Jon Alterman is head of the Middle East program at the Center for Stategic and International Studies in Washington.

VOA: standard.2009.06.02

Jon Alterman is director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

"It's a long awaited step." Paul Salem,who heads the Beirut-based Carnegie Middle East Center, thinks that President Obama's trip to Cairo is likely to have positive reverberations across the Arab world.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

Mr. PAUL SALEM (Director, Carnegie Middle East Center): Yeah, and the Shiite community in general has not been entirely happy.

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That has long been a source of frustration for the Shi'a, says Paul Salem of the Carnegie Middle East Center.

NPR: Divided Lebanon Wary of Hezbollah 'Victory'

Again, Amal Saad-Ghorayeb of the Carnegie Middle East Center.

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