Added on 06/03/2011
Andrew Mackay
Algeria , Alternative Energy , Bahrain , BP , Christmas , East Africa , Egypt , European Union , GCC , Libya , Mediterranean , Middle East , Morocco , North Africa , PR , Qatar , Red Sea , Saudi , Social Media , Syria , Tunisia , UAE , United Arab Emirates
ANDREW MACKAY: Countries across the Middle East and Africa need to examine the damage done to their reputations, and rebuild vital revenue streams from inward investment and tourism.
Added on 02/03/2011
American Bedu
Africa , Bahrain , Berlin , Eastern Europe , Egypt , Iran , Jordan , Kuwait , Libya , Middle East , National Day , Nike , Oil , oil supply , Palestinian Territories , Religion , Saudi Arabia , Texas , Tunisia , Yemen
AMERICAN BEDU: With regimes falling, and a new order being created out of disorder, there has never been a better time to promote better understanding across faiths.
Added on 01/03/2011
Steve Royston
Bahrain , Labour , Libya , Manama , Middle East
STEVE ROYSTON: Many, if they looked into their hearts, would admit that they take those workers for granted, and could do more…
Added on 28/02/2011
Common Ground News Service
Arab Gulf , Bahrain , Civil society , Common Ground News Service , Democracy , Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah , Minister of Justice , Ministry of Finance , President , Red Crescent , United Kingdom , United Nations , Women's issues
SANA’ MOHAMMAD BIN HAMOUD: Women’s rights campaigners have made impressive advances in Bahrain. However protesters should push further.
Added on 28/02/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Abdullah , Bahrain , Egypt , Employment , Oil exporter , Oman , Reuters , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Tunisia , Unemployment
CROSSROADS ARABIA: More than 90,000 government employees in the Kingdom will have their job status converted from ‘temporary’ to ‘permanent’. Good news for them but is it enough?
Added on 27/02/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz , Al Waleed Bin Talal , Bahrain , BBC , Crown Prince , Facebook , Gulf , Gulf News , Iran , Jeddah , Kuwait , Lebanon , Libya , Middle East , Mishaal Al Gergawi , Nayef bin Abdul Aziz , New York Times , Oman , Qatar , Saudi , Saudi Arabia , Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa , UAE , United Arab Emirates , Yemen
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: The different characteristics of Gulf countries are being revealed in how demands for reform are being made, and in the reaction.
Added on 27/02/2011
Juan Cole
Aden , Ahmad Shafiq , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Bahrain , Ben Ali , Cairo , Egypt , Egyptian army , Hosni Mubarak , Jordan , Libya , Manama , Muammar Qaddafi , Prime Minister , Tahrir Square , Tajoura , Tripoli , Tunis , Tunisia , Yemen
JUAN COLE: Progress has been made, but across the Middle East protesters are pushing for governments to follow through on the demands they have made.
Added on 26/02/2011
Steve Royston
Bahrain , Christmas , Colonel , Dubai , Economic Development Board , Governor , James Mullen , Jeddah , Jumeirah Beach Hotel , Manama , Manufacturing , Mecca , Middle East , Oil , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , UAE , United Kingdom
STEVE ROYSTON: This is not intended as a fluffy message of support. Bahrain has simply travelled further than any of its neighbours down the path of open-mindedness. And it’s a ‘real’ country.
Added on 25/02/2011
59steps Blog
Bahrain , James Mullen
[…] a recent post to the excellent mideastposts.com, James Mullen argues that Bahrain’s loss is likely to be […]
Added on 24/02/2011
James Mullan
Arabian Peninsula , Bahrain , Cairo , Canada , Dubai , Egypt , Iraq , Ireland , Jebel Ali port , Lehman Brothers , London , Middle East , Taliban , UAE , United States , Yemen
JAMES MULLAN: The city of Dubai remains an island of opportunity for many in the Arab world, and troubles elsewhere only strengthen perceived virtues.
Added on 24/02/2011
Steve Royston
Al Jazeera , Al Qaeda , Bahrain , BBC , Censorship , CNN , Colonel , Egypt , Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood , Gaddafi , Iran , Iranian intelligence , Iraq , Kuwait , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , Osama Bin Laden , Qatar , Rupert Murdoch , Satellite channels , Saudi Arabia , Spain , Suez , Suez Canal , Syria , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: At one time or another, Al Jazeera has made enemies of Bahrain, Kuwait, the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain and Iraq, but is that just the price of reporting ‘the truth’?
