“For Insight into the Mid-East, Tune In to Ramadan TV” – From The Wall Street Journal, how this year’s crop of Ramadan TV serials has veered away from anti-Semitic themes and toward an all-out assault on Islamist groups. Read.
“The Muslim Brotherhood’s More Frightening Offshoot” – From The Atlantic, a report on a new Brotherhood affiliate in three Gulf states now exploiting the Syrian civil war to train for armed attacks back home. Read.
“All Hail the (Democratic) King” – From The New York Times, how a Moroccan constitutional referendum has raised new hopes for reform in North Africa. Read
“Hungry for Asian Islam” – From The Wall Street Journal, how Islamic seminaries in the Far East can help their Arab neighbors to the west. Read
“West-East” – From The Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine: a Palestinian-American woman aspires to change how Americans view Arabs by fusing pop music, east and west. Read
“Egyptian TV’s Mixed Message” – From Tablet, how a new hit pan-Arab TV series about Israel reveals a subtle shift in attitudes toward the Jewish state. Read
“A World Power Talks” – From Glamour, Braude’s exclusive interview with former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, a few weeks before her tragic death. Read
“Workers of the Arab World Unite” – From Foreign Policy, a report from Tunisia on labor unions’ gritty struggle against Islamist groups. Read
“Islam in the Crucible” – From Playboy: the changing face of Islamic culture in Jordan, reported from inside the country’s mosques and Islamic seminaries. Read
“Bernie Kerik Won’t Fold” – From Best Life: disgraced ed-NYPD top cop battles his own personal demons while rebuilding Jordanian King Abdullah’s prison infrastructure. Read
“Playing from Memory” – From The New Republic, Iraqi Israeli musician Yair Dalal revives the sound of Baghdad’s Jewish community and pines for countries he is forbidden to visit. Read
“Paper Over” – From The New Republic, how Arab newspapers spun the Iraqi elections. Read
“Imagined Community” – From The New Republic, an American Islamist newspaper endorses John Kerry. Read
