Crisis Quote by Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

What is irreversible in the Arab world is this intellectual revolution, the awakening that we can get rid of dictators. That is here, and…

— Tariq Ramadan

No matter what's happening in the Middle East - the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment - the emotional,…

— Anonymous

Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the other way when Lebanon…

— Abu Bakar Bashir

“In the conflict between Israelis and Arabs you have wounded civilizations — the Arabs have been wounded in their dealings with the West, and…

— Itamar Rabinovich

Don't forget we are in a state of war and no peace. But it's very dynamic and challenging compared to the rest of the…

— Walid Jumblatt

“The Arab Spring has been a dismal failure. All indications are that what comes next will be significantly worse than what existed before, in…

— John R. Bradley

“I am as confident that all the elements needed in a distinguished Arab development process are available, as I am about the ability of…

— Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

The Arab world was ripe with hope during the spring of 2011. Journalists, academics, and the general population were brimming with expectations of a…

— Jamal Khashoggi

The times of Arab nationalism and unity are gone forever. These ideas which mobilized the masses are only a worthless currency.

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

“Certainly, blame for all this [turmoil in the Middle East] doesn't rest solely with the terrible decisions that were made at the end of…

— Scott Anderson

The fact of the matter is the Arab elites are more inclined to accommodate our wishes because of certain overlapping interests that are often…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer…

— Abba Eban