Obama’s Speech Was Misunderstood
The President isn’t suggesting that Israel return to an indefensible frontier. He knows there must also be land swaps.
The Wall Street Journal
May 23, 2011
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Huntsman, Interrupted:
Spending time with the man who wants to be the future of the GOP, just not its present.
The New Republic
May 20, 2009
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Durban II Dispatch: Spoiling For a Fight
This conference was supposed to be filled with anti-Semites. What happened?
The New Republic
April 22, 2009
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There’s No Reason to Gloat Over Dubai’s Fall
The emirates set a good example in a bad neighborhood.
The Wall Street Journal
February 20, 2009
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Time’s Up
The Minutemen turn on each other.
The New Republic
November 19, 2008
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Build It And They Will Learn
The geography of higher ed is changing fast, with Asia and the Mideast coming on strong.
Newsweek
August 9, 2008
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Ballad of the Old Cafés
War, chaos and repression are driving the decline of the once great Arab centers of learning.
Newsweek
August 9, 2008
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The Campus Of The Future
To better compete, a few bold leaders are rethinking their schools from the ground up.
Newsweek
August 9, 2008
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The King Versus The Radicals
Saudi Arabia’s monarch is using Aramco—the crack state oil company—to build a Western-style university in a bid to outflank the repressive clergy.
Newsweek
May 26, 2008
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The Emir of NYU
NYU president John Sexton has been promised a blank check to duplicate his university on a desert island in Abu Dhabi. The expansion will leave both campuses flush with petrodollars. But to many faculty, the deal amounts to a sellout.
New York Magazine
April 13, 2008
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Desert Bloom
Awash in oil money, Persian Gulf emirates are striving to shift the intellectual heart of the Middle East
The Chronicle Review
COVER STORY
March 28, 2008
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An Academic Building Boom Transforms the Persian Gulf
Western universities find opportunities as 3 Arab emirates strive to outdo one another
The Chronicle of Higher Education
March 28, 2008
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Mecca Bucks
Why Wahhabis invited Starbucks to Islam’s holiest city
The New Republic
March 26, 2008
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Who Will Save The Unborn?
Searching for a savior at the March For Life in Washington
The New Republic
January 24, 2008
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The Spoiler Speaks
An Interview with Hamas leader Khaled Mishaal
Newsweek
December 24, 2007
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The Technologist: Mecca’s People Movers
Newsweek
December 24, 2007
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Saudi Arabia: Reforms in Higher Education Raise Questions
Arab Reform Bulletin
December 2007
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Also printed in the Beirut Daily Star
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How Hot Money Is Pushing Oil To $100 a Barrel And Beyond
Newsweek
November 26, 2007
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Media Meccas
Mideast nations eager to develop entertainment hubs are pouring money into Hollywood.
Newsweek
November 5, 2007
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For A Home Away From The Big House
Newsweek
Novermber 5, 2007
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Dubai, Aiming to Be an Academic Hub, Strikes a Deal With Michigan State
The Chronicle of Higher Education
October 19, 2007
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New York U. Says It Will Open a ‘Comprehensive Liberal-Arts Campus’ in Abu Dhabi
The Chronicle of Higher Education
October 15, 2007
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Insularity vs. Innovation
Saudi Arabia Puts Its Billions Behind Western-Style Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education
COVER STORY
September 14, 2007
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Policing Religion
Saudi society may finally have had enough of the country’s draconian religious police
The New Statesman
August 30, 2007
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Dispatch from Iraq
What Do They Want? Kirkuk! When Do They Want It? Now!
The Kurds play a dangerous game of brinksmanship
Slate
August 21, 2007
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Exhibition Game
Inside Hezbollah’s Museum of Hate
The New Republic
August 27, 2007
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Also printed in the National Post (Canada)
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Iraq’s Endangered Schools
Teaching has become a dangerous, often fatal, occupation in war-torn Iraq, where higher education is the latest casualty.
Newsweek
August 20, 2007
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An Arab Opening
Teaching Entrepreneurship in the Arab World
Newsweek
August 20, 2007
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A tipping point in Saudi Arabia
By favoring merchants over clerics, Abdullah is making crucial reforms.
