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Fawaz Turki
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Fawaz Turki is a journalist, lecturer and author based in Washington. He is the author of The Disinherited: Journal of a Palestinian Exile. |
Recent Articles
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Friday May 17
US has opted to leave Syria to its own devices
Nobody expects Obama to send in the cavalry, but everybody expects him to conduct his country’s foreign policy with a politico-moral impulse
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Friday May 3
‘Manufacturing’ terrorists
The Boston bombing is clearly not the FBI’s finest hour when you consider that it spends $3 billion annually to hunt down an enemy that is largely its own creation
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Friday Apr 19
A bleeding Boston and a few points to ponder
The bombings will soon be forgotten, but what Americans can cherish for long is their resilience and respect for civility
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Friday Apr 5
No guarantee Arab Spring will end well
History is replete with tales of revolutions that failed, or that found their terminus in a wilderness of nowhere
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Friday Mar 22
Obama in Middle East: Yet again, the tail wags the dog
Every American president, whether trolling for Jewish votes or not, has succumbed to the bluster of the Israeli lobby
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Monday Mar 18
Iraq continues to battle the consequences
When American troops left the country well over a year ago, it merely marked the end of the war for the US — not for the Iraqis
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Friday Mar 8
Afghanistan exposes chinks in US armour
Since the initial swift defeat of the Taliban in 2001, America has gone from victory to stalemate, and its optimism has steadily evaporated
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Friday Feb 22
Engaged citizens take the US to task
The end of Bin Laden does not necessarily mark the end of the debate over America’s disgraceful violation of international law in its over-zealous ‘war on terror’
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Friday Feb 8
Much more than a murderous carnage
The phenomenon of destroying the heritage of another people lies far too deep. It speaks not only of the insecurity of the destroyer but also of his demented need to lash out
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Saturday Jan 26
Israel shifts to lunatic right
A kind of casual dismissiveness of Palestinian rights, including their right to statehood, has infected the public debate
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