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Aziz Salih Ahmad is the name on an index card measuring 3 x 6 inches that first came into my possession in the form of a fax in the summer [...]

Totalitarian Art: In the Soviet Union, the Third Reich, Fascist Italy, and the People's Republic of China. 2nd ed. By Igor Golomstock. Overlook Press, 2011, 420 pp. $40.00. Earlier this [...]

Byline: Kanan Makiya Decades later, the author goes back to find love--but no victory. I returned to Baghdad the week after Saddam's monument in Firdos Square fell. The last time [...]

The article presents information on the book "Cruelty and Silence," by Eqbal Ahmad. The are the worst of times in Middle Eastern history he concedes and never before has the region experienced such moral bankruptcy. "Cruelty and Silence," was written to illustrate this bankruptcy. The book was written by an Arab who grew up in the Middle East and who identifies with it. Whatever the historical and political origins of the contemporary malaise of the Arab world, and however pernicious anti-Arab sentiments inside the West may still remain, nothing is more urgent for a new generation of Arabs than to learn how to acknowledge the truth about the state of their world, and to take responsibility for changing it.

Rape as an act of conquest and subjugation of whole societies, involving deliberate national humiliation as a means of suppression and social control, has often accompanied warfare and social breakdown. It seems, for instance, to have become widespread among some paramilitary organizations in the former Yugoslavia since the summer of 1992. A half-century earlier, in the so-called rape of Nanking, a defenseless Chinese city occupied by the Japanese Army in 1937, it is estimated that 20,000 cases of rape occurred during the first month of occupation.

Focuses on the author's visit to Iraq after the collapse of the Saddam Hussein regime. Mention of the Ur conference where postwar political issues were discussed by Iraqis; Concern about the different agendas the United States has for Iraq and the development of power among dangerous groups in Iraq; Example of how Iraqis view the U.S. in light of its failure to provide food and water; Suggestion for a role for the Free Iraqi Forces in promoting civil authority in postwar Iraq; Lack of humanitarian aid because areas are not considered safe enough for agencies to begin operations; Details of the Ur conference and lack of division between the internals, or those who remained in Iraq during the reign of Saddam, and the exiles; Optimism for rebuilding Iraq.

Aziz Salih Ahmad is the name on the index card measuring 3 x 6 inches that first came into my possession in the form of a fax in the summer [...]

Discusses handwritten copies of an Arabic document found in the belongings of the hijackers who conducted the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the United States. Inclusion of the document's objective of having the airplane hijackers act as a firmly committed group; References to the Koran and the prophet Mohammed; Unity of body and spirit necessary for success; How the hijackers saw themselves.

Opinion. Comments that Iraqi opposition to Saddam Hussein plays a role in understanding the betrayal of Massoud Barzani. Barzani as leader of the Iraqi National Congress; Failure of experiment on autonomy and self-rule; Similarity with politicians.

Profiles Iraq's Grand Ayatullah Ali Husaini Sistani as one of the 100 most influential people of 2005. Role of Sistani as a moral voice in Iraq; Influence of Sistani in the creation of an elected body to choose representatives to draft Iraq's constitution; Report that Sistani urged Iraqis to vote in the elections.

The article reports on the political ethics adopted by politician Ayatullah Ali Husaini Sistani of Iraq. When he gives an opinion, it is always on a groundbreaking issue of principle. He insisted that only a properly elected body could choose representatives to draft Iraq's permanent constitution. Ayatullah Sistani also demanded a speeded-up timetable for elections in Iraq.

Focuses on the problems faced by everyone writing about the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Views on fiction used in religious writings; Information on Ka'b al-Ahbar, a learned former Jew from the Yemen; Details of a visit to Jerusalem.

States that the history of 17th-century Europe can help us to understand intolerance today. How in the name of Catholic or Protestant ideals, ordinary men and women died in droves; If the fanaticism and destruction in Europe ushered in a new age.

The article presents views from political experts on how the U.S. will defeat (ISIS). Elliott Abrams recommends bombing its territory and recommitting itself to the downfall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad regime. Ed Husain suggests to lead the European countries to defeat radicalism in the Middle East. Josef Joffe says that the country should reassert its military prowess.