Woman

September 17, 2023 | Cleo Paskal |

War flashbacks in Guam as China projects power in the Pacific

Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, the Governor of Guam, a US territory, is not just waiting for the rest of the US to come save them. In this interview conducted in July, she describes some of the initiatives she is hoping to get off the ground so Guam is better able to defend itself.

July 12, 2018 | David May |

Palestinian Sports Intimidation Should Be Punished

Protesters waved Lionel Messi shirts stained with fake bl...

April 3, 2018 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross |

The Emigrant Sisters Return: The Growing Role of the Islamic State’s Women

In his latest op-ed for War on the Rocks, FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross details the roles of women throughout the timeline of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria – high...

March 16, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran’s Role in the Boycott Israel Campaign

The Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment movement, better known by the acronym BDS, targeting Israel has largely been viewed as a Palestinian- and Western European-driven campaign with the alleged g...

February 5, 2018 | Tzvi Kahn

Iranian Women Protest the Mandatory Hijab

Iran has now arrested at least 29 women for refusing to wear the hija...

April 21, 2017 | Tzvi Kahn |

Iran’s Presidential Election and the Role of Women

More than 130 women and nearly 1,500 men registered to run in the Iranian presidential election next month. But on Thursday, Iran’s Guard...

March 1, 2017 | Clifford D. May

The West isn’t worse than the rest

 Intellectuals of the left and those influenced by them judge the United States and certain European nations as uniquely guilty of imperialism, colonialism, racism, sexism, xenophobia, homop...

December 15, 2015 |

Women Voted in Saudi Arabia This Week

Women in Saudi Arabia were permitted to vote and run as candidates for the first time in local elections on December 12th in what news media widely hailed as a historic milestone. According...

August 17, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Embracing Iran: The Swiss Cheese Sanctions Policy

The non-EU member Switzerland became the first Western country to lift sanctions...

July 9, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran’s War On Women

Co-authored by Saba Farzan As the world powers meet with representatives of the Iranian regime in Vienna in an effort to end its illicit nuclear program, the plight of strugglin...

May 27, 2014 | Michael Ledeen

The Muslims’ War Against Fun Is Killing Them

We all know the Muslim world is a political and cultural disaster zone. All you need to know is the spectacularly low level of book sales in the Arab world, and a similarly miserable rec...

July 14, 2013 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

In Egypt, the Popularity of Islamism Shall Endure

How will the Egyptian army&rsqu...

January 3, 2013 | Clifford D. May |

Beyond ‘Toxic Nationalism’

The Islamist threat is post-nationalist – and second to none.

December 26, 2012 | The Times - United Kingdom

Tehran Lied About Boy ‘Killed By Sanctions’

In death, Manouchehr Esmaili-Liousi became an instant celebrity, the unwitting poster boy for Iran’s growing deprivation under sanctions and the inhumanity of the West. Five weeks...

September 27, 2012 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Ahmadinejad Shows His Soft Side in UN Speech

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a devout, sincerely spiritual, loyal foot soldier of the Islamic revolution, gave his variation of John Lennon’s “Imagine” before the United Nations on Wedn...

August 15, 2012 | Reuel Marc Gerecht The Caravan, Hoover Institution |

Engaging Fundamentalists

Given the growing strength and electoral triumphs of fundamentalists in the Middle East, many in Washington fear that the administration just can’t handle Islamists. Egypt’s Muslim Br...

July 17, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Gunpowder & Lead |

Islamism in the Popular Imagination

Co-authored by Lauren Morgan The term “Islamist” has been bandied about frequently since revolutionary events gripped the Arab world last year. It is a term meant to...

June 20, 2012 | Jonathan Kay National Post

The Long, Hard, Surreal Struggle for Women’s Rights in Pakistan

On Saturday night, I appeared as a panelist at the “Message of Peace: Countering Islamophobia&rd...

January 27, 2012 | Lee Smith Tablet

The Hitler Test

Why is it that no one bats an eyelash when a former United States national security adviser says...

July 26, 2011 | |

The Daqduq Dilemma

He is an enemy combatant, so treat him as one.