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Title Author Publication & Date
‘If democracy continues in Bangladesh then the future of Islam is very bright’
Syed Raiyan Abu Zafar Arab News
August 2, 2009
Democracy-promotion: doctrine vs dialogue
Mariano Aguirre Open Democracy
July 14, 2009
Trade and defence, not democracy, top Obama’s Saudi agenda
Ulf Laessing Dawn
July 2, 2009
Democracy is percolating in Iran
Adel Safty Gulf News
June 28, 2009
Kuwait’s democracy troubles Arab rulers
Staff The News International
June 25, 2009
Kurdistan pleads for democracy
Scott Carpenter and Michael Rubin Gulf News
April 19, 2009
Democracy in Muslim world
Editorial Arab News
April 10, 2009
Democracy's time
Shadi Hamid Open Democracy
April 6, 2009
Democracy and democracy-support: a new era
Christopher Hobson and Milja Kurki Open Democracy
March 20, 2009
Democracy: history not destiny
Rein Müllerson Open Democracy
November 28, 2008
Democracy support: where now?
Vidar Helgesen Open Democracy
November 17, 2008
Arab leaders deliberate on democracy
AFP The Peninsula
October 20, 2008
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
Democracy and other fairy tales
Fawaz Turki Gulf News
March 28, 2008
Not in the name of democracy
Marwan Bishara Al Jazeera
March 19, 2008
The democratic deficit
David Cox The Guardian
January 8, 2008
A Different Kind of Democracy
Mshari Al-Zaydi Asharq Alawsat
December 15, 2007
Exporting Democracy
Hiba Dawood Middle East Times
December 14, 2007
The Hidden Holocaust--Our Civilizational Crisis Part 2: Exporting Democracy
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed US Media Monitors Network
December 9, 2007
Bush, Musharraf, and the meaning of democracy
Mary Shaw Online Journal
November 27, 2007
Pushing democracy
Claude Salhani The Middle East Times
October 9, 2007
Tunisia's tiny free-speech steps
Jill Carroll The Christian Science Monitor
September 11, 2007
Democracy in the Middle East
Joseph A. Kechichian Gulf News
August 23, 2007
A Conversation Continued: Debating Democracy
Thomas Carothers et al The National Interest
July 10, 2007
Freedom, Democracy, and Free Enterprise?
Zia Mian FPIF
July 5, 2007
Subverting democracy
Joseph Massad Al Ahram
July 4, 2007
Why discuss democracy?
Amr Hamzawy Al Ahram
July 4, 2007
Democracy defeated
Ramzy Baroud Al Ahram
June 25, 2007
When Democracy Disappoints
Jacob Sullum Reason Magazine
June 20, 2007
Are Dictatorships More Successful Than Democracies?
Alvaro Vargas Llosa The Independent Institute
June 13, 2007
The Democracy Crusade Myth
Thomas Carothers The National Interest
June 5, 2007
Peace in the 21st Century
Shirin Ebadi Open Democracy
April 6, 2007
'Democracy' Is Hell
Katha Pollitt Middle East Online
May 14, 2007
Exporting Democracy: What Have We Learned from Iraq?
Various Authors Dissent Magazine
Spring 2007 Issue
Democracy and hypocrisy
Marwan Al Kabalan Gulf News
April 20, 2007
What Turkey teaches about democracy
M K Bhadrakumar Asia Times
April 19, 2007
Summary of GCC countries' country reports on human rights practices (2006)
Gulf in the Media report Gulf in the Media
April 11, 2007
Democratic Process in the Arabic World
Bashir Lasceabai Middle East Online
March 20, 2007
Stability and Democracy for Iraq and the Middle East
Saul B. Wilen World News Network
March 16, 2007
Parties of God: The Bush Doctrine and the rise of Islamic democracy
Ken Silverstein Harpers
March 1, 2007
Odom on Iraq, Iran and what it means to be a democracy
Barry Sussman Nieman Watchdog
February 20, 2007
Rice Speaks Softly in Egypt, Avoiding Democracy Push
Michael Slackman Der Spiegel
January 16, 2007
Which Way Lies Democracy
Roxana Saberi Electronic Intifada
January 15, 2007
Kleptocracy, Theocracy (and Democracy) in the Middle East
Joshua Scheer Truthdig
December 8, 2006
The End of Shake ’n’ Bake Democracy
E.J. Dionne, Jr Truthdig
December 7, 2006
Bahrain Experiments with Democracy
Der Spiegel article Der Spiegel
December 4, 2006
Velvet Revolution in Iran?
Martin Beck Matuštík Logos Journal
November 30, 2006
Can democracy be exported?
Daniele Archibugi Open Democracy
November 6, 2006
Former Iranian President Khatami says West can't impose democracy on Middle East
Asharq Al-Awsat story Asharq Al-Awsat
November 2, 2006
Bahrain gets first woman lawmaker as others face uphill struggle
AFP Khaleej Times
October 19, 2006
For moderate democracy: Interview with Condoleeza Rice
Salama Ahmed Salama Al-Ahram
October 6, 2006
Arithmetic made simple
Dina Ezzat Al-Ahram
October 6, 2006
Ramin Jahanbegloo, openDemocracy
Anthony Barnett Al-Jazeera
September 25, 2006
Nobel winner says feminist movements, not military force, holds key to democracy in Iran
Erin Gartner AP
September 25, 2006
Friendly Foes
Neil Hicks American Prospect
September 12, 2006
Afghanistan: High on Opium, Not Democracy
Robert Scheer Truthdig
September 7, 2006
Sunni, Shia and US ME politics
Laith Saud Al-Jazeera
September 2, 2006
Against Democracy
Spencer Ackerman American Prospect
August 31, 2005
Bush Contemplates Rebirth of Dictatorship for Iraq
Matthew Rothschild The Progressive
August 18, 2005
Egyptian press fear rollback of reforms
Joseph Mayton and Dan Murphy The Christian Science Monitor
July 10, 2005
The Potential for Co-existence between Islam and Democracy
Abd Al-Aziz bin Mohammad Al-Khaatir Al-Hayat
July 8, 2005
Mubarak: Unprecedented reforms in 2007
Monday Morning story Monday Morning
July 5, 2005
Reforms vs. Democracy in the Arab World
V. Balaji Venkatachalam Arab News
July 5, 2005
Like it or not, change is under way across the Middle East
Daily Star story Daily Star
June 29, 2005
Liberalization is Not the Sure Path to Democracy
Nassim Daher Al Hayat
June 21, 2005
Repression Is the Result
Shibley Telhami National Public Radio
March 14, 2005
Can Democracy Survive Bush's Embrace?
Naomi Klein The Nation
March 9, 2005
The Next Crusades
Uri Avnery www.gush-shalom.org
March 3, 2005
Iraq: Without Consensus,
Democracy Is Not the Answer

Marina Ottaway Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
March 2005
Tribe vs. Islam: The Post-colonial Arab State and the Democratic Imperative
Mamoun Fandy Middle East Policy
Fall 1994
 
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