Casa Árabe

Ninth issue of the Casa Árabe's Sociopolitical Watchtower, which includes analysis on the new Turkish Foreign Policy, which is oriented towards a higher participation in the Middle East; on the leadership crisis the Muslim Brotherhood is dealing with in Egypt, after the election of the Cabinet members of the General Guide and from the General Guide himself, and on the formation of the new Lebanese government and the obstacles it has been overcoming for five months.

In the profile section, Mohammad Mahdy Akef, Muslim Brotherhood's General Guide until January 2010, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister are presented. The regular sections on public opinion, documentation and books and journals' shop window are included.

The eighth issue of Casa Árabe’s Sociopolitical Watchtower includes analysis of Tunisia’s recent presidential and legislative elections; of the Taliban movement in Pakistan and its confrontation with the regime in Islamabad; and of the UNDP’s 2009 Human Development report. The Profiles section presents Amat al-`Alim al-Soswa, an outstanding public personality in Yemen, known nationally and internationally; and the Mehsud clan, one of the most important tribes in Pakistan. It also includes regular sections: Public Opinion, Documents, and Showcase for books and magazines

This issue includes analysis of the challenges facing Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai; difficulties in forming a new government in Lebanon three months after parliamentary elections; and the new panorama of Morocco’s political parties following the latest municipal elections and the formation of the Party of Authenticity and Modernity. The Profiles section presents Hizbollah’s Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah, and the Afghan President, Hamid Karzai.

Sixth issue of Casa Árabe’s Sociopolitical Watchtower includes an analysis ahead of Iran’s presidential elections on 12 June, and analysis on Syria’s role as a regional and international player. A profile is presented of the reformist candidate for the Iranian presidency, Mir Hussein Mussavi.

Fifth issue of Casa Árabe’s Sociopolitical Watchtower includes analysis of the new US administration’s policy towards the Arab and Islamic world; the phenomenon of piracy off the coast of Somalia and its relation to the country’s international situation; the institutional crisis in Mauritania following the coup d’état in August 2008 and proposals for a return to constitutional rule. There are Profiles of Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, leader of the Islamic Courts and new President of Somalia, and Muhammad Uld Abdelaziz, the Mauritanian president who seized power by coup.

Fourth issue of Casa Árabe’s Sociopolitical Watchtower includes analysis of the need for reconciliation between Palestinian factions; relations between Sunni and Shia; and Iraq’s new electoral law and the distribution of competences ahead of the country’s provincial elections. Profiles are presented of the ulema (religious leader) Yusuf al-Qaradawi and of the Iraqi activist Muqtada al-Sadr.

Third issue of Casa Árabe’s Sociopolitical Watchtower includes analysis of the evolution of Morocco’s Justice and Development Party; Libya and Islamist opposition to the regime; and confrontations between the Yemeni regime and the al-Hauthi opposition. Profiles are presented of Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, President of Sudan, y Abdelilah Benkiran, the new leader of Morocco’s Justice and Development Party.

Second issue of Casa Árabe’s Sociopolitical Watchtower includes analysis of the democratisation process in Kuwait; the national unity question  in Sudan; and the situation in Lebanon following the Doha Accord of May 2008, which ended the existing power vacuum. Profiles are included of Michel Suleyman, President of Lebanon, and of Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait.

First issue of Casa Árabe’s Sociopolitical Watchtower includes analysis of the democratisation process in Mauritania; ideological revisions of radical Islamism and Egypt’s municipal elections on 8 April. Profiles are presented of Sidi Muhammad Ould Sheikh Abdallah, President of Mauritania, and of Sayyed Imam Abdelqader Abdelaziz al-Sharif, a leading authority for al-Qaida and other similar groups.