Opinion: Why sanctions aren't the answer for Iran

Joel Brinkley - Worldview - November 6, 2009 15:45 ET

America needs to understand that punitive measures aren't going to keep Iran in check. Not when Russia and China have a lot to lose.

Afghanistan: The fog of war

Finbarr O'Reilly - Afghanistan - November 5, 2009 10:51 ET

Video: Embedded with Canadian troops, photographer Finbarr O'Reilly captures the confusion and chaos of a worsening conflict.

Will the hajj be an incubator for swine flu?

Caryle Murphy - Saudi Arabia - November 4, 2009 16:32 ET

Millions walk, pray and eat together during the hajj. How Saudi Arabia is trying to minimize the swine flu risks.

Italy, the CIA and rendition

Michael Moran - Diplomacy - November 4, 2009 15:56 ET

Analysis: What Wednesday's stunning verdict in Rome means for the "War on Terror".

Iran says it has foiled 2 plots on eve of protests

Iason Athanasiadis - Middle East - November 3, 2009 18:34 ET

Nervous government warns against protests and claims that arms have been smuggled into country.

So then Naomi Watts turns to me and says...

Tom A. Peter - Jordan - November 2, 2009 06:42 ET

My day as an extra on the set of "Fair Game," a film about the Valerie Plame affair.

Jordan: not just a pretty film set

Tom A. Peter - Jordan - November 2, 2009 06:40 ET

Spielberg saw its potential early: Now a new Hollywood generation is turning up in Amman.

A desert wilderness beckons ... in Palestine

Catrina Stewart - Israel and Palestine - November 1, 2009 09:39 ET

West Bank tourism is in its infancy, but it boasts many attractions.

Tribeca comes to Doha

Don Duncan - Middle East - October 31, 2009 09:23 ET

The New York film festival, which this year focused on the Arab world, goes where the inspiration — and the money is.

Israel's new weapon: water

Matt Beynon Rees - Israel and Palestine - October 29, 2009 05:52 ET

Yet another report accuses Israel of human rights abuses, this time for denying Palestinians water.

Saudi riots reveal society's fissures

Caryle Murphy - Saudi Arabia - October 28, 2009 06:22 ET

Did restrictions on public fun lead scores of young men to steal and loot in Khobar?

Fanatical about football, superstars at squash

Theodore May - Egypt - October 28, 2009 06:01 ET

Egyptians hold three of the top-four spots on the men’s professional squash circuit. Who knew?

America's Cup in troubled waters

Tom Hundley - Middle East - October 27, 2009 22:52 ET

Fear of terrorism, Iran and pirates at issue in court battle over holding the cup race in the United Arab Emirates.

Bittersweet: Palestinian home cooking

Matt McAllester - Worldview - October 27, 2009 06:04 ET

The best Palestinian food can only be found at home — or at Tanoreen in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

HOG heaven meets downtown Beirut

Ben Gilbert - Lebanon - October 26, 2009 08:10 ET

The Arab world’s motorcycle fans embrace the bike, and a little American culture, in their later years.

The olive harvest war

Sara Sorcher - Israel and Palestine - October 25, 2009 11:14 ET

Opinion: It's getting chilly between Turkey and Israel

HDS Greenway - Worldview - October 25, 2009 10:10 ET

As Turkey gets friendlier with Syria and Iraq, relations with Israel take a back seat.

Jordan tech sector taking off

Tom A. Peter - Jordan - October 24, 2009 09:37 ET

It's no Silicon Valley, but in the Arab world the desert kingdom has become something of a techie's mecca.

All rise for the Palestinian anthem

Matt Beynon Rees - Israel and Palestine - October 23, 2009 05:55 ET

A parody of a nationalistic Palestinian song ridicules the intractable dispute between Hamas and Fatah leaders.

America The Betrayed Walt Whitman: "Poet of the People"

Hiyam Noir, Author, "Palestine Free Voice" blog - Israel and Palestine - November 7, 2009 16:15 ET

.November 6, 2009Richard C. Cook If you want to get an idea of what America once was like, read the poems of Walt Whitman. Whitman was born on Long Island in 1819 and grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. His...

We have a government again?? No!

Liliane, Author/My Lebanon Is Being Burned to Ashes - Lebanon - November 7, 2009 06:31 ET

Apparently, the opposition finally approved the national government of unity which Saad Hariri proposed, later today everything should become official. I honestly did not notice not having a...

Is Abbas willing to face reality?

The Staff, The Palestine Telegraph blog - Israel and Palestine - November 7, 2009 00:16 ET

Ramallah, November 7, 2009 (Pal Telegraph)- Mahmoud Abbas, the beleaguered head of the Palestinian Authority, has finally but belatedly admitted that the so-called Peace process with Israel has...

Almost Half a Year Later, Lebanon Finally Has a Cabinet

Qifa Nabki - Lebanon - November 7, 2009 16:02 ET

Well, it took five months (almost to the day) but Lebanon seems to have finally turned the page on the historic parliamentary elections held on June 7, 2009. Not to jinx things, but the media is rife...

This Should Be Awkward, But…

Ben Moscovitch, Israel Blog (Foreign Policy Assoc.) - Israel and Palestine - November 6, 2009 22:01 ET

On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a group of Palestinian protestors knocked over a slab of the security barrier that divides the West Bank from the Gaza Strip. This act of...