by Samir Altaqi

In 1990 an experiment made at Palma University – Italy that included the mapping of a monkey’s brain by MRI. While the animal was attempting to break some nuts, a researcher came inadvertently to the room. He noted that while the monkey was still in the machine, it tried to find the nuts, break and eat them.

by Samir Altaqi
The arrival of Barack Obama to the White house a year ago opened a window of hope in the Muslim world, among the Palestinians as well as in the Israeli peace camp. This euphoria seemed, at the time, quite realistic given the fact that the Bush administration’s approaches to deal with the problems of the ME had miserably failed.

by Samir Altaqi
Awaiting the arrival of the new administration in the white house, many powers in the region and in the world attempted to cool down the explosive crisis in the Middle East  through extensive mediation.

By Samir Al-Taqi

As the focus of world  conflict shifts towards the Middle East and the Gulf region, where  major international crises are intertwined, Syria sensed a twist in the  Western powers’ perspective  of the Arab-Israeli conflict.