http://dir.salon.com/topics/arab/?source=rss&aim=arab en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT By Laura Miller Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/07/10/young_islam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/07/10/young_islam/index.html?source=rss How sex, booze and heavy metal fit into the world of hip young Arabs today. By Gary Kamiya Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/03/18/iraq_anniversary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/03/18/iraq_anniversary/index.html?source=rss Five years after Bush invaded Iraq, anti-Americanism has metastasized. But we can still beat it. By Juan Cole Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/28/hussein/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/28/hussein/index.html?source=rss The attacks on Barack Obama's middle name have begun, but the likely Democratic nominee joins a long line of famous Americans with Semitic names, from Benjamin Franklin to Omar Bradley. By Hooman Majd Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/21/obama_muslims/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/21/obama_muslims/index.html?source=rss Barack Obama is perceived by Muslims abroad like no other candidate. He would begin a presidency with tremendous potential to heal U.S. relations with much of the world. By Juan Cole Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/01/islamophobia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/01/islamophobia/index.html?source=rss The 2008 Republican race has left a bitter legacy of sloganeering against Muslims. It may well haunt the party this November. By Stephen Grey Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/05/rendition/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/05/rendition/index.html?source=rss The fate of prisoners secreted away under the Bush administration is in some ways worse than even Hollywood has portrayed. By Riverbend Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/09/21/riverbend_leaving/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/09/21/riverbend_leaving/index.html?source=rss As we crossed the Syrian border and saw the last of the Iraqi flags, the tears began. How can such a small distance separate life from death? By Juan Cole Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/08/07/surge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/08/07/surge/index.html?source=rss Bush's backers are peddling a sunny view of the president's strategy -- despite Iraq's political chaos and soaring death counts. By Juan Cole Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/09/uk_terrorists/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/09/uk_terrorists/index.html?source=rss Some of the accused behind the recent terror plots in Britain were professional healers. What on earth prompts someone to snap from caregiver to killer? By P.W. Singer Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/26/war_of_ideas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/26/war_of_ideas/index.html?source=rss How Bush hardliners and even mainstream pundits have hogtied one of our greatest potential strengths in the war on terrorism. By Aluf Benn Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/20/gaza/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/20/gaza/index.html?source=rss Bush and Olmert scramble to prop up Abbas, but the Hamas takeover boosts Iran and leaves hopes for a Palestinian state in tatters. By Christoph Schult Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/19/hamas_fatah/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/19/hamas_fatah/index.html?source=rss Hamas' violent takeover in Gaza leaves the Palestinian territories divided, and U.S. and Israeli strategy under a cloud. By Sandy Tolan Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/04/six_day_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/04/six_day_war/index.html?source=rss Little-noticed details in declassified U.S. documents indicate that Israel's Six-Day War may not have been a war of necessity. By Hooman Majd Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/05/sailors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/05/sailors/index.html?source=rss The captured British sailors ate decent meals and were set free in business suits -- as Tehran used them to score political points on the Arab street. By Gregory Levey Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/29/israeli_arabs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/29/israeli_arabs/index.html?source=rss Tensions are rising between Israel's Jewish and Arab citizens -- and could affect the chances for peace, or wider war, in the Middle East. By Jonathan Shainin Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/12/18/khalidi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/12/18/khalidi/index.html?source=rss Palestinian-American historian Rashid Khalidi explains why Palestinians have failed to create a nation and discusses the grave situation in the Middle East. By Gary Kamiya Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/01/30/frum_perle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/01/30/frum_perle/index.html?source=rss Undaunted by the Iraq debacle, uber-hawks David Frum and Richard Perle air their fevered wet dream of a national-security superstate that slaps down uppity Muslims, bombs North Korea, slices and dices civil liberties and scatters the Palestinians like birdseed. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2004/01/29/morris/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2004/01/29/morris/index.html?source=rss Israeli whitewash or Arab propaganda? Readers weigh in on Christopher Farah's interview with Israeli historian Benny Morris and the wounds of 1948. By Samer Shehata Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/07/12/propaganda/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/07/12/propaganda/index.html?source=rss The U.S. is spending millions crafting messages to win the hearts and minds of the Arab world. There's just one problem: We have no credibility Read by Edita Brychta Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/10/22/stolen_lives/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/10/22/stolen_lives/index.html?source=rss After a fairy-tale upbringing as the adopted daughter of Moroccan King Muhammad V, Malika Oufkir was imprisoned in desert jails for over 20 years after her father's coup against the king's heir failed. By Eric Boehlert Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/09/arab_opinion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/09/arab_opinion/index.html?source=rss Many Arab rulers would like to support the Western war on Osama bin Laden. But their subjects disagree, and have a laundry list of reasons why. By Rebecca Segall Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/09/26/arab_club/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/09/26/arab_club/index.html?source=rss At the Arab Club of a Manhattan college, accusations and racial slurs make it hard to grieve. By Paul Wachter Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/09/21/lebanon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/09/21/lebanon/index.html?source=rss An American in Lebanon warns that despite Bush's efforts, Arabs will likely view an attack on terrorism as a war on Islam. By Michael J. Jordan Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/05/24/arafat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/05/24/arafat/index.html?source=rss Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum is host to a feisty little uproar. Yasser Arafat, some say, deserves a good melting. By Flore de Prineuf Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/23/timeout/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/23/timeout/index.html?source=rss As the bloodbath rages in the Middle East, Ehud Barak calls for a "timeout" in the peace process.