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        Featured

2010 Arab Public Opinion Poll

Shibley Telhami
Brookings Institute
December 19, 2011 (first published Aug. 8, 2010)

"This year’s poll surveyed 3,976 people in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates, during the period of June 29–July 20, 2010.
Among the key poll findings are:
A substantial change in the assessment of President Obama, both as president of the United States and of Obama personally.
Remarkably stable views on the Arab-Israeli conflict and the prospects of its resolution.
A majority of the Arab public now see a nuclear-armed Iran as being better for the Middle East." [...read more]

        MOST RECENT ADDITIONS (click author's name for books)

Saudi Arabia's message to Syria, decoded - Brian Whitaker / The Guardian (1/23)
Don’t Do It, Bibi - Roger Cohen / The New York Times (1/17)
For the families of Haditha, this is a matter of honour - Nick Broomfield / The Guardian (1/14)
Adversaries of Iran Said to Be Stepping Up Covert Actions - S. Shane / New York Times (1/12)
Countries' Rank on Nuclear Security / Economist Intelligence Unit (1/11)
Recognizing the ‘Unpeople’ - Noam Chomsky / In These Times (1/10)
My Guantánamo Nightmare - Lakhdar Boumediene / The New York Times (1/7)
"The World Left After 2011" - Immanuel Wallerstein / FBC (1/4)
On anniversary of Gaza war, we will remember IDF soldiers who destroyed Palestinian families - Amira Hass / Haaretz (1/2)
Whose Egypt? - Adam Shatz / London Review of Books (12/25)
Bruised but defiant: Mona Eltahawy on her assault / The Guardian (12/23)
The Post-Truth Campaign - Paul Krugman / The New York Times (12/23)
"The United States versus Everybody" - Immanuel Wallerstein / FBC (12/19)
The Death of a Boy in Bahrain / The New York Times (12/18)
Junkyard Gives Up Secret Accounts of Massacre in Iraq / The New York Times (12/15)
Israel is in the midst of a culture war - Gideon Levy / Haaretz (12/14)
Who is Conspiring Against Syria (English / Arabic) - Elias Khoury / Jadaliyya (12/7)
Send in the Clueless - Paul Krugman / The New York Times (12/5)
Israel to forcibly remove bedouin communities in settlements push / The Guardian (12/5)
Rule by troika - Serge Halimi / Le Monde diplomatique (12/4)
Saudi Arabia: new wave of repression sweeps through kingdom / Amnesty Int'l (12/3)
Link: Center for Documentation of violations in Syria (Arabic) (12/2)
On social unrest, fall of communism, and Milos Forman films - S. Zizek / Radio Praha (11/30)
Deadly shootings in Saudi Arabia, but Arab media ... - H. al-Khoei / The Guardian (11/29)
Matthew Gould: The Missing Link in “Rogue” UK Foreign Policy? - J. Cook / Al Akhbar (11/28)
Arab League Approves Sanctions Against Syria / The New York Times (11/27)
After Arab Spring, an Israeli Summer - Ralph Seliger / In These Times (11/25)
Palestinians invest twice as much in Israel as in the West Bank - A. Hass / Haaretz (11/22)
Where Did the Left Go - Serge Halimi / Le Monde diplomatique (11/21)
"The Paris-Berlin-Moscow Axis Back Again" - Immanuel Wallerstein / FBC (11/16)
The Globalization of Protest - Joseph E. Stiglitz / Project Syndicate (11/6)
Human Development Report 2011 / UN Development Programme (11/4)
"U.S. Withdrawal and Defeat in Iraq" - Immanuel Wallerstein / FBC (11/2)
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Books of Interest

Barradori / Habermas / Derrida - Philosophy in a Time of Terror

Jean Baudrillard - The Spirit of Terrorism

Noam Chomsky - Middle East Illusions

Noam Chomsky - Distorted Morality: America's War on Terror (DVD)

Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent (DVD)

N. Finkelstein - Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Heinz Halm - Shi'a Islam: From Religion to Revolution

Marshall Hodgson - The Venture of Islam

Albert Hourani - History of the Arab World

Paul Krugman - The Great Unraveling

Fawzi Mansour - The Arab World

Roy Mottahedeh - An Introduction to Shi'i Islam

Sheldon Rampton/John Stauber - Weapons of Mass Deception

Richards / Waterbury - A Political Economy of the Middle East

Edward Said - Covering Islam

Edward Said / Christopher Hitchens - Blaming the Victims

Jalal Toufic - Over-Sensitivity (Sun & Moon Classics, No 119)

Jalal Toufic / David / Sadek - Tamass 1

United Nations - Arab Human Development Report 2002

United Nations - Arab Human Development Report 2003

Paul Virilio - Ground Zero

Immanuel Wallerstein - The Decline of American Power

Slavoj Zizek - Iraq: The Borrowed Kettle

Slavoj Zizek - Welcome to the Desert of the Real

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