Author Archives: Nasser Ali Khasawneh

Arbitration & mediation in the Arab world: an excerpt

There are at least two verses in the Koran that sanction the notion of arbitration and mediation.
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Arab reaction to Obama’s Middle East policy: an excerpt

The tone and body language were of a kind that Arabs have not seen in years.
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The monarchical democracy of Lebanon: excerpt

Where else in the Arab world is there an election that will actually produce the government of the land?
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Gaza: how Israel killed the spirit of peace

Apparently, Olmert and his generals were not acting against the Palestinian people. According to Olmert, they were actually saving the Palestinians from Hamas!
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The Road Most Travelled By – the unraveling of the GOP

You do have to hand it to the McCain team for their oddly subtle touch. They didn't want to go out and call Obama a terrorist just because Obama's father was Muslim.
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The world for Barack Obama

I ask all Americans to believe in the promise of the world’s support for Obama.
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In Lebanon and beyond: could the Arab League be on the verge of resurgence?

It is difficult to blame the Arabs for deriding their league. The seeming impotence of the Arab League in the face of adversity is quite legendary.
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The Mindless Menace of Violence in the Muslim World

.!. BASEketball trailer Jacknife buy One more act of senseless violence greets us in the Muslim world this week. One more suicide bomber or assassin, or whatever we can call them these days, kills others and himself in a moment of premeditated madness. The assassination of Benazir Bhutto is tragic. There can be no doubt about that. But [...]
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Living is in the Way We Die

Our columnist reacts to the execution of Saddam Hussein.
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Notes from Amman Surgical Hospital– November 9, 2005

Our columnist was in Amman on the night of the bombings. He records his observations from one of the hospitals that dealt with the dead and the injured.
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