Shah Rukh Khan Incident: Obama To Act?
The U.S Immigration officer who stopped India’s leading entertainer while entering the United States has shaken a hornet’s nest.
Is Laughter the Middle East’s ‘Best Medicine’?
SADIA ASHRAF, CGNEWS: What impact have the group of Arab comedians who emerged post 9/11 really had?
Fadel: Genuine or ‘Bandwagon Jumper’?
RACHEL MC ARTHUR: He’s been getting a lot of attention but what’s really behind his criticism of Basher al Assad?
Ragheb Alama: Learning from Arab Idol
RACHEL MCARTHUR: Ragheb has been praised by critics for his fairness, but it has not been clear if he was going to return for the next season – until now.
Religious Comment Plus Political Activism Equals Trouble
ROB L. WAGNER: His religious comments were ill-chosen but they are not the only reason that he is in serious trouble.
Omar Offendum: No Manager, No Label, Just Rap
RACHEL MCARTHUR: Born in Saudi Arabia to Syrian parents, Omar was raised in the United States and has been rapping for almost a decade.
Dubai Fountain Sways to Whitney Houston
VIDEO: Videos of the Dubai Fountain swaying to Whitney Houston’s hit I Will Always Love You are going viral. So far 330,000 views – and rising.
“The Devil’s Seeds”: Life’s Grim For Illegitimate Saudis
ROB L. WAGNER: It wasn’t always this way – illegitimate children were in times past absorbed. The stigma today inflicts generations of damage.
Radio: UAE, Home of the World’s Worst Ads?
ALEXANDER MCNABB: It’s becoming a problem for my radio listening life: I turn the radio off as soon as the adverts come on, and then often forget to turn it back on again.




