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Why Are So Many Actors Playing Themselves This Fall?

Arts, Culture & Media

Al Pacino, Robin Wright, Michael Keaton, Julianne Moore, Ryan Phillippe, and Juliette Binoche tackle the toughest roles of their careers: themselves.

Some former Islamic State fighters, like this captive Abdel Rahman in Kirkuk, say if they hadn't agreed to join ISIS they would have been killed.

Sitting across from ‘the Ghost of ISIS’

Conflict
House of Cards_China

China can’t get enough of ‘House of Cards’ and that scares Washington

Media
A fighter from the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, flashes a victory sign as he patrols the streets in the northern Syrian town of Kobane on January 28, 2015.

Antique weapons combined with high-tech airpower pushed ISIS out of Kobane

Conflict
Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (L) holds a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) on the second straight day of talks over Tehran's nuclear program in Vienna, July 14, 2014.

The Persian art of declining what you really want and offering what you’ll never give could play a role in US-Iran nuclear talks

Culture
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Bet You’d Never Guess What the Iranian President Tweets

Arts, Culture & Media

Iran’s conservative Fars News Agency initially denied that Rouhani has a Twitter account but journalist and Middle East scholar Robin Wright has confirmed that Rouhani has both an English and Farsi Twitter account.

The Conflict in Egypt: A Proxy for Competing Ideologies in the Middle East

As the U.S. struggles to find a way forward in Egypt, the country’s conflict has become a proxy war for competing ideologies in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have pledged $12 billion to Egypt’s interim, military-backed government. On Monday, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal also promised to fill a […]

Egyptians mark one-year anniversary of Arab Spring protests in their country

A year ago, Egyptian protesters gathered in Tahrir Square to demand the end of President Hosni Mubarak’s rule and the introduction of democratic reforms. After long protests, the protesters won.

Egypt and Predictions for the Future of the Muslim Brotherhood

Over the weekend, hundreds of thousands of Egyptian Islamists took to the streets in a show of support for President Mohamed Morsi, who was removed from office by the military earlier this month. At the same time, the interim government has been cracking down on the Muslim Brotherhood and arresting officials. U.S. authorities have called […]

Middle East Reaction to Morsi Ouster

Global Politics

Marco Werman discusses the regional implications of Morsi’s removal with Robin Wright, a long time observer of the Arab and Muslim world.

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