the fence route in J'lem too
Haaretz (Israel)

Emancipation the need of the hour for Arab women
Arab News (Saudi Arabia)

Culture of improvisation buoys, bogs down Israelis
Reuters (US)

In the center of Mideast conflict, hope, uncertainty and violence
Boston Globe (US)

Terror in the House of Saud
Newsweek (US)

Arab women: out of the shadows and into the world
The Economist (UK)

Iran's revolutionary guards are back
The Economist (UK)

In a rare public dialogue, Saudi women talk rights
Christian Science Monitor (US)

The netherworld of non-proliferation
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Fresh blows to Saudi security
BBC (UK)

Saudi Arabia: sex segregation and shopping
Los Angeles Times (US)

A comic actor's grief resonates with Israelis
Christian Science Monitor (US)

Turkey and the Kurds: a day to celebrate
The Economist (UK)

Withdrawal? Not quite yet
The Economist (UK)

Palestinian camp at Rafah bears the brunt of Gaza violence
AP (US)

Rafah under the rainbow
Radio Netherlands (Netherlands)

Worst is yet to come in Mideast as US pays price for failure
The Guardian (UK)

Celebrating life in Rafah
Antiwar.com (US)

The Saudi regime wobbles
The Economist (UK)

Headscarf heresy
Foreign Policy (US)

Are West Bank settlers destroying Israel?
The New Yorker (US)

One state or two, Israelis, Palestinians share the same economy
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Israel lays claim to Palestine’s water
New Scientist (UK)

The Bush administration's obsession with Iran
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Report from The Arab League's summit
The Economist (UK)

Terrorists target Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure
The Economist (UK)

Nuclear weapons in Iran: plowshare or sword?
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Are Saudis using British libel laws to deter critics?
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One step ahead of the bulldozers
Haaretz (Israel)

Isreal's incursions in Gaza: the storm before the calm?
The Economist (UK)

Children fill ledger of death in Mideast conflict
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For Israel's left, the future is now
Haaretz (Israel)

Israeli rally evokes Lebanon, but the tables have turned
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Iran: velvet hand, iron glove
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US and the Mideast: sticks for Syria, carrots for the Palestinians
The Economist (UK)

Caterpillar faces an intifada
Salon.com (US)

Israeli debate: bring the settlers home
International Herald Tribune (France)

Kurdish music takes wing in post-war Iraq
Reuters (US)

American u-turn on talks with the Palestinians
The Guardian (UK)

Those sexy Iranians
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The Mideast conflict: heads we win, tails they lose
Antiwar.com (US)

Iran, North Korea and proliferation
Asia Times (Hong Kong)

Heroine spoke up for the rights of abused Saudi women
Detroit Free Press (US)

A setback for Sharon's Gaza gamble
The Economist (UK)

Being a Saudi activist means learning to do jail time
Christian Science Monitor (US)

Anti-Semitic -- or just anti-Sharon?
Salon.com (US)

Al-Jazeera's learning curve
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Film mocking the mullahs is a hit in Iran
The Guardian (UK)

Arafat among the ruins
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Inside Al Jazeera
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Pastrami & champagne: Sharon's recipe for continued warfare
The Nation (US)

Think again: Al Qaeda
Foreign Policy (US)

Israel: off the road map
Le Monde Diplomatique (France)

The US's fantasy of a region that doesn't exist
Le Monde Diplomatique (France)

Israel's extreme measures have deepend Mideast rift
Christian Science Monitor (US)

Sharon pushes on, regardless
The Economist (UK)

Sharon throws everyone off balance with Gaza decision
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On Hezbollah's gameshow, Arab drumbeat: remember Jerusalem
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Protests, not parties, keep Palestianian DJ busy
Reuters (US)

The US's embarrassed allies and agitated foes
The Economist (UK)

In Mideast, anger, solidarity with Iraqi insurgents
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Change among the Palestinians
The Economist (UK)

Traditions vs. restaurants in old Damascus
Christian Science Monitor (US)

Iraq war has accelerated spread of Bin Laden ideology
Washington Post (registr. req'd)

Arab democracy: is freedom calling at last?
The Economist (UK)

Murdering Sheikh Yassin
Tikkun (US)

Can reality TV survive in the Middle East?
Christian Science Monitor (US)

Arab TV takes a rare look at sexism
Al Jazeera (UAE)

Israel plays with fire
The Nation (US)

US complicity in Israel's misdeeds
Antiwar.com (US)

Strange motives: what lay behind the Yassin assassination?
In These Times (US)

A tale of two miseries
Salon.com (US)

Isreal and the Palestinians: a new wave of fury
The Economist (UK)

The limits of reform in Saudi Arabia
The Economist (UK)

The politics of an eye for an eye
Mother Jones (US)

Jews and Israelis opposing occupation
The Nation (US)

Saudi Arabia blocks gay websites
PlanetOut.com (US)

Rachel Corrie: remembering a fallen peace activist
The Nation (US)

West Bank Journal: standing at the gates of Jerusalem
Utne Reader (US)

