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Thanks For Nothing

Yesterday, the Syrian President offered Lebanese citizens access to the Damascus Airport.

Mustapha Hamoui · Jul 15, 2006

Cross-Border Buddies

My friend always told me about his Israeli Flatmate in London, and how they always had never-ending debates about peace in the Middle East.

Mustapha Hamoui · Jul 14, 2006

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Let’s Make A Deal

A proposal to rebuild the bridge between Hezbollah and the rest of the Lebanese.

Mustapha Hamoui · Jul 13, 2006

World Cup Politics

The incident of a Ghanaian player who raised the Israeli flag and the subsequent furious Arab reaction, tells us about the long road ahead in solving the Middle East conflict.

Mustapha Hamoui · Jun 20, 2006

Who Are Those People?

A lot of people in the Arab world watch Aljazeera. The online polls are hence, to an extent, reflective of the Arab point of view. But when 72% of Aljazeera’s online voters (people with internet connections, mind you), say that they received the news of Zarkawi’s death “with sadness,” it is fair to say that the Arab world has a big public opinion problem.

Mustapha Hamoui · Jun 11, 2006