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		<title>The Meaning of Neda&#039;s Martyrdom</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/27/the-meaning-of-nedas-martyrdom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott MacLeod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How ironic that a regime that so insistently perpetuated the cult of martyrdom may itself become undone with the aid of an Iranian martyr: a 26-year-old woman named Neda Agha-Solton.

 With images of fatally wounded Neda's bloodied face ricocheting around Iran and the world via the Internet, her tragic death exactly a week ago instantly made [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&blog=5566890&post=1423&subd=timemiddleeast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iran Election: The Regime Cracks</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/13/iran-election-the-regime-cracks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott MacLeod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ “I am the absolute winner of the election by a very large margin. It is our duty to defend people's votes. There is no turning back.”
 Challenger Mir Hossein Moussavi spoke those words before the Iranian regime announced that he had been roundly defeated in Iran's presidential election by the controversial, hard-line incumbent, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. A [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&blog=5566890&post=1400&subd=timemiddleeast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obama and the Lessons of &quot;Roosevelt&#039;s Erection&quot;</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/05/obama-and-the-lessons-of-roosevelts-erection/</link>
		<comments>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/05/obama-and-the-lessons-of-roosevelts-erection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott MacLeod</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mideast.blogs.time.com/?p=1365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ In referring to conflict and religious wars that have marred relations between Islam and the West over the centuries, President Obama's Cairo speech mentioned the problems of colonialism and great power rivalries in more recent times. “Tension,” Obama said, “has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&blog=5566890&post=1365&subd=timemiddleeast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obama in Cairo: The Making of a Prophet?</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/04/obama-in-cairo-the-making-of-a-prophet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott MacLeod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  President Obama's speech in Cairo today is the most important address ever given by an American leader about the Middle East. As he told 1,000 people at Cairo University and millions more around the world, everything won't be solved by a speech. Yet it was an unprecedented reach-out to Muslims and particularly to the Arab [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&blog=5566890&post=1350&subd=timemiddleeast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cairo Without a Map</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott MacLeod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ President Obama and host President Hosni Mubarak deserve credit for making Egypt the venue for Obama's address to the Muslim world today. It is a fitting choice, considering Egypt's pivotal geographical and cultural position and the close relationship the two countries have enjoyed since the Camp David peace accords in 1978.
 
 Sentiment against U.S. policies runs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&blog=5566890&post=1344&subd=timemiddleeast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Cairo Snapshots</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/02/my-cairo-snapshots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott MacLeod</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mideast.blogs.time.com/?p=1288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Next month, it'll be 26 years since I first visited Egypt, to spend much of my working life here, and to fall in love with Cairo. I thought I'd share some snapshots, as the city becomes the focus of attention with the arrival of President Obama on Thursday. It seems like he'll meet with President [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&blog=5566890&post=1288&subd=timemiddleeast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>The Curious Farouk Hosny Affair: The Painter, the Preachers &amp; the Politicians</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/05/30/the-curious-farouk-hosny-affair-the-painter-the-preachers-the-politicians/</link>
		<comments>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/05/30/the-curious-farouk-hosny-affair-the-painter-the-preachers-the-politicians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 09:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott MacLeod</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mideast.blogs.time.com/?p=1282</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Why is the nomination of Egyptian culture minister Farouk Hosny to become UNESCO secretary general so important to the Egyptian regime? And why is hard-line Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu indirectly helping Hosny get the post, despite Hosny's knack for anti-Israel statements? Let's call it a case of politics trumping principles in the Middle East--despite all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&blog=5566890&post=1282&subd=timemiddleeast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is Our &quot;Diplomacy President&quot; Heading the U.S. Toward War With Iran?</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/05/28/is-our-diplomacy-president-heading-the-u-s-toward-war-with-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/05/28/is-our-diplomacy-president-heading-the-u-s-toward-war-with-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 10:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott MacLeod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Is Obama's Iran policy doomed to failure? Despite the president's promise to pursue “honest” negotiations with the Islamic Republic, is he actually following the advice of a senior advisor who instead believes that showing a willingness to negotiate is simply a tactic to build support for a war against Iran? 
 Serious concerns about Obama's approach are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&blog=5566890&post=1273&subd=timemiddleeast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>43</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who Killed Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi?</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/05/24/who-killed-ibn-al-sheikh-al-libi/</link>
		<comments>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/05/24/who-killed-ibn-al-sheikh-al-libi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 14:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott MacLeod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Nothing better illustrates the farce of the Bush administration's involvements in the Middle East than the brutal detention and mysterious death of Ali al-Fakhiri, better known in the media by his nom de guerre, Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi.
 In making the case to the American people and a skeptical world for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Bush [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&blog=5566890&post=1249&subd=timemiddleeast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Arab Opinion: Bush Bad, Obama Good</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/05/22/arab-opinion-bush-bad-obama-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 13:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott MacLeod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Shibley Telhami's annual survey of Arab public opinion is out this week. It shows me that Barack Obama, who is due here in Cairo on June 4 to give an address to the Islamic world, has the chance to significantly reverse negative Arab attitudes toward the U.S. His mere election has already produced some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&blog=5566890&post=1237&subd=timemiddleeast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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