Added on 23/02/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , Arab Gulf , Bahrain , Ben Ali , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Egypt , Emir , Facebook , government services , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Jeddah , Middle East , Naif , North Africa , Oil , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Tunisia , Unemployment
ROB L. WAGNER: Western analysts are engaging in wishful thinking that Saudi Arabia is ripe for a revolution. The Kingdom is no Egypt or Tunisia.
Added on 23/02/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Bahrain , Jeddah , Middle East , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Shoura Council , SMS
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The issue of traffic fines elicits Pavlovian-response rage from drivers wherever they are in the world, but nowhere more so than in Saudi.
Added on 23/02/2011
Steve Royston
Abdulaziz , Abdullah , Arabian Peninsula , Bahrain , Baluchistan , British Embassy , Democracy , East Africa , elected president , Facebook , Faisal , Fifa World Cup , France , GCC , George W. Bush , Hosni Mubarak , India , Iran , Iraq , Istanbul , Lebanon , Libya , Middle East , Muammar Gaddafi , North Africa , Oil , Oil and gas , Oil Embargo , oil prices , oil revenue , Oil revenues , Oil wealth , Palestinian Territories , Pearl Roundabout , Saddam Hussein , Saudi Arabia , Scotland , Social Media , Tahrir Square , Tripoli , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , Winston Churchill , Yemen
STEVE ROYSTON: This post is more than a five-minute read. I apologise, but I don’t apologise: Sometimes you need more than a few hundred words.
Added on 23/02/2011
Mondoweiss
Avigdor Lieberman , Bahrain , Benjamin Netanyahu , Department of State , Egypt , Ehud Barak , Ethan Bronner , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Israeli Defense Ministry , Jerusalem , Jordan , New York Times , Obama administration , P. J. Crowley , President , Prime Minister , Senate , Suez , Suez Canal , Syria , The Wall Street Journal , Tunisia , UN Security Council , United Nations , United States , United States Navy , Washington
ALI GHARIB, MONDOWEISS: Two Iranian warships pass through the Suez Canal and the Israelis howl in protest. The U.S administration quickly falls into line…
Added on 23/02/2011
David Roberts
Bahrain , Egypt , Middle East , Tunisia
DAVID ROBERTS: Meeting protestors demands for ‘equality’ and ‘respect’ will help the Bahraini authorities go a long way to solving the pressing issues they’ve faced over the last week.
Added on 21/02/2011
Steve Royston
Bahrain , CNN , Crown Prince , Hillary Clinton , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Kuwait , Minister of Information , New York Times , Nicholas Kristof , Oil , Omar Suleiman , Pearl Roundabout , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , the Bahrain Grand Prix , The Crown Prince , UN Court
STEVE ROYSTON: I can’t believe that anybody in Bahrain, except possibly those who would like to see the country purged by fire, wants the economy to suffer.
Added on 18/02/2011
Steve Royston
America , Bahrain , Bahrain government , China , Egypt , Elizabeth II , India , Londonderry , Manama , Nick Kristof , Northern Ireland , Ramadan , Richard Nixon , Rubber bullets , Salmaniya Hospital , Tahrir Square , Tear gas , The New York Times , Tunisia , United Kingdom , YouTube
STEVE ROYSTON: It’s 4am. Outside my window there’s a full moon , the harbinger of madness. Cocks are crowing and the thak-thak-thak of nearby helicopters has woken me.
Added on 16/02/2011
Common Ground News Service
Alexandria , Bahrain , Barack Obama , Berkeley , Cairo , California , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Facebook , Gandhi , Hosni Mubarak , President , Serbia , Tahrir Square , The New York Times , Tunis , Tunisia , United States , University of California
MICHAEL NAGLER: Too little has been made of the measured, disciplined, non-violent approach of the majority of the Egyptian protestors. It’s an approach that is likely to pay substantial dividends.
Added on 16/02/2011
Steve Royston
Bahrain , BBC , Foreign media , Iran , Jordan , Manama
STEVE ROYSTON: The protesters of Bahrain are sailing with the winds of Tahrir behind them. The next few days will show where those winds take them.