I think it would be right to presume that neither this living Bashar Assad, nor his decayed father have any more luck to remain in power. Haven't they learned that the people have decided to regain the raped power from those who used fake slogans for decades?

Increasingly, it is becoming Assad's duty to rid of his mean regime in a trash bag, and place it next to his father's grave; where it is then transformed into a trash-recycling factory.

As for Assad Jr., he'll be in charge for the atrocious "Baath" department. The people are ...

Is the Arab World ready for democracy?

It seems as if the social, political, and economic structure in the Arab World has not yet matured for viable and stable liberal democracy. Therefore, honest and sincere efforts are urgently needed to create the environment conducive for democracy rather than democracy itself

Muamar Gaddafi would not go down without creating collateral damage, not just in his country but also among his fellow dictators. Bashar Al Assad of Syria, Ali Abdallah Saleh of Yemen and so many other Arab rulers have been warned: Find a political solution very soon or risk a bad ending. Arab dictators will ...

The ِArabWashingtonian presents the first chapter of The Gorilla. a new novel by Kamel Rihai -translated by Peter Clark. The events take place in Tunisia during its most recent revolt.

The gorilla collapsed into orphanhood, uniquely and alone. Naked like a puppy abandoned in a street. His skull sprouted crows that swooped up, consuming identities and swallowing whole worlds.

had managed to crack the cipher of dreams,

or the transmutation of the most amicable moments into hatred and animosity!

Over the past ten years, much has been written in an attempt to make sense of what happened on 11 September 2001. It is a difficult task. Analysing evil is not easy. Terror makes no sense to the rational mind. All that seems clear is that, for millions of Americans and the world at large, the events of that day will never become just a memory but will remain something they carry with them for the rest of their lives.

It has not been a happy decade - nor has it been ...

On Sunday a senior, unnamed, Iranian military official claimed that Iran Army's electronic warfare unit, successfully targeted the American-built RQ-170 Sentinel Stealth aircraft after it crossed into Iranian airspace over the border with neighbouring Afghanistan.

The news comes as the United States has beefed up its military presence in and around the Gulf region in recent months, in the wake of popular uprising in Yemen, the Eastern provinces of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

To whom it may concern,

I, the undersigned, have absolutely no restrictions to the idea of transforming the Arab League- the place where leaders' with-no-balls occupy their positions- into luxurious bathrooms that hold easy and comfortable urinals and toilet ...

Once again, the children in Gaza lose, after pro-Israel organisations pressure an Oakland gallery to cancel an art exhibition by Palestinian children of their experience in Israel-Palestine conflict.

The president of the board of Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA) announced on Friday (Sep. 9) that the exhibition "A Child's View From Gaza" has been cancelled 

The dispossessed Palestinians deserve a state, but the stateless Palestinians deserve more than the leadership that leads them to plead for a state. Palestinian inability to explain to a complacent world the necessity and reasons for establishing a state on land, which has been owned for generations by Palestinians, is constituted with Palestinians, will be governed by Palestinians, will be free of oppression by an alien authority, ...

In the last few days I suffered from a savvier pitiless head ache, increased by the news talking about the risks of starvation in the Horn of Africa, I followed the map of the famine, I felt it’s nearly about to speak one and only language - the map I mean- ,it was my language the Somali.

Somali refugees, the failure of the Somali State, Al ...

Iranian police have started cracking down on water fights springing up across the country with the arrests of several young men and women who took part in the latest battles.

A water fight in a Tehran park on Friday, thought to have been organized ...

Director of the Public Security Department (PSD) Lt. Gen. Hussein Majali told reporters on Saturday that Salhoub Correctional Centre will be closed during the coming two weeks.

"Most of these books are smuggled, and illegally ...