Significant Middle East Developments Egypt. The trial of Hosni Mubarak concluded on Saturday with the three-judge panel sentencing the former Egyptian president and his former interior minister, Hab…

My friend, Karim Mezran, weighs in with a guest post today on an under-reported meeting between a prominent Libyan Islamist and members of Qaddafi’s entourage in Cairo.  What is going on Libya? The …

Mahmoud Salem, also known as The Sandmonkey, rejects the prevailing narrative about Egypt’s top presidential candidates, days before the results appear. Elijah Zarwan writes on Foreign Policy about …

A vendor sells books at Mutanabi Street in Baghdad April 5, 2011 (Mohammed Ameen/Courtesy Reuters) I will not be posting for the next week. Please see below two interesting articles. My friend, Di…

According to the media, Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on November 8 said he is under pressure to run for a second term. Speaking through his special adviser on political matters, Ali Ahmed Gu…