He’s left now, but it’s hard to avoid knowing: The Pope has been traveling around that fulcrum of continents and human passions called the Middle East. Some of us claim he’s been visiting the Holy Land, others…
After I got a graduate degree in Middle East history, I taught and lectured for awhile. Eventually, I decided my…
Ariel Sharon, former Israeli general and Prime Minister, died today after. I followed Sharon obsessively for an intense 18…