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A police officer walks along a barricade on Boylston Street near the finish line of Monday’s Boston Marathon explosions, which killed at least three and injured more than 140. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Opinion: The Boston Bombings and Islamophobia

by Yousef Al-Dayni | Apr 18, 2013 | Opinion

It is too early to speak about the Boston Marathon bombings, at least from a professional perspective. We must wait until the end of the investigations into this incident despite of all the noise that has been raised following the explosions in terms of the new media...

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Egyptian protesters hold bread along with a flyer reading in Arabic “Danger, no to loans that lead to poverty” during a rally in downtown Cairo against the visit of a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on April 3, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ KHALED DESOUKI)

The Economy’s the Thing

by Yousef Al-Dayni | Apr 6, 2013 | Opinion

Can there still be talk of harmony between the Arab Spring states after all this time? Is it not enough to contemplate the rise of new political powers under the leadership of the international Muslim Brotherhood organization, particularly as this has all been...

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Iran’s heavy water nuclear facility near the central city of Arak, in this file photo dated Jan. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/ISNA, Hamid Foroutan, File)

Nuclear Fatwa: Critical Times for the Gulf

by Yousef Al-Dayni | Mar 22, 2013 | Opinion

In a controversial interview, Hossein Mousavian, former Iranian nuclear negotiator, spoke of the international community’s decade-long struggle to come to terms with Iranian nuclear weapons. However after ten years of proposals from the P5+1 group that have aimed to...

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Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, right, is pictured with Ennahda party leader Rached El Ghannouchi at the opening of a meeting with representatives of all Tunisian political parties, to see if there is sufficient support for his solution to end the country’s ongoing political crisis in Carthage, outside Tunis, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. AP Photo/Hassene Dridi

Tunisia: Turn Left

by Yousef Al-Dayni | Feb 15, 2013 | Opinion

The so-called “Arab Spring revolutions” have produced numerous illusions, some of which were touched upon in my previous articles. Yet there are still several fallacies that are yet to encounter any form of criticism or suspicion, including the presumption...

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In this photo taken on Saturday, Feb, 2, 2013, released by the Yemeni Defense Ministry, weapons unloaded from an Iranian ship are displayed in Aden, Yemen (AP Photo/Yemeni Defense Ministry)

A Final Warning from Yemen

by Yousef Al-Dayni | Feb 9, 2013 | Opinion

It is no coincidence that Iran’s role in Yemen is growing steadily with the imminent demise of its Syrian ally. All the signs tell us that Iran’s ambition is to penetrate the Gulf states through this flank of the Arabian Peninsula, namely Yemen, a country...