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Democratization
Title Author Publication & Date
Does 'Islamic Democracy' Exist?
Daniel Steinvorth and Bernhard Zand Der Spiegel
September 11, 2008
Democracy's dilemma
Dina Ezzat Al Ahram
May 15, 2008
Kuwaitis debate democracy future ahead of polls
Omar Hasan ME Online
May 5, 2008
The US Democracy Gap in the Arab World
Rami G. Khouri ME Online
April 21, 2008
The politics of elections and the universal ideals of democracy
Iqbal Siddiqui Media Monitors Network
April 10, 2008
Democracy and Mideast headcount
MET staff ME Times
April 7, 2008
Gulf citizens 'must have a greater political voice'
Wissam Keyrouz ME Online
April 3, 2008
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Economic/Business
Title Author Publication & Date
Gulf may need over $35b to finance power projects
Shakir Husain Gulf News
October 7, 2008
'It's a panic:' Saudi stock market tumbles into two-day rout across Gulf
Omar Hasan Daily Star
October 7, 2008
Israeli stocks down for a second day amid global turmoil
AFP ME Times
October 6, 2008
Gulf stocks dive on global ‘uncertainty’
Arab Times Arab Times
October 6, 2008
Credit crisis likely to help Islamic finance products
Emirates Business Emirates Business
October 6, 2008
Gulf stocks hit amid global crisis
Agencies Al Jazeera
October 5, 2008
Iran sees foreign interest in telecoms sale
Gulf Today Gulf Today
October 2, 2008
Iran central bank governor to inject $ 15bn into system
Gulf Times Gulf Times
September 30, 2008
Iraq: Record Inflation
Walid Khadduri Al Hayat
September 29, 2008
Iran's Food Prices Surge Nearly 50% in September
AFP Asharq Alawsat
September 29, 2008
Islamic Banking and Decisive Cooperation
Lahem al Nasser Asharq Alawsat
September 22, 2008
Saudi inflation eases in August
The Peninsula staff The Peninsula
September 19, 2008
The National Commercial Bank and Islamic Banking
Lahem al Nasser Asharq Alawsat
September 16, 2008
Iraq to host fair for oil giants
KUNA Kuwait News Agency
September 15, 2008
Saudi Arabia: Conflicting Fatwas Confusing Investors
Walid Khadduri Al-Hayat
September 8, 2008
Saudi Arabia: Conflicting Fatwas Confusing Investors
Fatah al Rahman Yusuf Asharq Alawsat
September 7, 2008
Iran's inflation tops 27%
Agence France-Presse Gulf in the Media
September 7, 2008
Islamic Bond Decree Cripples Sukuk, Imperils Projects
Haris Anwar bloomberg
September 5, 2008
Petrodollars propel Abu Dhabi onto world map
Agencies ME Online
September 5, 2008
Saudi pumps oil from giant new field
Reuters Gulf in the Media
September 4, 2008
Iran Sees Oil Oversupply, Frets Over Price Fall
Reuters Asharq Alawsat
September 2, 2008
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General U.S. Policy
Title Author Publication & Date
US reviews isolation policy on Syria as Bush's reign draws to a close
Reuters Gulf News
October 7, 2008
Lebanon, US set up joint military commission
AP Jerusalem Post
October 7, 2008
'New thinking' needs new direction
Mary Kaldor Open Democracy
September 26, 2008
Financial Crisis Likely to Further Erode U.S. Influence
Jim Lobe IPS News
September 25, 2008
The Pentagon's cubicle mercenaries
Frida Berrigan Asia Times
September 16, 2008
US agrees to sell Israel bunker-busters
Agencies Arab News
September 15, 2008
Scepticism rages over 9/11 perpetrators
Jumana Al Tamimi Gulf News
September 12, 2008
Israel tells businessmen to stop visiting Georgia
The Associated Press Haaretz
September 10, 2008
US army suicide rate to hit new high
Agencies ME Online
September 7, 2008
Iraq, Iran, China: the emerging axis
Paul Rogers Open Democracy
September 4, 2008
Syria takes full advantage of US-Russia discord
Nicholas Blanford Gulf News
August 28, 2008
Iran Could Reap Benefits of U.S.-Russian Tensions
Jim Lobe IPS News
August 27, 2008
Pakistan Lessons: The Limits of Military Power
Editorial ME Times
August 22, 2008
How Far Can Power Stretch?
