Nahla Abdo

Trump's Muslim ban first step toward re-establishing American dominance in the Middle East

the views expressed — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:29:13 +0000

Trump's executive order to ban citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from the U.S., comes in flagrant defiance of all international humanitarian laws and basic human rights. This ban is not about protecting Americans from ISIS or "Islamic extremists". Instead, Trump's policy is the first step in an economic and political strategy designed to rebuild the American Empire.

Why talk of intervention in Syria? It's not about human rights or democracy

rabble staff — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:57:36 +0000

Friday, June 8, 2012

This is the second of a two-part commentary by Nahla Abdo. This is not about human rights, or democracy. This is about imperialist control over the Middle East.

This is the second of a two-part commentary by Nahla Abdo. Part I looked at the 'Dark Fall' threatening that has followed the Arab Spring.

Has the Arab Spring given way to a Dark Fall?

rabble staff — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:46:34 +0000

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

A year after the uprising that toppled Ben Ali, Tunisia's government is controlled by forces that are not only neo-liberal but quite conservative and even reactionary.

In order to provide an intelligible understanding and analysis of the current situation in the Middle East, especially regarding Syria, it is important to briefly discuss the current Middle Eastern context within the larger frame of U.S. and European imperialism.

Throughout the last year, people all over the globe - especially on the left, the young and progressives - have been living the excitement of the achievements of the peoples in various parts of the Arab world, especially Tunisia and Egypt.

I am sure that also many of us were cheering for the NATO invasion - at the request of most members in the Arab League - which at the time we thought of as a life-saving intervention!