by Haitham Sabbah June 16, 2005
Growing up in Middle East, you will see pictures of M.E. presidents posted everywhere, on every building, every public or business office, every public square, thereby providing you with your daily patriotic fix. Do you get the picture? A friend of mine told me that in Syria the picture of President Assad was so prominent [...]
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How will history judge President Talabani? This was the first thing I thought of after the so called democratic elections in Iraq brought us Talabani and gave him the honor of being named “His Highness, President Of Iraq”. It was both a symbolic and a historical event. It was symbolic because the idea of transforming [...]
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