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November 28, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Somali militants ban 16 aid groups and UN agencies
The Somali militant group al-Shabab on Monday banned 16 aid groups — including a half dozen U.N. agencies — from central and southern Somalia, a rejection of assistance that falls in line with the group's skeptical view of the outside world.
November 28, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Israeli leader visits Jordan to discuss Palestinian issue
King Abdullah II of Jordan played host on Monday to Shimon Peres, the president of Israel, in an effort to make progress on the stubborn Palestinian question at a time of regional diplomatic uncertainty and fragmentation.
November 28, 2011 - Newsweek
Newsweek: When the judge is your enemy
War has a way of testing a country’s commitment to civil liberties like nothing else.
November 27, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Moderate Islamist party to lead coalition government in Morocco
A moderate Islamist party achieved major gains in Morocco’s parliamentary election, according to final returns announced by the government on Sunday, giving it the right to lead a coalition government.
November 26, 2011 - The Guardian
Guardian: Jerusalem dance studio is the new frontline in battle for secular liberty
The concentration on the dancers' faces was clear through the large windows. In leggings and layers of loose tops, the young women and men arched and spun gracefully as they rehearsed Babel, the contemporary dance show currently performing in Jerusalem.
November 26, 2011 - National Post
National Post: Opinion: As Arab Spring topples dictators, Iran’s influence grows
Not since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War has the Middle East experienced such comprehensive change.
November 25, 2011 - The Daily Star
Daily Star: Is the Orthodox gathering set to anchor sectarianism?
In principle, all Lebanese political forces agree that the country’s much-sought-after political reform should come through the ratification of a fair and balanced electoral law.
November 24, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Rival Palestinian leaders meet but fail to end rift
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and the leader of the rival Islamic group Hamas met Thursday and the sides agreed to go ahead with elections in the Palestinian territories next year, according to officials, even as they failed to resolve differences over an interim unity government to prepare for the vote.
November 23, 2011 - National Post
National Post: Opinion: The Coptic condition
I know a number of people of a certain age who were born in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. They tend to be cultivated, lively, warm and cosmopolitan.
November 22, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Morocco's Islamists may bolster _ or even run _ the next government after elections
Once seen as a threat to this North African kingdom, Morocco's Islamist party may now be key to the government's credibility.
November 22, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: For women in Libya, a long road to rights
The women of Libya are at a stage between hopes for more rights and fears about the possibility of civil war.
November 22, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Opinion: Israel and ‘pinkwashing’
“In dreams begin responsibilities,” wrote Yeats in 1914. These words resonate with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people who have witnessed dramatic shifts in our relationship to power.
November 21, 2011 - The Korea Herald
Korea Herald: Islam offers a third way in Pakistan, Tunisia
During the worldwide depression of the mid-1930s, the poet and Islamic modernist Muhammad Iqbal, often called Pakistan’s spiritual founder, wrote a poem dramatizing the inadequacies of Western political and economic systems.
November 20, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: From Pakistani slum, 5,000 seat church rises, showing resilience of community under fire
Pakistan's tiny and downtrodden Christian community thought big when constructing its latest church — a domed, three-story building that towers over the sprawling slum it serves and is the largest yet in the violent, Muslim country.
November 19, 2011 - The Economist
Economist: The right to be hidden
SOON after the liberation of Tripoli, the Libyan capital, this correspondent met a woman sporting a niqab, or face veil, along with a floor-length black dress and black gloves.
November 19, 2011 - The Economist
Economist: Left v right
Whereas Israel’s voters have been moving to the nationalist and religious right, most of its top judges have clung to a more liberal and secular view of the world.
November 18, 2011 - The Daily Star
Daily Star: Catholic patriarchs urge Christians to hang on to lands
A gathering of Catholic patriarchs in the Middle East urged Christians Thursday to hold onto their lands and holy places despite the ongoing popular uprisings in the Arab world, which have raised fears about the presence of Christians in the region.
November 17, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: With eye on militants, Israel builds Africa ties
Israel has identified eastern Africa as an important strategic interest and is stepping up ties with nations in the region in a joint effort to control the spread of Islamic extremists, officials said Thursday.
November 15, 2011 - The Jerusalem Post
Jerusalem Post: Bill to ensure all rabbis can perform weddings
MK Tzipi Hotovely announced Monday she would be introducing a bill, along side MK Uri Orbach, to legally ensure that any rabbi with ordination from the Chief Rabbinate is able to carry out wedding ceremonies.
November 15, 2011 - The Guardian
Guardian: Jerusalem mayor battles ultra-orthodox groups over women-free billboards
Jerusalem's secular mayor, Nir Barkat, has pitted himself against the city's swelling ranks of ultra-orthodox extremists by demanding that local police enable women to reclaim their position in the public domain.
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