Fawaz Gerges makes a compelling case that political and economic reform has been stifled by several mutually reinforcing ...
Editor’s Note: Fawaz A. Gerges holds the Emirates Chair in Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is author of several books, including “The ...
A CNN guest asserted that Hamas “speaks for the Palestinians” in a shocking moment over the weekend, asserting that the terrorist group offered them “dignity” and “emancipation.” Fawaz Gerges, an ...
Tensions are high as the Egyptian ballots are counted and the world waits to see who the country’s citizens elect as their new president. While the Muslim Brotherhood claimed a lead in the historic ...
Earlier this month, Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi met with U.S. executives, promising to start economic reforms and develop a better investment environment in the country. Morsi's efforts are part ...
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to professor Fawaz Gerges about the assassination of Lebanese politician Pierre Gemayel and its impact on the country's fragile coalition government. Fawaz Gerges is a ...
From left: Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Obama, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan’s King Abdullah II before making ...
A month before he was killed in a U.S. Navy SEAL team raid on his compound in May 2011, Osama bin Laden described the Arab Spring uprisings as a “tremendous event,” according to a cache of letters and ...