Editorial ME Times
August 20, 2008
U.S., Israel Part Ways On Georgia Conflict
Larry Cohler-Esses The Jewish Week
August 19, 2008
Nation-Building and Counterinsurgency after Iraq
James Dobbins The Century Foundation
August 18, 2008
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Global War on Terror
Title Author Publication & Date
Report says Britain believes dictatorship is only solution in Afghanistan
David Stringer Canoe News
October 7, 2008
Afghan war cannot be won: UN
Jonathan Burch Arab News
October 7, 2008
Taliban ‘upset’ at missile hit
Agencies The News (Pk)
October 6, 2008
UK commander backs Taliban talks
Al Jazeera staff Al Jazeera
October 6, 2008
Can King David bring order to the mountains of Afghanistan?
Michael Evans Times Online
October 6, 2008
The fallout of terror
Gulf News staff Gulf News
October 3, 2008
Fighting Terrorism: A failing war
Rami G. Khouri IHT
October 2, 2008
The war on terror: seven years on (part two)
Paul Rogers Open Democracy
October 2, 2008
Terrorist threat a pretext or reality?
Amir Taheri Gulf News
October 1, 2008
Taliban's Omar offers deal to U.S. on withdrawal
Reuters Khaleej Times
September 30, 2008
From the Rhine River to the Jihad
Spiegel staff Der Spiegel
September 29, 2008
Taleban kill top woman officer
Nasrat Shoaib Arab News
September 29, 2008
Defiant in Yemen
Nasser Arrabyee Al Ahram
September 28, 2008
Pakistani tribesmen organize to fight Taliban insurgents
Saeed Shah McClatchy Newspapers
September 27, 2008
Al-Qaeda's opportunity to hurt the US
Michael Scheuer Asia Times
September 26, 2008
Youth guilty in T.O. terror trial
Colin Perkel The Canadian Press
September 25, 2008
Pakistan As "New" Front In Terror War
Brian McAfee The Media Monitors
September 24, 2008
US drone ‘shot down’ in SWAT
Mushtaq Yusufzai The News
September 24, 2008
Algeria: Al Qaida issues new ultimatum
Agencies Gulf News
September 24, 2008
A Who’s Who of the Insurgency in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province
Rahimullah Yusufzai Jamestown Foundation
September 23, 2008
Afghans reflect on 'Peace Day'
Aunohita Mojumdar Al Jazeera
September 22, 2008
Homeland security grants are becoming a local burden
Les Blumenthal McClatchy Newspapers
September 21, 2008
Mauritania: The New Regime and Al-Qaeda
Mohammad El-Ashab Al-Hayat
September 19, 2008
Crossing the line
Graham Usher Al Ahram
September 18, 2008
Son of neuroscientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui freed by Kabul, flown to Islamabad
Syed Irfan Raza Dawn
September 16, 2008
Hezbollah and Sudan's Salafi Regime Converge
Walid Phares ME Times
September 15, 2008
Scepticism rages over 9/11 perpetrators
Jumana Al Tamimi Gulf News
September 12, 2008
Five Al Qaida suspects arrested
Mariam Al Hakeem Gulf News
September 12, 2008
How Dangerous Is Al-Qaida?
