تصوّرات عربيّة لاتفاقيّة سايكس-پيكو الوحدة المقدّسة ورُهاب التقسيم

Arab Perceptions of the Sykes-Picot Agreement: Sacred Unity and the Phobia of Partition

Bidayat

A century later, Sykes-Picot has become a myth explaining every division and foretelling the next, married with the Balfour Declaration, where all plurality is condemned as a violation of unity and 'fitna' attributed to external 'projects.'

مئوية سايكس بيكو – نقاط على حروف الخرائط والتاريخ

The Sykes-Picot Centenary - Dots on the Letters of Maps and History

Bidayat

The article deconstructs the mythologization of Sykes-Picot, showing it as a prolonged colonial process linked to the Balfour Declaration for seizing Palestine, and reshaping the region based on major powers' interests while denying the majority self-determination.

الحراك الشعبي في العراق ولبنان ملفات الفساد بيد الناس

The Popular Movement in Iraq and Lebanon: Corruption Files in the People's Hands

Bidayat

In the name of religion, the thieves robbed us — sectarianism isn't the cause of corruption but its cover, and the World Bank fights "corruption" with the privatization that produces it.

القاعدة في إستخدمات «القاعدة»

Al-Qaeda in the Uses of "Al-Qaeda"

As-Safir

O al-Qaeda—with all your own crimes—how many crimes against peoples are committed in your name and in the name of the war against you!

الحراك ضد الفساد في العراق ولبنان بإسم الدين، سرقونا

The Movement Against Corruption in Iraq and Lebanon: In the Name of Religion, They Stole from Us

Bidayat

In the name of religion they robbed us — corruption is pretext not cause, and sectarianism covers capitalist exploitation, not the other way around.

بين العراق ولبنان: ملفات الفساد بيد الناس

Between Iraq and Lebanon: Corruption Files in the People's Hands

Al-Quds Al-Arabi

The movements in Iraq and Lebanon against corruption intersect in the collapse of services and the exposure of sectarianism's role, but crucially, they transform corruption files from official lies into a popular issue for accountability in the streets.

عبد الرحمن منيف يؤسِّس لأدب الصداقة – والباهي محمد يحلم بالطُوفان

Abdel Rahman Munif Founds a Literature of Friendship - And al-Bahi Muhammad Dreams of the Deluge

As-Safir

The friend alone is chosen — not the comrade, not the brother. Al-Bahi dreamed of a flood: a new Noah filling the earth with justice. Where are you, great Flood?

لا تحيّة لهذا العلم!

No Salute to This Flag!

A blue crescent reduces Arabs to Muslims, a yellow line grants Kurds exclusive nationality — Saddam in reverse, and a flag that deserves only to be torn apart in the street.

درس في المهابة والاحترام

A Lesson in Dignity and Respect

As-Safir

Lewis asks: "Why don't they fear us?" — the same question haunting every Arab ruler. Thanks to the youth who teach us not to fear tyranny.

نفط وديمقراطية

Oil and Democracy

As-Safir

Amidst events in Sudan, Kurdistan, and Yemen, this text links oil to the absence of democracy and wealth mismanagement, questioning how oil has become an obstacle to unity and a catalyst for separatism.

العراق: خربوا البلد وهربوا

Iraq: They Destroyed the Country and Fled

As-Safir

They destroyed the country and fled—150,000 dead, 4.7 million displaced, and Iraqis still clash with police over electricity.

الانسحاب من العراق

The Withdrawal from Iraq

As-Safir

The US withdrawal from Iraq is a managed process, not an end, linked to a series of diplomatic moves that pressure Palestinians and threaten Iran, all serving Israel's boundless security demands.

إنتخابات العراق الدروس اللبناني

Iraq's Elections: The Lebanese Lessons

As-Safir

The Americans imposed de-Baathification then reversed to rehabilitate the worst — Iraq's proportional system is the lesson Lebanon needs.

العراق: هل مَن يريد للاميركيين ان يغادروا؟

Iraq: Does Anyone Want the Americans to Leave?

As-Safir

The occupation punished a whole sect for a regime's crimes and convinced Iraqi forces to define themselves sectarianly. Who actually wants the Americans to leave?

السيادة العراقية بين الاتفاق الامني وخصخصة النفط

Iraqi Sovereignty Between the Security Agreement and the Privatization of Oil

As-Safir

The occupation exits through the military window and returns through the oil gate—Basra follows Kurdistan in privatizing Iraq's wealth.

For an Arab-Kurdish Federation in Iraq

An-Nahar

Translation: Iraqi federalism should be based on the national divide, not the sectarian one—and the occupation destroyed the state, not just the regime. Kirkuk's oil belongs to all Iraqis.

حرب العراق: هل كان يمكن تفاديها؟

The Iraq War: Could It Have Been Avoided?

As-Safir

Saddam knew there were no WMDs—so why did he stall? Our rulers follow Machiavelli in everything except his brightest advice: be like the fox, expert at detecting traps.

العراق: حروف لنقاط النفط والدم

Iraq: Letters for the Dots of Oil and Blood

As-Safir

The occupation punished an entire sect for a regime—what's needed is Arab-Kurdish federalism and just distribution of Iraq's two rivers: water and oil.

من اجل فيدرالية عربية – كردية في العراق

For an Arab-Kurdish Federation in Iraq

As-Safir

The occupation destroyed the state, not just the regime — federalism is either partition's euphemism or a path to rebuilding unity. Condition: an Arab-Kurdish formula transcending ethnicity and sects.

العراق: حرب أعْلام أم حربٌ أهلية؟

Iraq: A War of Flags or a Civil War?

As-Safir

Iraq's war of flags is merely a symptom of a complex civil war, demanding a political Iraqi solution that ends violence and establishes a federalism transcending sectarianism.

إعدام الاحكام في إعدام صدّام

Executing Justice in Executing Saddam

As-Safir

A death sentence for accountability itself — one crime from the north, one from the south, as if the center had no victims. Sectarianizing victims instead of accounting for thirty years of policy.

The New Iraqi Flag: an exercise in identity manipulation

The new Iraqi flag (2004) was identity manipulation under occupation: erasing Arabism and Islam—and successive Iraqi flags record the country's gradual drift from secularism toward religion.

عبد الرحمن منيف ينادي الطوفان*

Abdel Rahman Munif Calls for the Deluge

In "Land of Darkness," a project of alternative national modernity. From al-Bahi's testament: "The flood comes and everything becomes possible, and impossible is deleted from the dictionary."

The New Middle East – what’s in a name?

Every time the US hits a dead end in the region it invents a new name—and the priority is now "moderation," not democracy: Rice admitted the "moderates" are not democratic.