The Christian Science Monitor
August 13, 2007
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Also printed in the Taiwan News, Yahoo News, Sacramento Bee (California), Bellingham Herald (Washington), Tri-City Herald (Washington), News & Observer (North Carolina), and Knoxville News Sentinal (Tennessee)
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Oasis in Iraq
Universities Flourish in Kurdistan
The Chronicle of Higher Education
COVER STORY
August 17, 2007
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Born in Iraq: An American University
The Chronicle of Higher Education
August 17, 2007
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‘Vice’ squad losing its grip
The Guardian
August 13, 2007
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Buying Culture:
By luring Western institutions like the Louvre, the Guggenheim, the Sorbonne, and Yale, Abu Dhabi aims to become a global arts center.
Newsweek
COVER STORY
August 6, 2007
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Q&A:
‘I’m Not a Service Company’: In its bid to become a cultural center of the Arab world, Abu Dhabi had a lot riding on the judgment of Guggenheim director Thomas Krens.
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Money Can’t Buy Culture: The Emir of Sharjah tried to create a cultural center of the Arab world, but the museums stand empty.
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Quiet Riot
Will the Kurds be unlikely kingmakers in Turkey’s election?
The New Republic
July 21, 2007
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Is the Turkey’s Kemalist republic about to end?
The Beirut Daily Star
July 21, 2007
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Dispatch From Iraq:
Chemical Ali will swing, but survivors of the gassing are still waiting for their day in court
Slate
June 25, 2007
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Talking Softly Won’t Work
An Interview with Natan Sharansky
Newsweek
June 11, 2007
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Iraqi Universities Near Collapse
The Chronicle of Higher Education
COVER STORY
May 18, 2007
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Special Profile: Out of Iraq, into Limbo
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Special Profile: Remembering Life on Haifa Street
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Special Profile: ‘Doctors, Engineers, Professors — All the Elites Have Fled’
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Abu Dhabi comes on strong in regional art scene
Executive
April 2007
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Constitution Crisis
What happens when America gives up on democracy in the Middle East?
The New Republic
March 29, 2007
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‘Actors in a Play of Democracy’
A Referendum in Egypt to Roll Back Reform
Newsweek
March 23, 2007
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Blood Feud
Hezbollah’s politicization of Ashura
The New Republic
February 14, 2007
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“Unnatural Disaster: Rising Tensions Over Tamils in Sri Lanka”
Newsweek
February 9, 2007
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“Campus Wars: Lebanon’s universities become another battlefield in the country’s political showdown”
The Jerusalem Report
February 5, 2007
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“Sri Lankans Still Opt for Lebanon”
Executive
February 2007
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“Scorched Earth: A tour through the flaming streets of Beirut”
The New Republic
January 24, 2007
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“Viral Video: A YouTube for the Arab World”
Newsweek
January 22, 2007
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“Fast Times: The War on Ramadan”
The New Republic
October 30, 2006
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“The Cold Peace: Israeli-Egyptian relations 25 years after Sadat”
Newsweek
COVER STORY (Middle East edition)
October 16, 2006
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“Arabs in America: Their Stories”
Newsweek
COVER STORY (Middle East edition)
September 10, 2006
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“‘I am Just a Wife’: Abducted Israeli Soldier’s Wife Works for Release”
Newsweek
September 7, 2006
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“Voice of America: The Sassy Face of U.S. Diplomacy”
Newsweek
August 29, 2006
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“Ayatollah Stylings: Iran’s First Fashion Show”
Newsweek
August 7, 2006
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“Wonders of Wonder: The Search for the New 7 Wonders”
Newsweek
July 31, 2006
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“Unintended Consequences: An Interview with Madeleine Albright”
Newsweek
July 24, 2006
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“North Korea: Failure to Launch”
Newsweek
July 24, 2006
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“Where’s the Tsunami Warning System?”
Newsweek
July 19, 2006
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“Japan: Countering the Threat”
Newsweek
July 17, 2006
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“Kuwait’s Thaw: Women Get First National Vote”
Newsweek
COVER STORY (Middle East edition)
June 28, 2006
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