Right now, I'm doing pretty much what I was doing exactly seven years ago on September 11. Before the attacks on New York and Washington, I was sitting at my desk at home in Cairo, writing a feature story, catching up on my kid's day at school, wonde...

 Will Palestinians have a "friend" in the White House if Barack Obama is elected president on Tuesday? Many supporters of the Palestinians think so or at least hope so. My advice to them: Don't hold your breath. Get too close to a Palestinian, or...

"Waltz with Bashir", an animated Israeli documentary about the invasion of Lebanon in 1982, begins with a dream that has been haunting the narrator, a middle-aged Israeli veteran of that war. He and a couple comrades are swimming naked at night just...

With Israel celebrating its 60th anniversary of independence this month, I wanted to add my two cents to Tim McGirk's wonderful tribute to TIME Photographer David Rubinger. If you haven't seen Tim's piece or David's photo essay, 60 Years of Israel,...

Young Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protesting Israeli attacks in Gaza/ Photo by ALB In the past few weeks of writing about Palestinian refugees, I've painted a grim picture of their treatment by Lebanese society: how after nearly sixty years and...

Rather unfortunate news out of London this weekend: Iran's new hard-line nuclear negotiator has effectively torn up four years of negotiations with the West. Saeed Jalili, a confidante of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, sees no reason for further talks...