Hisham Melhem

Dec 8, 2023 | liberalpatriot.com | Hisham Melhem

Dear President Biden,I am writing to you as an American by choice. I have lived in the United States for almost 52 years, most of them in Virginia, the mother of all states. Decades ago I embraced America as my final home and last refuge. In 2020 I voted for you grudgingly, aware of your exaggerations, the Anita Hill debacle, and your penchant for words without borders; but I voted enthusiastically against Donald Trump hoping to prevent America’s self-immolation.

Nov 12, 2023 | foreignpolicy.com | Hisham Melhem

Once again, the time of the assassins and their enablers in the Middle East is upon us. The long knives have been unsheathed, and their sharp blades have harvested thousands of civilians in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank, with the shrieks of lamentations mixed with the exhortations for more blood conveyed simultaneously from the chorus in the background.

Oct 22, 2023 | newlinesmag.com | Hisham Melhem

A bird used to visit this shore:It isn’t going to come anymore. I’ve come a long way to proveNo land, no water, and no love. — W. H. AudenThey came at dawn with hearts as hard as railroad steel. And when the ugly deed was done, a long trail of blood and fresh corpses lay twisted in time and space as silent witnesses to a new dawn of Israeli and Palestinian lamentations. The young men of Hamas exacted death like lightning, swiftly and mercilessly.

Sep 21, 2023 | pdf.defence.pk | Gordon Brown |Zuri Linetsky |Hisham Melhem |Michael Kugelman

Trudeau’s Allegations Upend India-Canada TiesKugelman-Michael-foreign-policy-columnist13Michael KugelmanBy Michael Kugelman, the writer of Foreign Policy’s weekly South Asia Brief and the director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a press conference after the closing session of the G-20 summit in New Delhi on Sept. 10.

Sep 15, 2023 | tacno.net | Hisham Melhem

foto: APČelnici Saudijske Arabije, Izraela, Turske i Egipta krčili su svoje puteve, očigledno ne mareći za ključne interese Washingtona. Oni vjeruju da će im bliži politički, ekonomski i vojni odnosi s Rusijom, Kinom, Indijom ili između njih – javni ili tajni – osigurati pogodne alternative SAD-u. Grubo rečeno, četiri američka tradicionalna stuba na Bliskom istoku sada su isuviše krhka da bi se na njih moglo osloniti. Piše: Hisham MelhemDuže od 50 godina, i posebno nakon Iranske revolucije 1979.