Middle East Post

The New Arab Woman Fashion Cocktail Party Forum

May Abi Samra — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:32:58 +0000

May Abi Samra The Lebanese Magazine Al Hasnaa and Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal group organized for the 5th consecutive year The New Arab Women Forum (NAWF) at the Four Seasons Hotel on February 1st and 2nd 2012, entitled “Women and the Arab Spring”. The conference was mainly a fashion show/cocktail party, knowing that the ticket costs 300

What Happened When Supporters of AIPAC, J Street, AJC And The ADL (And All Points In Between) Were Invited To Meet

Jeff Pozmantier — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:59:52 +0000

by Jeff Pozmantier on February 6, 2012 I’m naive. But not a Thomas Friedman “America can have a successful third party“ naive. His naivete played out on his much larger world stage. Mine has stayed more localized. It didn’t drive my non-existent book sales. Last July, the well known New York Times columnist was in

وجه القصيدة الاول – بقلم الشاعر معاذ القيمري

Muaz Qaimmari — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:39:14 +0000

يا صانع الوقت هل لي من مزيد؟ فلا وقت لدي …لأكون! لغيري بات الوقت يذهبُ وانا في حضن الليل اجلسُ اتأملُ انظرُ …اتخيلُ الكون واحدق بعاشقين رحل الشوق عنهما بعدما شهدت النجوم على حبهما واحدق بنفسي ..وكأني مشتاق لنفسي كأن لي صورة في السماء تنادي لكن…. لا احد في الروح وفي الجسد *** وانا في

Live Online Conference with Jackie Spinner

Middle East Post — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:57:42 +0000

Today a live conference will be held online with Journalist Jackie Spinner about her work in Social Media and experience in covering Middle East major events as a Journalist. You can submit your questions through Cover it live and we will make sure to answer them. The conference will start at 15:00 Gmt.

The Palestinian leadership hard decisions to make

Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:00:52 +0000

Reports were talking lately about the President Mahmoud Abbas will to go to Gaza in the next weeks to declare a unity government with Hamas. Not only that but Azam ElAhmad who is a member of the Central Council of Fatah movement also stated in an interview with MA’AN news agency that there are several

What Pro-Israel Means (Or Should Mean)

Jeff Pozmantier — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:56:06 +0000

by Jeff Pozmantier The next several articles will focus on what has become an increasingly important issue within the Jewish community: What does pro-Israel really mean? For Atlanta Jewish Times publisher Andrew Adler, pro-Israel means calling for Israel’s Mossad to consider assassinating U.S. President Barack Obama. Thankfully, Adler’s addled response to Obama’s supposedly anti-Israel policies

Iranian threat…an Israeli strategy to gain time for other causes?

Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:50:50 +0000

It is still not clear whether we will witness an armed confrontation this year between Iran and the West or not. Analysts continue to write and talk about this matter while no one can give a real clear answer. There are many ongoing events which effect on the choices that the West and Israel have

الجذور والقشور – د خالد السيفي

Khaled Saifi — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:57:52 +0000

كان السؤال في الحلقات الماضية ” مؤخرا، أنا أُخِذت بالتنوّر وبُهِرت بالتسامي، وقد طغت هذه الفكرة على أحلام اليقظة عندي، حتى أنها غدت عندي ألذّ من الشُّهرة والصّيت والحب ، فهلاّ علّقت على أحلام اليقظة؟” مستحيل أن يأتي التنوير من خلال الحلم، فطبيعة الحلم تمنع التنوير. إن حلمت في التنوّر سوف لن ترى نوره. إن