Power play: a comedy about the Mideast debuts in Houston
The American Prospect (US)

The democrat: a portrait of Iran's leading reformist intellectual
Boston Globe (US)

Did the Saudis buy a president?
Salon.com (US)

The bulldozer leads the way in Gaza
Salon.com (US)

Who's in charge? Chaos in the PLO
The Economist (UK)

Where brave constitutions are often window dressing
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Iran's pilgrim-tourists alter Iraqi holy sites
Washington Post (US)

As life gets bleaker, bombers get younger
Christian Science Monitor (US)

Crisis in Saudi Arabia
The Economist (UK)

Islam's civil war
Washington Post (US)

Saudis quiz "gay wedding" guests
BBC (UK)

Group says Egypt entraps, tortures gays
AP (US)

The US is brewing up a disaster for the Kurds
Los Angeles Times (registr. req'd)

Iran's crumbling revolution
Foreign Affairs (US)

Israeli women keep an eye on the army
Christian Science Monitor (US)

Saudi gays flaunt new freedoms
The Independent (UK)

The voices of ordinary Israelis and Palestinians
The Economist (UK)

Iran: a spring of change
Le Monde Diplomatique (France)

Anti-terrorism: lost freedoms in Israel
Le Monde Diplomatique (France)

Straight outta Tel Aviv
Washington Post (US)

Unilateral withdrawal from Gaza?
Tikkun (US)

Iran's young elite face trial by fire
Christian Science Monitor (US)

The village against the fence
Ha'aretz (Israel)

What's in a name? For a Saudi insider, everything
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Ariel Sharon's controversial proposals
The Economist (UK)

Why there is no hope for peace in Israel
Tikkun (US)

Women on the hajj: separate but equal
AP (US)

Iran's political crisis: showdown or backdown?
The Economist (US)

Saudi clerics set boundaries on reform
Reuters (US)

Talks about talks between Israel and Palestine
The Economist (US)

Is an Israeli historian helping to justify ethnic cleansing?
Tikkun (US)

Reforming Islam from the inside
New York Times (registr. req'd)

Sharon showdown: the old warrior faces a battle he might not win
Mother Jones (US)

Think again: understanding Yasir Arafat's true motives
Foreign Policy (US)

Rudderless in a storm: Arab politics before and after the Iraq war
Dissent (US)

Is Dean bad for the Jews — and the Palestinians?
Tikkun (US)

Countdown to counter-revolution in Iran
The Economist (UK)

Time for reform in Iran?
Mother Jones (US)

Aftermath: cleaning up after suicide bombings
The Atlantic (US)

Winning the war on terror, losing the war of ideas
Salon.com (US)

For Saudis, a hard fight over faith
Christian Science Monitor (US)

Definition of a "Jew" confronts Israel
Christian Science Monitor (US)

Rethinking Israel's policy towards Palestine
The Economist (UK)

Egypt muzzles calls for democracy
Washington Post (US)

Gay Palestinians seek safety in Israel
JTA.org (US)

Iran's quake: nothing natural about this disaster
Christian Science Monitor (US)

Syria and Israel: unsettling proposals
The Guardian (UK)

The US and Israel: a very special relationship
The New York Review of Books (US)

Saudi women ask for greater rights
Middle East Online (UK)

Iran's earthquake: waiting for the political repercussions
The Economist (UK)

Orient obsess: a lackluster look at American's abroad
Reason (US)

Shooting of activist spurs Israeli scrutiny
Christian Science Monitor (US)

The terror trap: the risks of hard-line campaigns against terror
The American Prospect (US)

Lost tribe finds itself on front lines of Mideast conflict
New York Times (registr. req'd)

Dispatch from Iran's Garden of Martyrs
Slate.com (US)

Sharon's unilateral withdrawal strategy
Tikkun (US)

Old friends: why the US should support Turkey, now more than ever
Boston Globe (US)

The queen of Jerusalem
Salon.com (US)

Iran's nobel winner doesn't make the news at home
Christian Science Monitor (US)

Geneva Accord forces some on Isreali right to confront reality
Tikkun (US)

A "breakthrough" in Geneva
The Economist (UK)

What YOU can do to support the Geneva Accord
Tikkun (US)

Iran makes room for its spiritual minorities
San Francisco Chronicle (US)

Arafat as obstacle
Tikkun (US)

Arab responses to the Geneva Accord
Tikkun (US)

Iran's nuclear program: one last chance
The Economist (UK)

Turkey after the bombings
The Economist (UK)

Israel: an apartheid state?
Le Monde Diplomatique (France)

Anti-semitism is no friend to those who support Palestinian rights
Tikkun (US)

End the silence about America's support for Israel
In These Times (US)

Turkey's quiet revolution
The American Prospect (US)

Terror in Turkey
The Economist (UK)

The Saudi factor
Boston Globe (US)

Bombs and reform in Saudi Arabia
The Economist (UK)

Universities of Jihad
Foreign Policy (US)

Iran's nukes: coming clean, up to a point
The Economist (UK)

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