Greenberg Center Publications by Subject:
Middle East

Repaving the Arab Street, Religion in the News, Vol 14, No.1 by Abdou Filali-Ansary
Far from its static image, Muslim political thought is a realm of change.

No Goyim Need Apply Religion in the News, Vol. 13, No. 2 , by Ronald Kiener
Israeli rabbis issue restrictive covenant.

When Push Comes to Twitter Religion in the News, Fall 2009, by Babak Rahimi
Islam, not social networking technology, floods the streets of Teheran with protesters.

Obama in Cairo Religion in the News, Fall 2009, by Molly Fitzgerald
The president pitches a do-over in the American relationship with the Muslim world.

Secularism in Iran: A Hidden Agenda?, Who Is Secular in the World Today?: a special insert in Religion in the News, Winter 2006, by an anonymous Iranian scholar.

The Pope Provokes, Religion in the News, Fall 2006, by Mark Silk
Pope Benedict XVI stirs up the Muslim world. [Editor's column.]

The Secular Israeli Jewish Identity, Who Is Secular in the World Today?: a special insert in Religion in the News, Winter 2006, by Benjamin Beit-Halahmi.

To Print or Not to Print? Religion in the News, Summer 2006, Andrew Walsh.
American journalism pulls its punch in the Muhammad cartoon controversy .

Another Melancholy Dane , Religion in the News, Summer 2006, Tim Jensen.
A religion scholar gets caught in a newspaper war.

Presbyterians Divest the Jews, Religion in the News, Fall 2006, Andrew Walsh.
Two sometimes allies butt heads over Israel.

Iraq's Sunni Clergy Enter the Fray, Religion in the News, Winter 2005, by Eric Davis.
Sunni Arab clerics are surprise players in the insurgency.

"Israel's Tele-Rabbi," Religion in the News, Summer 2003, by Michele Rosenthal.
A rabbinic populist torments the Israeli media establishment.

"Keeping the Shi'ites Straight," Religion in the News, Summer 2003, by Roy Parviz Mottahedeh.
Journalists struggles to grasp the history and politics of Iraqi Shi'ism.

"Covering Islam in Eqypt", Religion in the News, Spring 2002. [Islam profoundly shapes the Arabic press, but gets little direct attention.], by James J. Napoli, Western Washington University

"Bush and the Burqa", Religion in the News, Spring 2002. [The plight of Afghan women helps sell the war on terror.], by Christine McMorris, editorial associate.

"Redressing a Grievance", Religion in the News, Spring 2002. [A Christian top gun shoots down the Air Force's rules for female military personnel off-base in Saudi Arabia.], by Michael E. Naparstek, editorial assistant

"Choosing Up Sides in the Middle East",  Religion in the News, Fall 2002, by Dennis R. Hoover. Civilizations are clashing, and on the home front religions are too.

"Idol Threats", Religion in the News, Summer 2001, [The Taliban wins friends and influences people by destroying an ancient Buddhist monument in Afghanistan], by Thomas Barfield, Boston University

"From the Editor: Sacred is as Sacred Does", Religion in the News, Spring 2001, [The religious dimensions of the Middle East crisis rise into view.], by Mark Silk, editor

"Palestinians and Israelis: Rites of Return", Religion in the News, Spring 2001, [The Arab media’s new emphasis on the Palestinians’ "sacred right of return" to Israel bridges an internal religious division.], by Rachel Stroumsa, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

"Palestinians and Israelis: Oh, Jerusalem!", Religion in the News, Spring 2001, [Anxieties about losing control of the Temple Mount pervade Israeli discussion of the "Al-Aqsa Intifada" and the dimmed prospects for peace.], by Yoel Cohen, Netanya College, Israel

"Two Cheers for the Pilgrimage", Religion in the News, Summer 2000, [reaction of Muslims and Eastern Orthodox Christians to Pope John Paul's pilgrimage to the Holy land], by Andrew Walsh, managing editor

"Religious Ironies in East Timor", Religion in the News, Spring 2000, [complex role of religion in East Timor conflict, violence], by Robert W. Hefner, Boston University

"What’s in a Name? The EgyptAir 990 Crash", Religion in the News, Spring 2000, [Widespread media speculation that a Muslim pilot’s brief prayer to Allah signaled intent to commit suicide stirred up deep resentment over American press stereotypes of Islam.], by William K. Piotrowski, editorial assistant