Added on 14/06/2012
Mich Cafe
Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh , Africa , Bahrain , Bangladesh , Children , China , Dubai , Gulf News , Kuwait , New York , Niger , Saudi Arabia , South Asia , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United Nations , United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund , United Nations Population Fund , Women , Women's issues , Yemen
MICH CAFE: It’s an issue throughout the Arab world and beyond. Finally, it’s being addressed.
Added on 03/06/2012
Juan Cole
Al Qaeda , Baath Party in Syria , Baghdad , Bahrain , Barack Obama , Bin Laden , Damascus , Eastern Mediterranean , Egypt , Egyptian military , Gaza , George W. Bush , Governor , Hamas , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Libya , Mediterranean , Middle East , Mitt Romney , Muslim Brotherhood , Northern Iraq , President , Qatar , Republican Party , Romney , Syria , Syrian Muslim Brotherhood , Tripoli , Tunisia , Turkey , United States , West Bank , Workers Party
JUAN COLE: Mitt Romney is flip-flopping on whether ‘Muslims Are Bad’ or that the U.S should supply them with sophisticated weapons.
Added on 28/05/2012
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
Added on 27/05/2012
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
Added on 22/05/2012
Steve Royston
Albania , Bahrain , Bulgaria , Constantine , Europe , European Union , Germany , Greece , Italy , Japan , Jordan , Malaysia , Romania , Serbia , Spain , Thames , United Kingdom
STEVE ROYSTON: There was a bit of commotion about the King of Bahrain’s attendance at a recent lunch in the UK. I was struck by another issue
Added on 19/05/2012
Juan Cole
Algeria , Bahrain , Egypt , European Union , Facebook , Gulf Cooperation Council , Kuwait , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , Mubarak government , Oil , oil monarchies , Prime Minister , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Social networking , Syria , Tunisia , Twitter , United Arab Emirates , Yemen
JUAN COLE: Facebook does not seem important in Egypt’s presidential race. You wonder if the young are interested: Most plausible candidates are rather ancient…
Added on 19/05/2012
Francis Matthew
Bahrain , Europe , European Union , GCC , GCC Union , Gulf Cooperation Council , Gulf News , Iran , Kuwait , Kuwait’s Parliament , Political systems , Saud al-Faisal , Saudi Arabia , UAE University , United Arab Emirates
FRANCIS MATTHEW: It’s likely to succeed if it focuses on ways to make the existing GCC work better, rather than offer any new political structure.
Added on 15/05/2012
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Anders Behring Breivik , Bahrain , Church of the Nativity , Congress , Daniel Pipes , Department of Defense , Egypt , G20 , Hiroshima , Indonesia , Islam , Jordan , Kuwait , Mecca , Michigan , Middle East , Morocco , Norfolk , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Pakistan , Pentagon , President , Renaissance Party , Robert Spencer , Spencer Ackerman , Tunisia , Turkey , United States , US military , Virginia , Washington , Washington DC
JUAN COLE: The Pentagon has launched an investigation into a class on Islam which characterises all Muslims as radical, violent extremists
Added on 15/05/2012
Tabsir
Amman , Army , Baghdad , Bahrain , Co-Editor , Europe , Georgetown , Harvard , Iraq , Journalism , Kuwait , Literature , Mahmoud Darwish , Massachusetts , Novelist , Paris , Poet , Rome , Saddam Hussein , Sinan Antoon , Syria , travel ban , United Nations , United States , Yemen
TABSIR: A celebrated novelist, poet and filmmaker Sinan Antoon reflects on life in Iraq before and after the fall of Saddam Hussein
Added on 04/05/2012
James M. Dorsey
2022 World Cup , Bahrain , Carnegie Mellon University , Carnegie Mellon University’s campus , Doha , East Africa , Emir , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Formula 1 , Gulf Cooperation Council , Hassan al Thawadi , International Labor Organization , International Trade Union Confederation , Kuwait , Labor , labor minister , Malaysia , Middle East , North Africa , Oman , Prime Minister , Qatar , Qatar 2022 , Qatar 2022 recruitment , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Sharan Burrow , Supreme Committee , Trade Unions , United Arab Emirates
JAMES DORSEY: According to the ITUC “workers are dying in Qatar as they build World Cup stadiums, suffering large scale exploitation every day.
