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Joyce Karam

Joyce Karam

Joyce Karam is the Washington Bureau Chief for Al-Hayat Newspaper, an International Arabic Daily based in London. She has covered American politics extensively since 2004 with focus on U.S. policy towards the Middle East. Prior to that, she worked as a Journalist in Lebanon, covering the Post-war situation. Joyce holds a B.A. in Journalism and an M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution. Twitter: @Joyce_Karam

Geneva II: A ‘Swiss cheese’ conference for Syria

For a country that produces over 450 kinds of Swiss cheese, it seems apropos to host a conference that has as many holes as its namesake product. The Geneva II international conference promises, in......

 Muslim Americans more popular than the Tea Party

Tea Party favorites Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin and Larry Klayman spent most of last week bashing Muslims and introducing the “Quran” and “Allah” to the shutdown and debt......

 Cutting U.S. aid to Egypt: Too little too late

While the Obama administration can find plenty of legal and national security justifications to suspend part of its military aid to Egypt, the move does not carry enough leverage in its current form......

 America’s Congress vs. Lebanon’s parliament

At the first glance it seems ludicrous to be comparing the legislative body of the world’s number one political and economic power, with that of number 84 - the small and dysfunctional Republic......

 Al-Qaeda killing Muslims: Kenya and beyond

Zahira Bawa, Fardosa Abdi and Ahmed Nasir Shirdoon are not “infidels” or “occupiers of Muslim lands,” they are innocent Muslim victims who happened to be at a shopping mall in......

 An Obama-Rowhani handshake?

A lot can change in one year, in Iranian lexicon that could mean going from a president who denies the Holocaust and accuses Western powers of “serving the devil” to one who sends......

 U.S. and Russia in Syria’s WMD bazaar

A sigh of relief was heard in Washington on Monday morning when U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry uttered the statement that Syria could avoid a military strike if it hands over its entire stock of......

 U.S. Congress and Syria: it’s complicated

Despite the relatively good start that the Obama administration is having with Congress in requesting authorization for military action on Syria, the final outcome will largely depend on the language......