Jacqueline Shoen is a London-based freelance writer specializing in the Middle East and North Africa.

Isolating Iran

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The Emperor Wears No Clothes

[caption id="attachment_55226437" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="United States President Barack Obama addresses the opening of the General…

A Dirty Game

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Let the Campaigns Begin

[caption id="attachment_55226689" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Election fever is on the rise in Tunisia"][/caption] This past Saturday…

Operation Donkey

[caption id="attachment_55226815" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="A donkey at work in Tunisia"][/caption] In the midst of all this…

America is Listening

[caption id="attachment_55226948" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Gene Cretz"][/caption] For the first time in eight months, the American…

Are we in Palestine or Tunisia?

[caption id="attachment_55227048" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="The Palestinian UN chair, on display in Tunis"][/caption]   Nearly…

Democracy in Action

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