It seems there are still plenty of parties who would prefer that Arafat’s death continues to be treated as a mystery rather than as an assassination. It is hard, however, to avoid drawing the logical ...

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The edgy, tenuous nature of modern life in the Middle East gets a thorough but uneven examination in this debut collection, a series of hit-and-miss character studies bringing to life a startling ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Ending more than two months of wrangling, Palestinian legislators Wednesday chose Ahmed Qureia as their new prime minister, as he called for a cease-fire with Israel and for the ...