Ramzy Baroud Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi , Abdullah Saleh , Al Qaeda , Arabian Peninsula , Oxfam , Pentagon , President , Somalia , The Guardian , United Nations , United States , Washington , Yemen , Yemeni government
RAMZY BAROUD: The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is largely rooted in the fact that the country is an open field of competing interests…
Common Ground News Service Activist , Bobby Sands , Budrus , Europe , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Hana Shalabi , Hebrew University , Hebrew University in Jerusalem , Israel , Jerusalem , Khader Adnan , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Project Manager , Rubber bullets , Tear gas , Watan Student Movement , West Bank
DAWOUD ABU LEDDEH, CGNEWS: The recent hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners marked a sea-change in opposition to occupation.
The View From Fez Abdelilah Benkirane , Editor-in-Chief , Facebook , Islamist government , Journalism , Justice and Development Party (PJD) , Media outlets , Mohammed VI , Moroccan government , Morocco , satellite dishes , Social networking , Supreme Court
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: An attempt by Islamists to mould the Moroccan media in its own image?
thehedonista Al Quds , Amman , Captain , Dead Sea , Food and Drink , France , Israel , Jordan , Levant , London , Maldives , Oman , United States Agency for International Development
SARAH WALTON: Wadi Rum, Dead Sea, Jerash – it’s a familiar tourist trail but don’t forget to spend some time in the capital, Amman
Alexander McNabb Dubai Chief , Dubai Crime , Dubai Laws , Dubai Municipality , Dubai police , Facebook , Gulf News , Journalist , Social Media , Twitter , United Kingdom
ALEXANDER MCNABB: It’s all part of the Emirati culture of respect, which is also the reason why insulting someone here can land you in very hot water.
David Roberts Qatar , Qatar 2022
DAVID ROBERTS: It’s too early to say what exactly happened but it’s possible to make some educated observations on the Villagio tragedy
Richard Silverstein Egypt , IDF , Iran , Israel , Israeli intelligence , Israeli police , Middle East , Mossad , Palestinian Territories , Russia , Security services , Shin Bet , United Nations , United States
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Zionism decrees Israel should be a “light unto nations.” Israel’s cyberwarriors are making the country a “flame” unto the nations.
Christina Hebert Qatar , Villaggio
CHRISTINA HEBERT: As the smoke clears and the ashes cool in what remains of Doha’s most luxurious mall, people all over the world are asking, how could this happen?
Alexander McNabb Abu Dhabi National Oil Company , Adnoc , Al Khaimah , Dubai , Emarat , Europe , Gulf News , London , oil producing nation , The National , UAE , United Arab Emirates
ALEXANDER MCNABB: It’s been an unmissable soap opera for some time. Now there’s an interesting twist in the tale.
Crossroads Arabia Abdul Aziz Khoja , Censorship , Council of Ministers , Facebook , good journalist , Jeddah , Journalism , Journalist , Law , London , Media organizations , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Saudi government , Saudi Journalists Association , The New York Times , The Times , The Washington Post
CROSSROADS ARABIA: How can civil servants judge whether a journalists is being ‘professional’? The simple answer is they can’t
Eman-Al-Nafjan Islam , Saudi Arabia
EMAN AL NAFJAN: The video’s gone viral but what’s the real meaning of the ‘Battle of the Riyadh Mall’?
Common Ground News Service Hebrew University , Israel , Israel Defense Forces , Palestine , Remembrance Day , Tel Aviv , West Bank
EINAT LEVY, CGNEWS: A ceremony that celebrates the sanctity of life rather than death leaves one feeling strengthened rather than fearful
Ramzy Baroud Al Ahram Weekly , Algeria , Arab Spring , Bahrain , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Greece , Hosni Mubarak , Lebanon , National Public Radio , Palestinian Territories , political solution , Port Said , President , Syria , Tahrir Square , Yemen , Zine el Abidine Ben Ali
RAMZY BAROUD: Euphoria has given way to hard truth throughout the Arab world. It’s difficult to generalise but there are certain commonalities
Editor, MEP Religious Police , Saudi Religious Police , Videos , YouTube
VIDEO: A lone woman takes on the religious police in a Saudi Mall. “Get out? I’ll show you who’s getting out…”
Tabsir Afghanistan , America , Baghdad , Cairo , Egypt , Europe , France , International Monetary Fund , Iraq , Kabul , Libya , Middle East , Paris , Sana’a , Somalia , Sudan , Syria , Tunisia , United Nations , West Bank , Yemen , Yemeni military
DANIEL M. VARISCO: Whether it’s Syria or Yemen the bloodshed just seems to go on. It’s always been so.
Juan Cole Ahmad Shafiq , Bahrain , Bangladesh , Cairo , Camp David , David Horowitz , Egypt , Egypt’s Suez Canal , France , Freedom and Justice Party , Hamdeen Sabahi , Iran , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Lyndon Johnson , Mubarak , Mubarak government , Muhammad Mursi , Muslim Brotherhood , Nicolas Sarkozy , Novelist , Oil , oil monarchies , Pentagon , President , Prime Minister , Republican Party , Richard Nixon , Ronald Reagan , Suez , Suez Canal , Syria , Tahrir Square , Turkey , United States
JUAN COLE: The Egyptian electorate seems to have a strong leaning for ‘law and order’. Very similar to the U.S electorate in the 1960s
James M. Dorsey 2022 World Cup , Abdul-Aziz Al Saud , Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh , Afghanistan , As-Sunnah mosque , Brunei , Crown Prince , East Africa , Egypt , Emir , Fifa World Cup , Florida , Hamad Bin Khalifa al Thani , Human Rights Watch , International Olympic Committee , Kissimee , Libya , London , Middle East , Mohammed Abdul Wahhab , Nayef , Noor al-Malki , North Africa , Olympics , Olympics 2020 , President , Qatar , Ramadan , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Soccer , sprinter , Syria , Tunisia , Women Athletes , Yemen
JAMES DORSEY: The participation of Qatar’s women athletes opens up differences between it and the Islamic thinking in neighbouring Saudi Arabia.
Mondoweiss Aaron David Miller , America , Camp David , CNN , Dennis Ross , Ehud Barak , Hamas , Hizballah , India , Iran , Iranian government , Iraq , Israel , North Korea , Obama , Obama administration , Pakistan , President , Rabin , Tehran , U.N. Security Council , U.S. America , United States , Washington
IRA GLUNTS, MONDOWEISS: War, according to Aaron Miller, is inevitable unless something extraordinary happens in the next year.
M.-Lynx-Qualey Army , Censorship , Lina Ben M’henni , Literature , Ministry of Interior , Print media , Tunisia
M. LYNX-QUALEY: Censorship is developing many tentacles in Tunisia today but writers are refusing to take attacks lying down
Ahmed-Al-Omran Abdulaziz Khoja , Al Watan , guard , Jeddah , Journalism , Journalist , Mainstream media , Minister of Information , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Journalists Association , Sultan Al Bazie
AHMED AL OMRAN: New regulations that are coming into force in Saudi Arabia mean increased oversight of their work
