Illustration by Ali Almandalawi Abizaid was born on April 1, 1951 in Redwood City, California. He is a descendent of a family of Lebanese Catholic…

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #000000…

Marc Schneier is founding rabbi of the Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton Beach, New York and founder and president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding. He received his rabbinical ordination…

Following a few years of a ceasefire between Lebanese PM-designate Saad Hariri and Hezbollah, the tension between the two political leadership is rising. It appears to be about the last hurdle in…

Illustration by Ali Almandalawi (1)Rashida Tlaib was born on Saturday 24 July 1976 in Detroit, Michigan to Palestinian migrant parents. Tlaib is the oldest of 14…

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} In response to comments made by the Turkish…

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.5px; font: 15.0px Arial; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; background-color: #ffffff} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.9px 0.0px; line…

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; background-color: #ffffff} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px…

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.5px; font: 15.0px Arial; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; background-color: #ffffff} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font:…

For most policy-makers and pundits, the Middle East has long been a tinderbox. American presidents in the past feared a US-Soviet confrontation in the event of Arab-Israeli wars. Richard Nixon, at…