Yassin Musharbash Der Spiegel
September 11, 2008
Al Qaeda down but not out in S. Arabia, Yemen
Lydia Georgi Jordan Times
September 10, 2008
Germany Discovers a War in Afghanistan
SPIEGEL Staff Der Spiegel
September 9, 2008
Seven Years of the War on Terror
Mostafa Zein Al Hayat
September 9, 2008
Al Qaida 'lacks leadership'
Nasser Arrabyee Gulf News
September 9, 2008
Cdn ambassador: Taliban now stronger
Tobi Cohen Canoe News
September 8, 2008
Afghanistan: Paris Match pictures 'promoting Taliban'
Angelique Chrisafis The Guardian
September 5, 2008
Pakistan’s Army and the War on Terrorism in the Post-Musharraf Era
Tariq Mahmud Ashraf The Jamestown Foundation
September 4, 2008
Terror from the German Heartland
Marcel Rosenbach and Holger Stark Der Spiegel
September 4, 2008
A new Taliban?
Ian Black The Guardian
September 3, 2008
Pro-al Qaeda Fighters Train in Gaza Strip
Reuters Asharq Alawsat
September 2, 2008
Mass Attack on French Paratroopers Heralds New Taliban Tactics
Andrew McGregor The Jamestown Foundation
September 2, 2008
Pakistan missed chance to capture al-Qaeda deputy chief
DPA Khaleej Times
September 2, 2008
Al Qaida has free movement in Pakistan, top official concedes
Saeed Shah McClatchy Newspapers
September 1, 2008
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Iran
Title Author Publication & Date
In gender-sensitive Iran, a car designed specially for women
Robert Tait and Noushin Hoseiny The Guardian
October 7, 2008
Iran won’t allow office of AIC
AFP Arab News
October 7, 2008
Aggression doesn't prove suitability
Haaretz Editorial Haaretz
October 6, 2008
Bush supports plan for US thinktank office in Iran
Robert Tait The Guardian
October 6, 2008
‘Israel to hit Iran before it builds nuclear bomb’
Agencies Arab News
October 6, 2008
Khatami may again run for president
AFP The Peninsula
October 5, 2008
ISRAEL: Up Against the Red Light on Attacking Iran
Peter Hirschberg IPS News
October 4, 2008
Najaf residents cautiously eye growing Iran influence
Reuters Gulf News
October 3, 2008
Bickering between Larijani and Ahmadinejad
Parisa Hatami Rooz Online
October 1, 2008
Tehran to seek extra $ 7 billion to import fuel
Gulf Today Gulf in the Media
October 1, 2008
IAEA Report on Iran
IAEA Asharq Alawsat
September 30, 2008
Iran central bank governor to inject $ 15bn into system
Gulf Times staff Gulf Times
September 30, 2008
Iran fishing in troubled waters
Abdullah Al Shayji Gulf News
September 29, 2008
US 'deploys' radar system in Israel
Agencies Al Jazeera
September 28, 2008
Iran's Food Prices Surge Nearly 50% in September
AFP Asharq Alawsat
September 28, 2008
Iran cleric says US paying financial price for wars
Agencies Gulf in the Media
September 26, 2008
Israel asked US for green light to bomb nuclear sites in Iran
Jonathan Steele The Guardian
September 25, 2008
Revolutionary Guards Expand Defense Plans
Rooz staff Rooz Magazine
September 24, 2008
Iran-China trade predicted to touch $200b: Minister
IRNA Zawya
September 24, 2008
Iran gets new central bank chief
AFP Zawya
September 23, 2008
Top security official warns Iran against involving GCC in nuclear conflict
Duraid Al Baik Gulf News
September 22, 2008
Iran's Revolutionary Guards granted full powers in Gulf
Agencies Gulf News
September 19, 2008
Ahmadinejad's Opponents and Proponents Reach Accord
Nader Irani Rooz Online
September 17, 2008
Iranian failure to cooperate stalls nuclear inquiry
Reuters Gulf News
September 16, 2008
Iran's Air Force Hold War Games: Reports
Agencies Asharq Alawsat
September 15, 2008
Iranian spy network stretches across GCC
Reuters Gulf News
September 15, 2008
Iran's Ex-President Slams Ahmadinejad's Foreign Policy: Report
AFP Asharq Alawsat
September 14, 2008
