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December 31, 2002

Baghdad: Why is North Korea’s case different? An Arab press review, By The Daily Star

Time for Arab world to take control of its own destiny, The Daily Star

Washington and London’s subtle pro-Sharon campaign, By Joseph Samaha

White House proves bias, By Laila al-Marayati

The Barzanis ­ from Tehran to London, By Ali Nourizadeh  

December 30, 2002

What will 2003 bring after demise of ‘political Arabism?’ An Arab press review, By The Daily Sart

Fault lines that cut across Israeli politics, By James J. Zogby

Hizbullah has to start speaking its mind, The Daily Star

Repatriating migrant Arab capital? Say ‘inshallah', By Samira Dawani

Canada’s misguided decision, By Hussein Naboulsi

Neglecting environment endangers our planet, By Hassan Tahsin

Anti-war group finds charismatic leader in Williams
By Neil Berry

Forbidden opinion polls: Confusion and realities, By Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid

Putin’s war, Arab News

Damocles' sword, Jordan Times

Paying the price of war and occupation, By Fahed Fanek

A prescription for Mideast peace, By James J. David

December 28, 2002

Israelis and their supporters should pay for the suffering of the Palestinian people, By Hassan El-Najjar and Jasmine Bergmann

Ending hope will lead to a destructive explosion, as Israel's agents plan, By Bassam Abu Sharif

No Pipe Dream: US Unocal Corp executes its $3.2 billion Trans Afghanistan gas pipeline, Gulf News

New hate figures and oil revenues, By Robert Fisk

The war must go on!, By Tariq A. Al-Maeena

Lawlessness, Arab News,

Dear George Bush, By R. Omar

Picking holes in Blair’s conference proposal
An Arab press review, By The Daily Star

Will US democracy go the way of Islamic revolution? By Muna Shuqair

December 27, 2002

It's time to get tough with Israel, By James J. David, Retired  U.S. Army Brigadier- General

Try another one Sharon, Jordan Times

Another year in the life span of the Arab-Israeli conflict, By Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh

Bush administration needs no other pretext to go to war', By Michael Jansen

Merry Christmas, o little town of Bethlehem', By Mazin B. Qumsiyeh

Robertson's ‘Moral duty’, Arab News

Lessons from the Roman Empire, By Amir Taheri

America's pro-Israeli policy, main source of ME troubles, By R. Zein

Israel's Political- Military Elite, By A. Halaweh

Viewing ME with Israeli eye, By M. Agha

No more excuses! By M. Agha

Venezuela: US vs. L. America, By R. Zein

December 26, 2002

The sacrifices of war: An interview with an Iraqi official Saad Qassem Hammoudy

December 25, 2002

Where are the Wise Men and Women? Does anybody remember Bethlehem? By Linda Heard

Defacing the Holy Land, Jordan Times

Christmas carols — 'a security threat', By Daoud Kuttab

What on earth has happened to the UN?
By Muhammad Omar Al-Amoudi

Philo-Semites are racist and Mossad agents By Israel Shamir

For the fireplace of Bush and Blair By Jonathan Power

North Korea, Arab News

December 24, 2002

The Prophet Muhammed, the Mercy to Humanity, portrayed as a "terrorist" by a Florida newspaper, By Mohamed Khodr

Registration gives U.S. image another beating, By Linda Heard

National resistance against foreign occupation is not terrorism, By Shazia Malik 

Korean voters throw down challenge to US policy line, By Sinhal Singh

Terrorism-Iraq linkage yet to be established, By Mushahid Hussain

Who's one-sided? The US veto of a UN resolution about Israeli killing of UN personnel, Jordan Times

