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France 24: Yémen : le président Saleh en sursis ?

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Paris, 22 mars, 2011.
Au Yémen, c’est peut-être le début de la fin pour le président Saleh. Le chef de l’Etat a perdu le soutien de dizaines de militaires, dont des généraux, et de plusieurs ambassadeurs du pays à l’étranger. Le tournant a eu lieu lors de l’attaque contre les manifestants de l’université vendredi. Virginie Herz s’entretient avec Hichem Karoui…

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Is Saudi Arabia in trouble? France 24 : The Debate

Paris. France 24 :

March 1, 2011

Should we be worried about Saudi Arabia? With dissent at the doorstep of the world’s largest oil producer, the Kingdom may be rich but it still has the same problems as its neighbours – high inflation and high youth unemployment coupled with demands for more freedom. Will it be reform or revolution inside the home to Islam’s holiest sites? Uncertainty is already weighing worldwide on prices at the pump. Debate conduced by François Picard,  with:

Ahmed AL OMRAN, Blogger, Saudijeans.org

Mike WITTNER, Global Head of Oil Research, Société Générale

Dina El-MAMOUN, Amnesty International Secretary

Hichem KAROUI, Author of Où va l’Arabie Saoudite ? Continue reading Is Saudi Arabia in trouble? France 24 : The Debate

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Can the Peace Process be Saved?

 Michele Dunne, Taghreed El-Khodary, Henri J. Barkey, Nathan J. Brown Monday, June 7, 2010 – Washington, D.C. Courtesy: Carnegie Endowment . . . → Read More: Can the Peace Process be Saved?

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Getting to Pluralism: Political Actors in the Arab World

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The imbalance of power in Arab countries allows regimes to stay in control virtually unchallenged by non-violent opposition groups. Without a break in the stalemate between the key players—ruling establishments, moderate Islamist movements, and secular parties—democratization is impossible. . . . → Read More: Getting to Pluralism: Political Actors in the Arab World

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How Arabs Transformed Western Civilization

SPEAKER: Jonathan Lyons
EVENT DATE: 02/26/2008
RUNNING TIME: 56 minutes
DESCRIPTION:
The African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress is sponsoring a series of lectures on Iraq history and society. Jonathan Lyons, a researcher at the Global Terrorism Research Center at Monash University, Victoria, Australia, discussed his new book, “The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs [...] . . . → Read More: How Arabs Transformed Western Civilization

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A Conversation with Hillary Rodham Clinton

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Lebanon: Future of the Middle East – Saad Hariri

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Geopolitics, Strategy and the Future with Henry Kissinger

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Halakah and Sharia’ and Legal Issues

Webcasts from the Library of Congress
SPEAKER: various speakers
EVENT DATE: 06/17/2009
RUNNING TIME: 93 minutes
DESCRIPTION: Judaic and Islamic legal systems (based on Halakah and Sharia’, respectively) have endured for centuries despite the rapid changes and challenges of the modern world –from exploration of outer space to human cloning. They serve as a testimony to the relevance [...] . . . → Read More: Halakah and Sharia’ and Legal Issues

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