Even the most dedicated followers of news and trends in the Middle East would be hard pressed to keep up with all of the rapidly changing political and social developments
In January 2012, Ambassador Al Maamoun Baba Lamine Keita arrived in Washington, eager to promote bilateral ties between the United States and Mali, one of the world’s poorest countries. Two
Cover Story Restoring Order in Mali:The West vs. Radical Islam The Islamists have been driven out, the country reunited, and democracy restored, but has Mali really recovered from its breakdown
When American journalists and policymakers need expert analysis on countries from Albania to Zimbabwe, they need not look beyond the country’s borders for help. According to a 2012 study by
They went to sleep Croats and woke up Europeans. The transition was met with fanfare. On June 30, 2013, revelers in Zagreb’s Ban Jelačić Square eyed midnight the way marathoners
Senator John F. Kennedy would not recognize the modern U.S. Senate — its frequent filibusters, fierce partisanship and increasingly homogenous political parties in which few conservative Democrats or liberal Republicans,
Photo: Poznyakov / BigStock When Saad (name changed to protect privacy) arrived in Washington, D.C., for the first time in 2009, he was 19 years old and terrified. Two years
Just 40 miles from the Iranian border, a modern campus of sleek buildings constructed from Jerusalem marble and tinted glass overlooks the city of Sulaimani (Sulaymaniyah) in the Kurdish region
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Bahrain Khalid Aljalahma departed the post of deputy chief of mission in July. Mubarak Buti assumed the position of cultural counselor, replacing Aysha Murad, who departed the post in September.
AFGHANISTAN Nov. 4: Islamic New Year Nov. 14: Ashura ALBANIA Nov. 28: Independence Day Nov. 29: Liberation Day ALGERIA Nov. 1: Anniversary of the Revolution Nov. 4: Awal Moharem Nov.
