Tag: Middle East
Nov. 3, 2023
An inside look of Reading Terminal Market
Founded in 1893, Reading Terminal Market houses over 500 vendors who offer their wide range of unique food choices to the market’s customers. According to…

Jan. 31, 2020
The media’s jaded view of the Middle East
Israel, and most of the Middle East in general, is a place that Americans tend to fear visiting because of the jaded misconceptions and biased…

Oct. 26, 2018
Iran’s culture is misunderstood
The first question most people have asked me when I told them that I was in Iran for the summer is, “Were you safe?” And…

May. 25, 2018
Trump selfishly handles foreign policy in the Middle East
Modern American foreign policy in the Middle East was formed by three pivotal events: the determination to control the region’s oil resources through public policy…

Jul. 28, 2017
War on terror or the Middle East?
The “War on Terror” is the reason our country went to war in the Middle East; the reason nearly 4,500 civilians have died from airstrikes…

Oct. 30, 2015
The chapter that should have been closed a long time ago
Most Americans agree that we should have never invaded Afghanistan. Just about all Americans agree that we shouldn’t have attacked Iraq either, except for Dick…

Oct. 16, 2015
How the United States gave the Middle East to Vladimir Putin
In the early 1970s, America’s influence in the Middle East stood at its peak. Egypt, then the region’s chief political power, had just expelled Russia,…

Feb. 27, 2015
Arab Spring brings success, failures
The story of Mohammed Bouazizi provides deep insight into the contemporary politics of the Middle East. A vegetable vendor and the breadwinner for his family…
Aug. 6, 2014
Hamas is to blame, not Israel
The Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Protective Edge against Hamas with the mission to weaken the terrorist group’s ability to attack Israeli citizens July 8.…
Jul. 11, 2014
Back to Baghdad: the ISIS crisis
So, let’s see. We are asking our declared enemy in the Middle East to help prop up the puppet government we created for its benefit…