Abu Aardvark
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Aardvarks are not indigenous to the Middle East, nor do they typically speak Arabic. Instead, they tend to spend much of their time eating termites and digging intricate tunnel systems which they then abandon to others, making the whole endeavor somewhat pointless. Still, it's a living. Abu Aardvark is the weblog of an aardvark who got out of the tunneling and termite game to become a professor of political science, a Middle East specialist, and the father of a beautiful baby aardvark cub. Abu Aardvark speaks more Arabic than the average aardvark, but sadly has no better manners. He ... More » (Source: Abu Aardvark)
Overview
Media:
Blog
Audience:
(English)
Scope:
International
Owners:
Mark Lynch | individual
Editorial
Edited By:
Ezra Fox
Last Edit:
Dec 29, 2006 - 1:34 PM PST
Story Stats
Top Topics:
World (16), U.S. (10), Middle East (9), War in Iraq (7), Iraq (7), Business (4), Media (3), Foreign Policy (3), Religion (2), Saudi Arabia (2), Politics (2), Presidential Election 2008 (2), Islam (2), Iran (1), Africa (1)...
Top Authors:
Marc Lynch (16), Mark Lynch (4), Abu Aardvark (1), Tamara Wittes (1)
Top Formats:
Opinion (20), News Report (1), News Analysis (1)
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Arabs stepping up in Iraq... because they expect US drawdown?
() For weeks, Arab editorialists have been arguing for - or, if you like, signaling - the need for an Arab opening towards Iraq. The seeds of this could be seen in the Neighbors ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Blaming the media is so 2004
() Al-Qaeda finds itself deeply frustrated with the current state of the Arab media, unable to get its message out through the din of competing stations and unable to dominate ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Marching to Freedom Unsteadily
() The most important trend affecting Arab states, with far-reaching effects, is the so-called "youth bulge." Hobbled by the legacies of a half-century of corporatist governance ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
never been afraid to talk about anything
() Barack Obama's counterterrorism plan, as I already knew, prominently features the need for better public diplomacy and engagement with the "crucial debate.. taking place ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Second Date
() Whatever the private fears of Iran by Gulf leaders and elites (which by all accounts, including my own conversations, are quite real), this very recent Gulf Arab trend from ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Singer: Blackwater and Counter-Insurgency
() he argues that the reliance on contractors undermines the very counter-insurgency doctrines on which the military's hopes currently rest. The availability of these ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Abu Risha murdered
() I was in the middle of putting the finishing touches on an short piece about Iraqi Sunni politics due out later today when I got an urgent flash that Abd al-Sattar Abu Risha ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Iraq's emergency political summit fails
() Lost in the reporting of the unbelievable horrific terrorist attack in northern Iraq is a bit of a political bombshell. Al-Arabiya is reporting that the emergency political ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Gaza: the interests of Egypt (and others)
() With Egypt about to host a summit in Sharm al-Shaykh with Israel, Jordan, and Mahmoud Abbas, Mohammed Salah, writing in al-Hayat, takes a closer look at Egypt's interests. ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Muslim-Americans: what's important
() Pew just released the results of the first serious study of Muslim-American attitudes. It found Muslim Americans "to be largely assimilated, happy with their lives, and ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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