Editorial Articles
Zarqawi And the D-Word: Is Democracy Un-Islamic?
Sunday, January 30, 2005 - The Washington Post
If President Bush wanted to conjure up someone from central casting to act as a foil to his inauguration call for worldwide freedom, he couldn't ask for a villain more fitting than the terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi, who, on ... [Full Article Text.]
Among the Believers, Reviewed by Fawaz A. Gerges
Sunday, December 26, 2004 - The Washington Post
Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Ummah
By Olivier Roy. Columbia Univ. 349 pp. $29.50
In the early 1990s, the Muslim world witnessed a bloody struggle between militant Islamists and local authoritarian regimes. The ra... [Full Article Text.]
Iraq 'lightning rod' for extremists, says Sarah Lawrence professor
Thursday, December 16, 2004 - The Review Press
by James Withers
When Fawaz A. Gerges speaks, every word is crafted with scholarly care, which of course is logical: Gerges earned degrees from the London School of Economics and Oxford University, and has taught at Harvard and... [Full Article Text.]
Special Report: Arafat 1929-2004
Thursday, November 11, 2004 - The Washington Post
Fawaz Gerges, Professor, Middle East and International Affairs, Sarah Lawrence College Thursday, November 11, 2004; 11:15 a.m. ET
Yasser Arafat, the man who embodied the cause of the Palestinian people for four decades, died at... [Full Article Text.]
Telling Fairy Tales About Iraq
Sunday, October 3, 2004 - The Star-Ledger
On his U.S. tour last week, Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi painted a rosy picture of developments in his war-torn country. This charm offensive, orchestrated in part by the White House, lent important political support to Presid... [Full Article Text.]
Iraq's Allawi Puts on a Happy Face
There was no denying that Ayad Allawi's recent public relations blitz lent support to the Bush administration by underwriting its overly optimistic view of developments in Iraq. But symbolism and rhetoric aside, it is crucial to a... [Full Article Text.]
Iraq Needs a Statesman, Not a Strongman
Sunday, September 26, 2004 - The Baltimore Sun
Iraq's interm prime minister, Ayad Allawi, in concert with the White House, painted a rosy picture of developments in his war-torn country in a charm offensive last week aimed at Americans to offset the bad news from battleground.... [Full Article Text.]
The Bleeding of Iraq and the Rising Insurgency
Wednesday, September 1, 2004 - The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding Policy: Policy Brief # 6
Things are not going well in Iraq. The government handover of power has neither moved the country closer to peaceful democracy nor improved a volatile security situation that has turned Iraq into a living hell. Suicide bombings an... [Full Article Text.]
Iraqi Abuse Revelations Deepen Distrust of US
Friday, May 28, 2004 - The Yale Global
New York: The Abu Ghraib prison atrocities are exacerbating an already dangerous situation in Iraq. Morally and politically, the fallout from the abuse crisis is considerable. One of the major repercussions is Iraqis' further loss... [Full Article Text.]
Watching it Unravel
Sunday, April 11, 2004 - The New York Daily News
As the security situation worsens in Iraq, the Bush administration finds itself at a loss. There's a huge gap between its assurances that Iraq is on its way to flourishing into a democracy and the harsh, complex reality that exist... [Full Article Text.]