Reading between the lines of UK diplomacy, By Rosemary Hollis

The letter 'q', the linkage between Iraq and Alqaeda, By Sherri Muzher

Looking at Islam with blinkers of ignorance and prejudice, By Khaled Al-Rowaitea

In limbo, Arab News

Anti-war not the same as anti-defense, By Charley Reese

December 23, 2002

U.S. strong-arm acts offset positive efforts, By James J. Zogby

Why America is after war, By Fahed Fanek

A Lebanese Communist heroine tells her story, By Olivia Snaije

2002 leaves host of, problems for 2003, By Abdeljabbar Adwan


End of the road for GCC as a political club? An Arab press review, By The Daily Star

Rolled-up map, Arab News

Carter needed more than ever before, By Richard H. Curtiss

Silence about Israel’s nuclear weapons, By Hassan Tahsin, 

London: Being endured rather than enjoyed, By Neil Berry

America lacks vision, By Fouad Mardoud

Anti-war demo held at American University in Cairo, SyriaTimes

Towards A Theory Of The Uprising, By A. Halaweh

December 22, 2002

U.S., Britain 'determined to attack Iraq', An interview with Muhammed Mehdi Saleh, By Dahi Hassan

Reveal the evidence, Gulf News

Brutish and loud, Arab News

Why Powell’s project was met with sarcasm, By Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid

Bush: Time to put up or shut up, By Charley Reese

December 21, 2002

War countdown: Syria bracing for 1 million Iraqi refugees, An Arab press review, By The Daily Star

Strom Thurmond's Secret Daughter, By Ken Cummins

US crackdown on Muslims sullies an enviable record, By The Daily Star

INS action against Muslim residents of California Arab News

All the news that's fit to print, except unfavorable news about Israel, By Raff Ellis

America's liberals: What went wrong? By John Chuckman

Palestinian society plunked between a rock and a hard place, By Abdeljabbar Adwan

Could the Iranian revolution die on its feet? By Joseph Samaha

The ebb and flow of Israeli extremism, By Muna Shuqair

Canada nervous as Iraqi endgame nears, By Nihal Kaneira

December 20, 2002

War on Iraq will widen Arab-West gap - Bashar, By Patrick Seal

GCC under fire for silence on expected war in Iraq, An Arab press review, By The Daily Star

How will Palestinians celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem? By Daoud Kuttab

New form of apartheid exists in Gaza and West Bank, By Aref Agah

Gujarat election verdict ushers India into a dangerous decade, By Nihal Singh

Frank dialogue beyond diplomatic niceties needed, By Mushahid Hussain

December 19, 2002

Israeli temerity knows no limits, The Daily Star

Powell’s plan: “The camel went into labor and produced a mouse!” By Saad Mehio

Powell underestimates anti-US anger, By Fahed Fanek

Jamali rule: Hostage to controversies, By Farhan Bokhari

EU groom leaves Turkish bride waiting, By Mohammad Noureddine

Weighing up political winners, losers and brokers in London, An Arab press review By The Daily Star

More road maps, leading nowhere, By Michael Jansen

American support important to tilt the balance in favour of Labour' By George S. Hishmeh

Journalists under fire for telling the truth, By Robert Fisk

The flame will never die, By Samah Jabr

Madayin Saleh, By Shiraz Hasan

December 18, 2002

Are Iraqi exiles meeting in London traitors? An Arab press review by The Daily Star

Hawks poised to pick Baghdad's bones, By Linda Heard

Musharraf yet to fulfil promise of reforms, By Husain Haqqani

The lion prince, By Michael Young

Fear and loathing on the King Hussein Bridge, By Daoud Kuttab

Mofaz leads charge for permanent hostility, The Daily Star

Biljana Plavsic: Way forward, Arab News

On poets and pogroms, By Gabriel Ash

President Bush's concerns lie more with Israel or with America? By Mohamed Khodr

A dilemma for Arabs and Americans alike, By Rami G. Khouri

The reform package of Colin Powell, By Hasan Abu Nimah

Bad dreams, By Gwynne Dyer

 

December 17, 2002

Carter, Annan and global peace, By Abdel Wahab El-Effendi

Partnership? Arab News

EU membership for Turkey will prove beneficial to Europe and Mideast, By Kinda Balkhair

