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Raja Althaibani

Tawakul Karman set to receive Nobel Peace Prize

Karman will be the youngest person to receive the prize, an honor she’s getting in recognition of the leading role she’s played in the Arab Spring protests in Yemen.

A Look Back at the Arab Spring

Tawakul Karman — Nobel Prize Winner From Yemen

Conflict & Justice

A Yemeni-American describes life and Revolution in Yemen

Yemen President’s Exit Deal Fuels Nation’s Tensions

Moral Imperatives in the Middle East

In his address to the nation on Monday, President Barack Obama explained the rationale behind sending US military troops to Libya. In describing the situation, the President reminded Americans that “If [America] waited one more day, Benghazi, a city nearly the size of Charlotte would suffer a massacre that would have reverberated across the region […]

Competing Factions Vie for Power in Egypt

On Friday, President Hosni Mubarak appointed Omar Suleiman as the country’s new vice president.  And Nobel Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei returned to his native country and is adopting a leadership role. One of Egypt’s most powerful opposition groups, the Muslim Brotherhood, has increased its presence on the streets of Cairo.As Egypt’s central power wobbles, the global conversation […]

Arab-Americans Reflect on Uprisings Back Home

As popular uprisings spread through the Middle East, threatening autocratic governments and promoting fundamental social change, we check in again with several Arab-Americans living in New York, who have been reflecting on the upheaval and its meaning for their friends and family. Nancy Yousef  came to America from Egypt, and now works as a Professor of […]