How Northwestern’s Doha Campus Became a Training Ground for Qatar’s Ruling Families
Eyewitness Accounts and Videos Showed Police Standing Aside and Not Intervening in Protests in Several Locations
Permitting the Saudis to Impose the Muslim Brotherhood on Southern Yemen Opens the Door to an Al Qaeda Faction and Houthi Weapons Smuggling
Islamabad Cannot Afford to Upset Turkey or Qatar and Is Far More Likely to Help Rebuild Hamas than to Disarm It
Why the “New Syria” Is Purging Alawites and Leaving Christians Exposed
A Shock Operation Signals That Long-Standing Deterrence Rules No Longer Apply—and Puts Tehran and Gaza on Notice
From the Israeli and Jewish Point of View, the Emergence of This State of Affairs Isn’t So Bad
This Is Not Merely a Legal Technicality; It Is the Final Act in a Decade-Long Consolidation of Power
Move Comes after Australian Scholar Documented Issue in 2025 Report
Spotlight on Unrest in Iran
Iranians have once again taken to the streets in the largest protests since the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom Movement protests. The collapse of the Iranian currency sparked the current unrest. That the Tehran bazaar has gone out on strike raises parallels to a key event that culminated in the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
As Iranian grievances proliferate, the protest movement continues to build. The Iranian people try to fan the flames as the regime seeks to smother them. Could this be the end of the Islamic Republic of Iran?
As Iranian grievances proliferate, the protest movement continues to build. The Iranian people try to fan the flames as the regime seeks to smother them. Could this be the end of the Islamic Republic of Iran?
As unrest spreads across Iran, the regime and the opposition both face narrowing choices.
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.
Winter 2026 Volume 33: Number 1
Winter 2026 Volume 33: Number 1
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The Doctrine Would Guarantee Organizational Destruction for any Terror Group That Takes an Israeli Hostage -
Shirin Saeidi Removed as Director of King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies at Univ. of Arkansas -
New Research Initiative Honors Pioneering Scholars Bat Ye’or and David Littman While Addressing Modern-Day Religious Oppression -
Years of Middle East Forum Warnings Validated as Israel’s Parliament Takes Action
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The Biden Administration’s Decision in 2021 to Remove the Houthis from the U.S. List of Foreign Terror Organizations Weakened Deterrence by Reducing Political and Economic Pressure -
Reports from the Hamas-Controlled Area Indicate That the Terror Group Has Fully Reimposed Its Will on the Population There -
Contrary to Qatar’s Portrayal as a Key U.S. Mideast Ally, It Is Actually a Strategic Threat -
The Fact That the Left Is in a Red-Green Alliance with Islamists Has Obviated the Need for Muslim Leaders to Moderate
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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The Consequences of Mainstreaming Anti-Jewish Incitement in the West -
Australia Is the Canary in the Coal Mine, but the Real Explosion May Soon Come in Ireland, Norway, and Turkey -
If Investigation Confirms Iranian Involvement in the Bondi Massacre, Canberra Must Sever Diplomatic Relations with Tehran -
Canberra Once Aligned with the United States on Middle East Issues, Including Israel, but Prime Minister Albanese Has Hewn a Different Path
Gaza
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A Disinformation Campaign Reveals the Somali Government’s Fear of Strategic Irrelevance -
Algiers Turns Humanitarian Branding Into A Soft-Power Weapon After Defeat At The U.N. -
The Real Test Of Gaza’s “Day After” Will Be Whether Hamas Faces Any Meaningful Compulsion -
Washington’s Push for an International Force in Gaza Risks Importing the Same Coalition Failures That Empowered the Taliban and Hezbollah
Islam
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How Islam Severed Itself from the Biblical World That Once Made Its Scripture Intelligible -
He Is Not an Islamist, but He Is a Muslim Tribalist Who Believes the White Race Has Exploited Middle Eastern Muslims -
European Court Ruling Will Set Precedent on Muslim Nation Vying for European Union Membership -
Pakistani Leaders and Clerics Present the Country’s Nuclear Program as an Issue of National and Islamic Pride
Muslims in the US
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The United States Is Entering a Critical Phase in Its Encounter with Political Islam -
Husham Al-Husainy Was Headed to D.C. Until His Past Caught up with Him -
Leader of Islamic Center Behind Project Has Promoted Hostility Toward Jews, Gays -
Some of America’s Most Controversial Extremist Organizations Are Backing Mamdani, Starting with the Islamic Circle of North America