The wisdom of interfering in the Israeli election, By Hassan Barari

Decisive moment for peace in Middle East, By Mustapha Karkouti  

Assad, Blair and the Middle East crises, An Arab press review, By The Daily Star

December 16, 2002

Hate crimes against Arabs, Muslims in America rise 1,600 per cent in 2001, By Riad Z. Abdelkarim

After war in Iraq: what redrawing the map of the Middle East might mean, By Fahed Fanek

Arabs snub Iraqi opposition conference, An Arab press review by The Daily Star

Azhar's ouster aggravates instability, By Kamila Hyat

Defend your rights, but don’t cross the limits set by Islam
By Reem Mohammed Al-Faisal

India — a secular republic no more, By Siraj Wahab

Vote for bigotry, Arab News

December 15, 2002

Legacy of racial divide remains in America, By Dr. James J. Zogby

Democracy: US should practice what it preaches, The Daily Star

Israel's 'vested interest', By Musa Keilani

EU dreams, Arab News

Fawlty Towers Globalization
By M.J. Akbar

Dialogue 'must replace clash of civilisations', By Nasser Arrabyee

Fallers at the first hurdle: Kissinger, Gulf News

Aceh pact falls short of rebel ambitions, By Abdullah Al Madani

December 14. 2002

December 13, 2002

December 12, 2002

America and democratization, By Abdelwahab El-Affendi

New battle of the hijab brewing in Turkey, By Mohammad Noureddine

December 11, 2002

Sharon's dirty war and fatuous peace vision, By Aref al-Aref

Reading entrails, By Firas Al-Atraqchi

World needs a non-partisan police force, By George Monbiot

The Two Partners, By Khalaf Al- Jarad

A step against Sudan's interests, By M.N.

America's legerdemain, Gulf News

Urgent need to erase negative perceptions, By Husain Haqqani

December 10, 2002

US: An empire in a permanent state of war, By Charley Reese

The hype surrounding the Iraqi declaration, By Rosemary Hollis

Provide proof, not rhetoric
Gulf News

Fortress America pulls up the drawbridge, By Linda S. Heard

Iraq’s nuclear noncapability and the US-British propaganda campaign, By Imad Khadduri

The American-Saudi row over ‘terrorist’ financing, The Daily Star

Iraq’s ‘apology’ to Kuwait fails to heal wound, An Arab press review, By The Daily Star

Stakes high for either side in Bush-Saddam battle of wills, By Nihal Singh, Khaleej ,

Cheating Germany, By Fouad Mardoud

Arab dailies condemn American policy on Iraq, Palestine, An Arab press review, By Syria Times

December 9, 2002

Average American views of the Arab-Israeli conflict, By Hassan El-Najjar and M. Kay Scott

Sharon’s Qaeda, Arab News

Israel needs a regional war
By Hassan Tahsin

Sharon's agenda, Jordan Times

American plans for Iraq, By Fahed Fanek

Two states or one? By Ali Abunimah

America will pay the price for war, By Fahed Fanek

Washington and Baghdad steer course for war, The Daily Star

Political earthquake’s epicenter will be Egypt, not the Gulf, By Saad Mehio

Why is the Arab street so quiet? By Muna Shuqair

Why should Saudi Arabia stop halfway up the stairs? By Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi

Cyprus, Iraq and Europe: Can the conflicts be resolved? By Patrick Seale

Entrapment: Sharon's stupid mistake, Gulf News

Baghdad’s declaration and apology ‘will not stop the war’, An Arab Press review, By The Daily Star

N. Korea: Emulating the Chinese model
By Abdullah Al Madani

December 8, 2002

US fiction of link between Al-Qaeda, Iraq, By Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid

Chomsky: America’s dissident-in-chief finds warm welcome in UK, By Terry Kirby

Attack will open way for remaking of Mideast
By Sandy Tolan 

What Arabs think about other countries, By James J. Zogby

Tactless and outspoken, O’Neill is shown the door
By Rupert Cornwell

Kissinger, the investigator, By Ayman El-Amir

Laudatio for Edward Said, By Ashwani Saith

December 7, 2002

Why US forces can't crack Al-Qaeda, By Robert Fisk

Machismo policy, Arab News

Rattling the 'doors of hell' in Middle East, By Bouthaina Shaaban

They love U.S. not, a 44-nation survey says, Gulf News

Canada changes as terrorism fears rise, By Nihal Kaneira  

Celebrate Eid but don't forget to share goodness, By Khaled Al Maeena  

Challenging Ignorance on Islam: a Ten-Point Primer for Americans , By Gary Leupp

December 6, 2002

The US and the Palestinian- Israeli conflict, By Hassan El-Najjar and Tony Lombardini

Can the EU now help heal ancient wounds? By Patrick Seale

Sharon's 'vision' a mirage, Gulf News

Israelis, Judaism, and Zionism, By Ardeshir Mehta

Allies fall foul of Washington's changing regional objectives, By Mushahid Hussain

December 5, 2002

We are being set up for Iraqi war, By Robert Fisk

The Cherokee Islamic Connection, By Mahir Abdal Razzaq El 

Jewish Islamophobia: Persecution of Palestinians, By Tareq Al- Maeena 

Once again, George and Saddam
By Fawaz Turki

Between wall and snipers, Palestinians determined `never to leave', By Michael Jansen

What the Middle East region needs, By Ibrahim Saif

Arabs fear wide-scale ‘regime change’ after America topples Saddam
By Ed Blanche

The dynamic duo, By Michael Young

Arabs will be the victims of ‘Pax Americana’, By Abdulhadi Khalaf

US and Saudi Arabia: from arm-twisting to neck-breaking, An Arab press review, By The Daily Star

The role-playing of Arab satellite TV, By Muna Shuqair

December 4, 2002

Fighting terrorism the wrong way, By Muhammad Omar Al-Amoudi

An anti-Semitic cartoon by Tony Auth, an un-cooth "artist", By Mohamed Khodr

Manufacturing the news: a report on Thomas Friedman'', By John Paul Jones

Till ignorance us do part
By Hussein Shobokshi

A solution for security crisis in the Middle East
By Ahmed Abdel Halim

Israel's Arabs — 'we exist but we do not exist', By Sherri Muzher

Getting to ‘yes’ with Israel, By Michael Young

A clash of civilizations? Look at Spain, By Abdeljabbar Adwan

Is Saudi Arabia divorcing political Islam? Arab Press review, The Daily Star

December 3, 2002

Arab Peace Initiative: Economic implications, By Hisham Awartani

Beijing talks, By Khaled Al- Maeena

Religious education and politics in Israel, By Hassan Barari

Choosing the path of peace, By Khalid Itum

Can US-Iranian ‘entente’ outlive war on Iraq? Arab Press review, The Daily Star

Palestine remains a country of the mind
By Mustapha Karkouti

Another nail in the coffin of Arab-U.S. ties
By Linda S Heard

Sharon continues unhindered
Gulf News

December 2, 2002

Hamas and the Palestinian Israeli peace, By Hassan El-Najjar and Mike Chittum

Paying Israel $14 billion by cutting $13.6 billion of federal employees pay raises, By Mohamed Khodr

Israel’s choice, By Khaled Al-Maeena

The 'war on terror' — a statistical operation, By Gwynne Dyer

An invitation to the Israeli voter, By Bassam Abu Sharif

Palestinians ponder olive branch, An Arab press review, The Daily Star

Adding poison to the well of understanding, By Dr. James J. Zogby

September 11 alleged hijackers: Who were those people, anyway?

December 1, 2002

What use are warnings against an unpredictable foe? By Raymond Whitaker

Bush and Cheney: Who said mud sticks? By Rupert Cornwell

Choosing between friend and foe, By Amir Taheri

The ever-present threat, Gulf News

Pakisan: The ‘quid-pro-quo’ Cabinet, By Nasim Zehra