Added on 03/05/2012
David Roberts
Abdullah , Abu Dhabi , America , Arab Gulf , Bahrain , Doha , Dubai , Emir , European Union , Formula 1 , GCC , GCC Union , Gulf Cooperation Council , Gulf Union , Hamad al-Thani , Iran , Iraq , Kuwait , Kuwait’s Parliament , Levant , Manama , Middle East , oil fields , Oman , Qatar , Riyadh , Saud al-Faisal , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Arabian National Guard , Tehran , UAE , United Arab Emirates , United States
DAVID ROBERTS: There will be fine talk and likely a positive joint statement will be issued but no firm action will be agreed.
Added on 18/04/2012
Steve Royston
Abu Dhabi , Bahrain , Cairo , Middle East , Shisha , United Kingdom
STEVE ROYSTON: While Saudi plans to ban it within city limits; Bahrain is considering loosening restrictions. I’m with the Bahrainis.
Added on 17/04/2012
Steve Royston
Bahrain , Formula 1 , the Bahrain Grand Prix
STEVE ROYSTON: There seems to be an unnatural degree of emotion surrounding this year’s Bahrain Grand Prix. A sense of perspective?
Added on 14/04/2012
Susie of Arabia
Abdullah , Bahrain , BBC News , Beirut , Faisal , Lebanon , princess , Saud bin Abdul Aziz , Saudi Arabia , Social services , Switzerland , Syria , United Kingdom , Women , Women's issues , Yemen
SUSIE OF ARABIA: She is the niece of the current ruler of Saudi Arabia but is unafraid to point out the shortcomings she sees in the Kingdom.
Added on 31/03/2012
Christina Hebert
Bahrain , Bangladesh , Egypt , GCC , India , Iran , Jordan , Kuwait , Oil , Oman , Pakistan , Palestinian Territories , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Sri Lanka , Syria , The Huffington Post , The National , Twitter , UAE , United Arab Emirates
CHRISTINA HEBERT: It’s an issue that generates heated debate but what are the benefits of Gulf countries offering citizenship to foreigners?
Added on 29/03/2012
Juan Cole
Ali Abdullah Saleh , Arab League , Baath government , Baghdad , Bahrain , Bashar al-Assad , Egypt , Hama , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Kofi Annan , Libya , North Africa , Nouri al-Maliki , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tunisia , United Nations , Yemen
JUAN COLE: There’ll be some missing faces at the upcoming meeting in Baghdad but regional divisions are sharpening.
Added on 25/03/2012
Juan Cole
Africa , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Arab Spring , Asma al-Assad , Bahrain , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood , European Union , First Lady , France , Gaza Strip , Hamas , Homs , Idlib , Iraq , Justice and Development Party , Libya , Mali , Manama , oil exports , Palestine Liberation Organization , President , Renaissance Party , Syria , Tear gas , Tunisia , United States , Yemen
JUAN COLE: Not that you’d know from watching American TV news but there have been important developments in the Arab world recently
Added on 17/03/2012
Susan Al Shahri
Afghanistan , Bahrain , Dhofar , Egypt , Hamid Karzai , International Women's Day , Libya , Oman , President , Saudi Arabia , Sultan Qaboos bin Said , Syria , Tunisia , Women , Women's issues , Yemen
SUSAN AL SHAHRI: While it’s been a mixed year for women globally there are many advantages to being a woman in Oman
Added on 08/03/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , America , Arab Spring , Asia , Bahrain , Civil society , Constituent Assembly , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Essam Sharaf , Europe , Gulf Cooperation Council , Human Rights Watch , Iraq , Iraqi parliament , Islamic Ennahda Party , Islamic party , Isobel Coleman , Kosovo , Kuwait , Leila Ben Ali , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , Nasser Al-Missned , National Assembly , National Transitional Council , North America , Prime Minister , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Shura Council , Syria , The Financial Times , Tunisia , United Arab Emirates , Women , Women's issues
ROB L. WAGNER: They played a leading role in the early stages of the Arab Spring. But have women seen concrete benefits yet?