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    Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign Policy

    Saudi Arabia: Under Congressional Scrutiny

    May 4, 2016

    There has been a debate in Washington about the nature of the US-Saudi relationship which recently has been fraught with tension due largely to the Iran nuclea…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantIdentity Politics and Sectarianization

    Freedom of religion as a foundation of Arab democracy: An Arab view of the 2016 report of US Commission on International Religious Freedom

    May 3, 2016Tamara Kharroub

    The onset of the so-called “Arab Spring” in 2011 gave hope to millions of people across the Arab world that change is possible and that freedoms, democratic tr…

  • Washington Policy Weekly
    LebanonReligion and Politics

    Congressional Update

    Apr 29, 2016

     Note:  Congress will recess at the end of the week.  The House will return on Tuesday, May 10, the Senate will return on Monday, May 9. The next Congress…

  • Op-Eds

    Joe Macaron: In Washington, the reality of the nuclear deal is settling in

    Apr 25, 2016Joe Macaron

    The Arab Weekly

  • Washington Policy Weekly
    US Foreign Policy

    Congressional Update

    Apr 22, 2016

    I. Israeli/PalestinianIsraeli Security/Two State Solution. On April 18, Representatives John Yarmuth (D-Kentucky), David Price (D-North Carolina), Lloyd Dogget…

  • Featured Speakers
    Justice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Fighting for Civil & Human Rights: An Artist’s Journey from the Middle East to the United States

    Apr 28, 2016

    On April 28, 2016, Arab Center Washington DC, in collaboration with CULTURUNNERS, hosted roundtable discussion titled "We the People: Fighting for Civil & Huma…

  • Washington Policy Weekly
    Religion and Politics

    Who is Behind the Effort to Declare the Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Organization

    Apr 20, 2016

    (amended)The issue of designating the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) has gained momentum in recent months.During an April 13 he…

  • Policy Analysis
    IranRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Wanted: A US Strategy in the Middle East

    Apr 11, 2016Yousef Munayyer

    In 2006, as Israel and Hezbollah were engaged in what would be a 34­day war, the longest of any Arab­Israeli war since 1948, US Secretary of State Condoleezza …

  • Saudi-US Relations – Al Jazeera program “In Depth” (AR)

    Apr 11, 2016Khalil E. Jahshan

  • Saudi-US Relations – Al Jazeera program “In Depth” (AR)

    Apr 11, 2016Khalil E. Jahshan

    April 11, 2016

  • Washington Policy Weekly
    EgyptThe GCC

    Congressional Update – April 11, 2016

    Apr 11, 2016

    I. Iran:On April 5, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) held a hearing on Iran’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Test…

  • Policy Analysis
    US Domestic Politics and Elections

    The promise of democratic socialism: Bernie Sanders, Palestine, and US policy in the Middle East

    Apr 11, 2016Tamara Kharroub

    Bernard (or Bernie) Sanders is one of two remaining candidates running for the Democratic Party’s nomination for the 2016 US presidential elections. Following …