As Syria Enters This New Political Phase, the United States Faces a Critical Opportunity to Help Shape a More Stable and Inclusive Future
India’s Decision Smacks of Ignorance or Appeasement of Qatar’s Funding of Islamist Charities and Religious Organizations in India
If Rubio’s Team Wishes to Receive a Yemeni Representative, They Should Receive One Who Chooses Yemen over Saudi Arabia or Iran
The Violence in Sweida May Have Subsided in Recent Weeks, but Nothing Has Been Resolved. It Is Almost Certainly a Matter of Time Until the Next Round
The Struggle for Primacy in This Remote, Long-Fought-over Corner of the Middle East Is Far from Completed
Moscow Desires Lasting Influence on Iran’s Energy Industry by Funding the Construction of Its Pipeline Network
Once the Second Largest Economy in the Middle East, Iran Has No Long-Term Economic Vision as International Sanctions Are Set to Return
Revamping the Southern Transitional Council Assures a Path Forward, Rather than Associating the Group with a past That No Longer Can Exist
There Is Not Much Freedom of Speech in Gaza, and Europe Is Not Doing Much Better
Spotlight: Qatar Must End Its Terrorism Support
Qatar’s double game as both U.S. ally for counterterrorism and major state sponsor of terrorism went up in flames with Israel’s September 9, 2025, bombing of Hamas’s luxury Doha headquarters, killing several senior leaders of the designated terrorist organization.
It’s time for the Qataris to choose sides: ally with the civilized world against men who slaughter innocents in cold blood, or maintain their ties to and support for terrorists. They should make their choice knowing that harboring killers now comes at a price.
It’s time for the Qataris to choose sides: ally with the civilized world against men who slaughter innocents in cold blood, or maintain their ties to and support for terrorists. They should make their choice knowing that harboring killers now comes at a price.
The Explosions That Shattered the Morning Calm in Doha’s Katara District on September 9, 2025, Marked a Restoration of Moral Clarity in Warfare
Middle East Quarterly - Current Issue
Founded in 1994 by Daniel Pipes, MEQ is the Middle East Forum’s journal intended for both scholars and the educated public. Policymakers, opinion-makers, academics, and journalists write for and read the Quarterly, which is known for exclusive interviews, in-depth historical articles, and book reviews on subjects ranging from archaeology to politics and on countries from Morocco to Iran.
Fall 2025 Volume 32: Number 4
Fall 2025 Volume 32: Number 4
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Middle East Forum Report Exposes Terror Ties Among Faculty as University Reels from President’s Resignation and $790M Federal Funding Freeze -
DHS: ‘We Take the Results of the MEF Report Very Seriously’ -
Moroccan Journalist Interrogated over Israeli Passport Stamps, Held 32 Hours without Food or Water in Calculated Act of Authoritarian Harassment
Middle East Forum Observer
Founded in 2024, the Observer provides rapid analysis on leading Middle East developments, from Marrakech to Mashhad and the Bab el-Mandeb to the Black Sea.
Launched in 2006, Islamist Watch is a project of the Middle East Forum. We work to combat the ideas and institutions of lawful Islamism in the United States and throughout the West. Arguing that “radical Islam is the problem, moderate Islam is the solution,” we seek to expose the Islamist organizations that currently dominate the debate, while identifying and promoting the work of moderate Muslims.
CAMPUS WATCH, a project of the Middle East Forum, reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North America with an aim to improving them. The project mainly addresses five problems: analytical failures, the mixing of politics with scholarship, intolerance of alternative views, apologetics, and the abuse of power over students. Campus Watch fully respects the freedom of speech of those it debates while insisting on its own freedom to comment on their words and deeds.
Antisemitism
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All the Offers of ‘Peace’ to Islamic Terrorism Will Not Save the Western Skin -
Jews in Iran Face Discriminatory Laws, but the Regime Also Exploits Them for Propaganda and as a Tool to Vilify Israel -
Universities Wrestle With How To Confront Students for Justice in Palestine, With Responses Ranging From Payouts and Probation to Multi-Year Suspensions and Permanent Bans -
A Myth Needs to Be Continually Retold and Revived to Stay Alive
Gaza
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The Flotilla to Gaza Is Designed to Create a Media Spectacle, Not to Deliver Aid -
Judging by Its Operations, the Israel Defense Forces Believes It Has Total Control over the Area -
Tuesday’s Blasts in Doha, Qatar, Shattered the Illusion That Masterminds of Mass Murder Can Recline in Five-Star Safety and Call It ‘Diplomacy’
Islam
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Sahwa Activists Have Decentralized and Are Strewn Across Universities, Charities and Cyberspace, Making the Movement Difficult to Uproot -
Persian Gulf Countries in the Last Several Decades Have Built Mosques and Cultural Centers to Hold Sway in Europe and America -
This Is What Happens When You Think “the West” Is Just the Direction Where the Sun Sets -
If an Islamic Council Governed the Pilgrimage, Shi’i, Ibadi, and Other Muslim Communities Could Contribute to Ritual, Logistics, and Interpretation
