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Letters Home from My Journey through the Middle East

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Benjamin Orbach

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Books:

Live from Jordan: Letters Home from My Journey through the Middle East, New York: Amacom Books, 2007.

Articles/Chapters in Books and for Scholarly Journals:

“Al-Qa’ida.” Political Encyclopedia of the Middle East. Jerusalem: Jerusalem Publishing House, 2002.Ed. Avraham Sela
“Usama bin Laden.” Political Encyclopedia of the Middle East. Jerusalem: Jerusalem Publishing House, 2002. Ed. Avraham Sela
“Usama bin Laden and al-Qa’ida: Origins and Doctrines,” Middle East Review of International Affairs Journal, Vol. 5 no. 4, December 2001
“The Middle East Regional Cooperation Program,” Dollars and Diplomacy, (Clawson and Gedal,) Washington: The Washington Institute for Near    East Policy, 1999
“Tracking Students from Terrorism-Supporting Middle Eastern Countries: An Update,” Washington: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 1999

Published Essays and Opeds:

"The Meaningful Life of Rose Orbach," Huffington Post, November 22, 2016
"Preventing Violent Extremism 15 years After 9/11," Huffington Post, September 8, 2016
"Cleaning Up Trump's Mess at Home in the Wake of the Orlando Attacks," Huffington Post, June 13, 2016
"Countering Islamophobia," Islamic Monthly, March 17, 2016
"Volunteer to Save the World, Starting at Home," Huffington Post, December 4, 2015
"Obama Got it Right on Countering Violent Extremism, The Hill, February 26, 2015
"Countering Violent Extremism: The President's Call to Action, The Huffington Post, February 23, 2015
"Why Volunteer?" The Huffington Post, December 5, 2014 
“Educating Bill Maher,” The Huffington Post, November 3, 2014
“Don’t Judge a Millennial by Her Cover,” The Huffington Post, August 21, 2014
“5 Reasons to Volunteer in the Muslim World,” RYOT, December 5, 2013.
“5 Pieces of Advice for Volunteering Internationally,” The Huffington Post, December 5, 2013
"School-2-School: a True Exchange," New Global Citizen, September 6, 2013
"Cupid Shuffle to Mutual Understanding," New Global Citizen, August 1, 2013
“Jarash,” National Geographic Traveler, Dec2012/Jan2013, Vol. 29 Issue 8, p74
“Where Olive Trees Grow from Stones,” The Diplomatic Courier, September/October, 2012
"Beating the Mob Mentality," The Diplomatic Courier, September 25, 2012
"Unofficial Ambassador Steve Jobs," with M. Osman Siddique, International Business Times, November 1, 2011
"Shirley Kagan and the Library in Ram," America's Unofficial Ambassadors, September 26, 2011
"My 9/11 Story," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 6, 2011
"Unofficial Ambassadors Against Hate," America's Unofficial Ambassadors, July 18, 2011 
"Greg Mortenson is Still a Hero," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 22, 2011
"The Mubarak Moment II: An American Duty," American Footprints, February 3, 2011
"The Mubarak Moment: An Opportunity for Israelis, with Samir Toubassy, Obsidian Wings, February 2, 2011
"Letters - The D.I.Y Foreign-Aid Revolution," New York Times, November 5, 2010
"Obama Expands the 'Base,'" American Footprints, June 5, 2009
"No, There is a 'Muslim World,'" American Footprints, June 4, 2009
"Waltz with Bashir," Obsidian Wings, March 2, 2009
"Beatle Mania in the Holy Land," Matador Trips, October 14, 2008
"VP Choices, Foreign Policy, and Leadership," Obsidian Wings, September 12, 2008
"6 Under the Radar Destinations in the Middle East," Matador Trips, June 5, 2008
"Egyptian Paradise," Matador Trips, May 24, 2008
"What Would You Give for Your Traveler's Moment," Brave New Traveler, April 24, 2008
"America's Unofficial Ambassadors," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 2, 2007
"The Middle East and the Midwest," Turkish Daily News, May 28, 2007
"Shopping for Camels," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 5, 2007
“Greater Middle East Reform: Building on Literacy,” PolicyWatch, May 11, 2004
“Sending a Message to the Barber’s Wife,” Jordan Times, May 5, 2004
“An Education ‘Carrot’ for Syria,” The Daily Star (Beirut), April 16, 2004
“A Commission Not a Circus,” Zaman (Turkey), April 11, 2004
“The Yassin Assassination’s Collateral Damage: Greater Middle East Reforms,” Zaman (Turkey), March 29, 2004
“The Tunisia Arab Summit and the Road to Greater Middle East Reform,” PolicyWatch, March 26, 2004
“Preventing a Boom-to-Bust in Jordan’s QIZs: Implications for Middle East Free Trade,” PolicyWatch,March 19, 2004
“Arabs Should Seize upon Middle East Reform,” The Daily Star (Beirut), March 4, 2004
“A Clash for Civilizations,” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 7, 2003
“Beneath the Angry Arab Street,” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 22, 2003
“A Disappointing Ramadan,” The San Francisco Examiner, December 27, 2002
“Al-Qa’ida Changes Strategy,” The Jordan Star, December 18, 2002
“Keeping al-Qa’ida out of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” PolicyWatch, December 3, 2002
“The Death of Laurence Foley,” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 30, 2002
“The Face of Radical Islamic Ideology,” The Jewish Chronicle, September 27, 2001
“The Rise of Bashar Assad,” co-authored with David Schenker, PolicyWatch, March 4, 1999
 





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