Some of you may have noticed a second name appear on the top of Deja Vu. Well, I am delighted and honored to announce that the great Middle Eastern scholar, Barry Rubin, will be blogging with me on this site. His most recent books are the The Long War for Freedom: The Arab Struggle for Democracy in the Middle East and Hating America:A History (co-written with Judith Culp)

I have been reading and posting his material for years. Now he is going to try his hand in blogging and soon you find his first piece explaining what to expect from Hamas as a ruler.

Welcome Barry.