US targets Iran's shipping sector
Agencies Gulf News
September 12, 2008
Ahmadinejad: Iran will support Hamas until collapse of Israel
DPA Haaretz
September 11, 2008
Iran demands UN response to Israeli 'threats' to kidnap Ahmadinejad
Reuters Haaretz
September 10, 2008
Iran tells UAE Foreign Ministry Abu Musa island is Iranian
Kuwait News Agency Kuwait News
September 10, 2008
Iran parliament body scraps polygamy proposal
Agencies Gulf News
September 9, 2008
June presidential poll set, Ahmadinejad likely to run
Reuters Gulf in the Media
September 8, 2008
Iran launches joint research satellite on China rocket
Reuters Gulf in the Media
September 7, 2008
Saudi analysts slam Iranian expansionism
Mariam Al Hakeem Gulf News
September 5, 2008
Iran polygamy bill causes controversy
Agencies Gulf News
September 5, 2008
Iranian Women’s Rights Advocates Score Stunning Victory
Rebecca Schiel NIAC
September 4, 2008
Iran tightens screws on Iraq's Kurds
Sami Moubayed Asia Times
September 3, 2008
Iran Sees Oil Oversupply, Frets Over Price Fall
Reuters Asharq Alawsat
September 2, 2008
Iranian activists celebrate victory on polygamy bill
Agencies Gulf News
September 2, 2008
Can Ahmadinejad lose the election?
Benedetta Berti The Jerusalem Post
September 1, 2008
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Iraq
Title Author Publication & Date
Iraq's next big test looms this month
Rayyan al-Shawaf The Daily Star
October 7, 2008
Secrets of Iraq's death chamber
Robert Fisk The Independent
October 7, 2008
Rising Iraqi Shiite Leader Calls for National Unity
AFP Asharq Alawsat
October 6, 2008
Egypt envoy in historic Iraq visit
Agencies Al Jazeera
October 6, 2008
Iraq: Disintegration on the Way to Unity?
Elias Harfoush Al-Hayat
October 5, 2008
Samarra shows the way to sectarian unity in Iraq
Basil Adas Gulf News
October 4, 2008
Najaf residents cautiously eye growing Iran influence
Reuters Gulf News
October 3, 2008
Is Kurdish-Arab "Honeymoon" Over?
Mohammed A. Salih IPS News
October 2, 2008
Iraq buys 12 US-made reconnaissance planes
AP Khaleej Times
September 30, 2008
Iraq: Record Inflation
Walid Khadduri Al Hayat
September 30, 2008
A new divide
Saif Nasrawi Al Ahram
September 29, 2008
Plane-load of Iraqis due to be repatriated this week
IRIN staff IRIN News
September 29, 2008
Kurds reverse Saddam’s ‘ethnic cleansing’
Amal Jayasinghe Arab News
September 29, 2008
Iraq: Sadr Movement Growing Daily - Spokesman
Qassim al-Kaabi Asharq Alawsat
September 27, 2008
Religion, politics make Najaf focus of Iraqi power
Reuters Turkish Daily News
September 26, 2008
Iran cleric says US paying financial price for wars
Agencies Gulf in the Media
September 26, 2008
Parliament demands financial help for IDPs, refugees
IRIN staff IRIN News
September 25, 2008
Finally, the Story of the Whistleblower Who Tried to Prevent the Iraq War
Norman Solomon Media Monitors
September 25, 2008
Iraq’s Samarra offers way out for suspected insurgents
Reuters Jordan Times
September 24, 2008
Iraq's Sunni Anti-Qaeda Patrols Fear for Future
Reuters Asharq Alawsat
September 24, 2008
Awash in "Missing" Weapons
Pratap Chatterjee IPS News
September 23, 2008
Iraq's Mehdi Army at Crossroads as U.S. Scales Down
Reuters Asharq Alawsat
September 22, 2008
Iraqi VP Presents Study on Tackling Unemployment
Naseer Al-Ily Asharq Alawsat
September 21, 2008
Women don veil despite waning of militia power
Basil Adas Gulf News
September 19, 2008
Chalabi: U.S. wants secret bases in Iraq
UPI ME Times
September 19, 2008
'Help to return'
Oula Farawati Al Ahram
September 18, 2008
Arrests of Sunni tribal leaders risk giving al-Qaida a way back, says Iraqi vice-president
Jonathan Steele The Guardian
September 16, 2008
Anbar transfer premature?
