Opinion Forum

Egypt’s Path to Peace

February 16th, 2011

By Jan Barry Not since the ancient Israelites slipped out on the Pharaoh in a famous dash through the Red Sea has a mass movement of people in that corner of the world so confounded the powers that be. “The young Egyptian protesters who overthrew the Mubarak regime on Saturday have accomplished what two generations […]

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Tags: democracy, Egypt, internet, islamist, peace, protests, revolution, violence
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Implications of the Revolution in Tunisia

January 17th, 2011

By Tom Carter We should be paying closer attention to the revolution going on right now in Tunisia. Assuming, of course, that U.S. media can tear themselves away from the most important story of they day — the responsibility of Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh for the Arizona shooting. In what appears to be a […]

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Tags: Ben Ali, corruption, Egypt, Middle East, oppression, revolution, Tunisia
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A Child in the Islamic Republic

October 4th, 2010

By Brianna Aubin Last night, I attended a speech given by Tabby Davoodi, an Iranian Jew whose family escaped from the Islamic Republic in 1988 and who was invited to speak at the University of Illinois about the Iranian regime and her experiences growing up there before she and her family fled to America. “I’m […]

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Tags: Hezbollah, Iran, Iraq, islamic, Israel, revolution, Tabby Davoodi, war
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