As an Arab American, I can empathize with Shirley Sherrod, the Georgia Department of Agriculture official who, last week, after being falsely accused of making anti-white racist comments, was forced to resign from her post. Read More »
Air Date: July 22, 2010
On Thursday's edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby: Robert Malley, Middle East and North Africa Program Director at the International Crisis Group, Washington, DC.; Ken Mekhaus, Somalia expert and Professor of Political Science at Davidson College, NC Read More »
White House spokesperson, Robert Gibbs, caused a bit of a stir last week when, in an appearance on Meet the Press, he suggested that Democrats might lose control of the House of Representatives in November. Read More »
Air Date: July 15, 2010
On Thursday’s edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby: Daniel Levy, Senior Fellow and Director of the Prospects for Peace Initiative at The Century Foundation and a Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Initiative at the New America Foundation; Nuh Yilmaz, Director of the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA); Jafar Farah, Director of the Mossawa Center. Read More »
Two decades ago, I remember Jesse Jackson noting that when dealing with controversial issues that created deep divisions, one should be careful "not to excite one side, while only inciting the other". Although these cautionary words apply perfectly to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, they have too frequently been ignored. Read More »
Air Date: July 8, 2010
On Thursday's edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby:David Sedney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan; Hanan Ashrawi, Member of the PLO Executive Committee and the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC); Lara Friedman, Government Relations Director for Americans for Peace Now; Paula Yacoubian, Journalist and Host on Future News (Lebanon). Read More »
Two separate incidents of Muslim-bashing occurred last week. Because they involved comments by prominent individuals and were so brazen, they caused some concern. But because neither resulted in any benefit to the offenders, only embarrassed silence or scorn, there is some hope that we may be turning a corner. Read More »
Air Date: July 1, 2010
On Thursday’s edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby: Ronald E. Neumann, Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (2005-2007) and president of The American Academy of Diplomacy; Taghreed El-Kodary, Visiting Scholar, Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment For International Peace; Charles Kupchan, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of the new book “How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace”. Read More »
I am not easily shocked. I’ve been doing this work for too many years and I’ve seen too much to become outraged by bad behavior or acts of indecency or inhumanity. But two stories that recently came across my desk were so disgraceful, and in some ways dangerous, that I feel compelled to write about them. Both featured players in the Middle East crassly abusing the living and the dead. Read More »
Air Date: June 24, 2010
On Thursday’s edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby: M.J. Rosenberg, Senior Foreign Policy Fellow at Media Matters Action Network; Genieve Abdo, Fellow and Iran analyst at The Century Foundation; Ronit Avni and Julia Bacha, Executive Producer and Director of the Film Documentary Budrus; Ayed Morrar, Protagonist of the documentary Budrus and co-founder of The Popular Committee Against The Wall. Read More »
The success of a President is measured not only by how well he handles the agenda he sets for his term in office, but by how he responds to the unexpected. This week President Obama was tested by challenges of each type. Read More »
Air Date: June 18, 2010
On Thursday’s edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby: Michael Isikoff, Investigative reporter for Newsweek; Geneive Abdo, Fellow and Iran analyst at The Century Foundation; Raed Jarrar, Senior Fellow at Peace Action.
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In trying to change direction and find “a better approach” to dealing with the long running crisis facing Gaza, the Obama Administration is confronting several deeply entrenched obstacles. Read More »
Air Date: June 10, 2010
On Thursday’s edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby: Taghreed el Khodary, Visiting Scholar, Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment For International Peace; Paul Salem, Director of the Carnegie Middle East Center; Bill Press, Talk show host, The Bill Press Show political commentator and author. Read More »
As expected, Israel matched its use of overwhelming force against the passengers on the Mavi Marmara with an equally vigorous attempt to shape both how the story played out in U.S. media and the official response from the U.S. Government. Read More »
Air Date: June 3, 2010
On Thursday’s edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby: Mark Perry, foreign affairs analyst and acclaimed author; Ufuk Ulutas, Middle East program coordinator at the SETA-DC research foundation; Bill Corcoran, President and CEO of the American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA); Edward Peck, former Ambassador to Iraq and Mauritania, and passenger on the Gaza flotilla. Read More »
There is a persistent and pernicious myth that maintains that "Jewish money" is the determinant factor shaping all aspects of U.S. Middle East policy. Read More »
Air Date: May 27, 2010
On Thursday’s edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby: Amal Mudullali, Advisor to Lebanon Prime Minister Sa’ad Hariri; Daniel Weiss, Senior Fellow and the Director of Climate Strategy at the Center for American Progress. Read More »
One year ago, President Barack Obama traveled to Cairo to deliver what was billed as an “Address to the Muslim World”. Obama understood that after eight years... Read More »
Air Date: May 20, 2010
On Thursday’s edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby: Laura Murphy, Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Washington Legislative Office; Celinda Lake, Political Strategist and President of Lake Research Partners; Farhana Khera, Executive Director of Muslim Advocates and the National Association of Muslim Lawyers (NAML). Abdullah Abdullah, former Afghanistan Foreign Minister and Political opposition leader to current Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Read More »
As an Arab American, I can empathize with Shirley Sherrod, the Georgia Department of Agriculture official who, last week, after being falsely accused of making anti-white racist comments, was forced to resign from her post. Read More »
Air Date: July 22, 2010
On Thursday's edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby: Robert Malley, Middle East and North Africa Program Director at the International Crisis Group, Washington, DC.; Ken Mekhaus, Somalia expert and Professor of Political Science at Davidson College, NC Read More »
The story of Arab Americans coming of age, as an organized community, is a classic American tale—a story of immigrants seeking opportunity, benefiting from America’s freedoms, but also experiencing, at times, the dark side of exclusion and discrimination that has, for so many, haunted our nation’s history. Read More »
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