UPI ME Times
September 15, 2008
Search for safety revives Baghdad housing market
Reuters Khaleej Times
September 15, 2008
Al-Qaida intensifies its stranglehold in the world's most dangerous city
Jonathan Steele The Guardian
September 15, 2008
US 'may plot assassination of Al Maliki'
Basil Adas Gulf News
September 12, 2008
Iraq: The Baghdad-Arbil Crisis Escalates
Naseer Al-Ily and Hewa Aziz Asharq Alawsat
September 11, 2008
Cholera outbreak spreads in Iraq
Agencies Al Jazeera
September 11, 2008
Slow Sunni Integration Could Derail Iraq Successes
Zainab Mineeia and Ali Gharib IPS News
September 10, 2008
Heads of parliamentary blocs hold closed session on elections law
Voices of Iraq Aswat Aliraq
September 9, 2008
Iraqi minister in Kuwait to seek relief from war reparations
Nicholas Spangler McClatchy Newspapers
September 8, 2008
Inmates tell of sexual abuse and beatings in Iraq's overcrowded juvenile prison system
Jonathan Steele The Guardian
September 8, 2008
Talks with GE on power plants in Iraq
Babak Rahimi Zawya
September 6, 2008
Saudi and Iraq to Enhance Security Cooperation
Turki Al-Saheil Asharq Alawsat
September 5, 2008
The Mumahidun: Muqtada Al-Sadr’s New Militia
Babak Rahimi Jamestown Foundation
September 5, 2008
'If there is to be peace in Iraq’
Michael Janse Jordan Times
September 4, 2008
Baghdad's Extremists Losing Weapons Stores
Richard Tomkins ME Times
September 4, 2008
Iran tightens screws on Iraq's Kurds
Sami Moubayed Asia Times
September 3, 2008
Army begins evicting Baghdad squatters
AFP Arab News
September 3, 2008
Iraqi army readies for showdown with Kurds
Jonathan Steele The Guardian
September 3, 2008
Parliament to enact law on competition, anti-monopoly
Agencies Aswat Aliraq
September 2, 2008
Why Its Iraqi "Client" Blocked U.S. Long-Term Presence
Gareth Porter IPS News
September 1, 2008
Doubts persist as Iraq prepares to take over US-backed patrols
Agencies Gulf News
September 1, 2008
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Islam and Politics
Title Author Publication & Date
Who speaks for Islam: Part V
John Esposito and Dalia Mogahed Gulf News
October 3, 2008
Sunni and Shia Hackers Battle it Out Online
Turki Al-Saheil Asharq Alawsat
October 2, 2008
Who's afraid of Islam? Not youth!
Turkish Daily News staff Turkish Daily News
September 26, 2008
Does 'Islamic Democracy' Exist?
Daniel Steinvorth and Bernhard Zand Der Spiegel
September 11, 2008
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Divine Weapons
Mshari Al-Zaydi Asharq Alawsat
August 7, 2008
Is Shariah Revival Imperative?
Mohammed Khalil Asharq Alawsat
August 3, 2008
Saudi King’s Perestroika Moment
Walter Ruby The Jewish Week
July 29, 2008
The Muslim Brotherhood and Its Special Organization
Abdullah Iskandar Al Hayat
July 27, 2008
Saudi king opens inter-faith conference with appeal for dialogue
Agence France-Presse Gulf in the Media
July 17, 2008
Saudi Salafism a Stronger Force in Islamist Militancy than Recanting Clerics
Michael Scheuer Jamestown Foundation
July 17, 2008
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