April 2, 2019
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Sameh Rashid The summit in Tunisia is no different from the Arab summits before it. It adopted the same discourse that accompanies every summit: promises to the people and threats to...
February 25, 2019
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Sameh Rashid Sudan has been witnessing ongoing protests across the country for the past several weeks, and they show no sign of abating. On the contrary, their intensity is growing. Meanwhile,...
September 25, 2018
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Sameh Rashid Four decades have passed since the beginning of the Arab-Israeli peace process at Camp David, the country retreat of the President of the United States. After such a long...
November 13, 2017
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Sameh Rashid An article that I published last week addressed a new breed of criminals committing acts of societal and political violence in a pattern of “gentlemanly” terrorism. The perpetrator seems...
May 8, 2017
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Sameh Rashid What, Palestinians are wondering, did Mahmoud Abbas bring back with him from Washington? While some concurred that “there is nothing new under the sun” the questions turned into fears...
May 20, 2016
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Sameh Rashid Libya has already started the restructuring phase and is currently witnessing constant pressure and friction between the main parties and conflicts of influence regarding the future of Libya. Of...
![Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun (C), Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil (R) and Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheith (L) participate in the Arab League’s 4th Economic and Social Development Summit on 20 January 2019 in Beirut, Lebanon [Jihad Muhammad Behlok/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20190120_2_34509945_40915477.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The summit in Tunisia is no different from the Arab summits before it. It adopted the same discourse that accompanies every summit: promises to the people and threats to...![Algerian protesters are pictured during clashes with the police during a demonstration against Algeria's president's candidacy for a fifth term, on February 22, 2019 in the capital Algiers. [RYAD KRAMDI/AFP/Getty Images]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GettyImages-1126758534.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Sudan has been witnessing ongoing protests across the country for the past several weeks, and they show no sign of abating. On the contrary, their intensity is growing. Meanwhile,...![U.S. President Bill Clinton, Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at Camp David, July 2000 [Wikipedia]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/campdavid9.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Four decades have passed since the beginning of the Arab-Israeli peace process at Camp David, the country retreat of the President of the United States. After such a long...
An article that I published last week addressed a new breed of criminals committing acts of societal and political violence in a pattern of “gentlemanly” terrorism. The perpetrator seems...![US President Donald Trump meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the White House on May 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. [Thaer Ganaim/Apaimages]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/030517_Abbas_Trump-3.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
What, Palestinians are wondering, did Mahmoud Abbas bring back with him from Washington? While some concurred that “there is nothing new under the sun” the questions turned into fears...![Image of Daesh militants [file photo]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/images/article_images/middle-east/ISIS-rebels-marching-in-syria.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Libya has already started the restructuring phase and is currently witnessing constant pressure and friction between the main parties and conflicts of influence regarding the future of Libya. Of...