An article by Dr. Abd Al-Wahhab Al-Effendi, a Sudanese author and researcher who resides in London, appeared in the London-based Arabic-language daily Al-Hayat. The article was titled, “Fighting Corruption [in the Arab World] is Like Fighting Catholicism in the Vatican.” The following are excerpts from the article:(1) Corruption Only Has Meaning in An Open and […]

In this wire: I. Baghdad is Expecting a ‘Hot Fall’ and a Protracted War II. Uday’s Ideas on Handling the American Threat to Iraq III. An Iraqi Magazine Demands an Unbiased International Investigation of the ‘Blix File’ IV. Iraq Reacts to Australia’s Hostile Position by Reducing its Wheat Imports V. Uday Criticizes an Official Decision […]

Al-Watan is an Arabic-language “national weekly Arab-American newspaper” published in Washington D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York, whose mission is to provide Arab and Muslim Americans “with the most current, valuable, reliable, and informative news on political, economic, social, cultural, and educational issues, which concern the Arab-American community in their relations with the […]

Tunisian liberal Al-‘Afif Al-Akhdhar, who resides in Paris and writes for the London-based Arabic-language daily Al-Hayat, published an open letter to Hamas in which he called on the organization to stop suicide bombings. Following are excerpts from his article: Serving Israel “…Your suicide operations and your arrogant declarations regarding the necessity of eliminating the State […]

On June 7, 2002, the Kuwaiti *Al-Watan daily* published the following report: “Yesterday, Al-Watan received documents from private sources in the Cairo branch of an Arab bank showing that *Yasser Arafat* had deposited in his name $5.1 million into a personal account. According to sources, this is theft of Arab aid funds allocated to the […]

The London Arabic-language daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi published a letter to the editor signed by a California resident, Muhammad Amin Salameh, under the headline “If the Americans Have Their Heroes, We Have Ours.” The letter read: “To the Editor: Blessings,” “Those Americans and others whom most of the peoples of the world consider war criminals, movies […]

BackgroundSyrian President Bashar Al-Assad recently extended the term of Defense Minister Field Marshal Mustafa Tlass for another two years beyond mandatory retirement age, in appreciation of his service and his close connection with his father, former president Hafez Al-Assad. Tlass is one of the founding fathers of Syria’s current Ba’ath regime and has been a […]

Al-Qa’ida spokesman Suleiman Abu Gheith, originally from Kuwait, recently posted a three-part article titled “In the Shadow of the Lances” on the website of the Center for Islamic Research and Studies, www.alneda.com. Following numerous hacking attempts after the international media reported that the site was linked to Al-Qa’ida, its address was changed to http://66.34.191.223. Recently, […]

In an article titled “The American Snake,” Kamal Sa’ad, a columnist for the Egyptian opposition weekly Al-Usbu’, attacked U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, writing: “Within a few days, Condoleezza Rice, the black woman, became the most famous woman in the world when American president George Bush appointed her his top advisor. She does not […]

A 1982 doctoral dissertation by Secretary-General of the PLO Executive Committee Mahmoud Abbas, a.k.a. Abu Mazen, who is considered second to Yasser Arafat, discussed “the secret ties between the Nazis and the Zionist movement leadership.” Two years later, a study by Abu Mazen based on his dissertation for Moscow’s Oriental College was published in Arabic […]