Instigators Of A Persian Gulf Crisis – OpEd
Recent weeks have seen tensions between the United States and Iran soar, initially after a May 2019 incident in which
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Author: Rannie Amiri
Silence Of the Lambs: The Case Of Marzieh Hashemi – OpEd
In the wake of the outcry after the abduction and murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi—in a foreign country and
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Bahrain: Last Throes Of A Desperate Regime – OpEd
Since Bahrain’s uprising against absolute monarchal rule began in the wake of last year’s Arab Spring, the al-Khalifa regime has
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Bahrain: Formula None – OpEd
Bahrain’s royal family hopes you too will believe the 14-month uprising that began (or more properly stated, resumed) last February
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Bahrain By The Numbers – OpEd
Population of Bahrain: 1.2 million Number of citizens: 535,000 Percent of citizens who are Shia Muslim: 70 Percent of those
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Why Zogby Is Wrong About Bahrain – OpEd
In the March 28, 2011 online edition of CounterPunch, Arab American Institute President James Zogby authored an article titled “The
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Bahrain’s New Symbol Of Resistance – OpEd
When tanks, bulldozers, U.S.-supplied Cobra attack helicopters and Bahrain’s trigger-happy security forces violently evicted peaceful protestors from Manama’s Pearl Roundabout
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Saudi Arabia Invades Bahrain
“I saw them chasing Shiites like they were hunting.” – Rania Ali, Bahraini Sunni resident of Sitra, describing how police went
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Bahrain And The “Freedom Contagion”
“Saudi Arabia did not build a causeway to Bahrain just so that Saudis could party on weekends. It was designed
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Blood on the Streets of Bahrain
Bahrain has one of the most advanced medical systems in the Middle East, the best ICT sector in the region
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