Added on 23/12/2010
David Rosen
Arabs , Common Ground News Service , Israel , Palestinian Territories , Rabbi , Racism
RABBI DAVID ROSEN: Eliahu claims to have “evidence” that Islamist forces are providing money for Arabs to buy up property to promote an Arab demographic takeover of the country.
Added on 19/12/2010
Prince El Hassan bin Talal
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Baghdad , Barack Obama , Cairo , Chanukah , Christmas , Common Ground News Service , Dubai , Eid Al-Adha , guard , Holy Temple , Iran , Iraq , Iraqi government , Jerusalem , Mecca , Middle East , Pakistan , Peace , President , United States , Yemen
HRH PRINCE EL HASSAN BIN TALAL: It was a year which began with much promise and, whisper it, hope around the Middle East. It ends, however, with feelings that are all too familiar…
Added on 15/12/2010
Remona Aly
BBC , Common Ground News Service , Europe , Islam , London , Media outlets , Mehdi Hasan , Memorial Day , Mexico , Middle East , New York , New Zealand , Poet , Public Relations , Social networking , United Kingdom , United States
REMONA ALY: A bold initiative by young Muslim professionals to improve Britons’ view of Islam has sparked much debate. It may also be a template worth copying.
Added on 11/12/2010
Alice Hackman
Africa , Al Qaeda , Anwar al-Awlaki , Common Ground News Service , Europe , Facebook , Iraq , London , Member of Parliament , Sana’a , The Guardian , United Kingdom , United States , World Trade Organization , Yemen , Yemeni government
ALICE HACKMAN: Say ‘Yemen’ to most people in the West and the word ‘terrorism’ comes immediately to mind. But yet this beautiful country has a lot to offer.
Added on 08/12/2010
Arianna Huffington
Abdullah bin Zayed , Abu Dhabi , Al Qaeda , Amr Moussa , Bahrain , Cairo , Common Ground News Service , Egypt , Facebook , International Peace Institute , iPhone , Jordan , League of Arab States , Lebanon , Malaysia , Middle East , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , Qatar , Salam Fayyad , Social Media , The Huffington Post , Twitter , United Arab Emirates , YouTube
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON: No longer is our best hope for change governments. If change happens, it’s going to be social media fuelling the transformation.
Added on 27/11/2010
Nabila Ramdani
bank robberies , BBC , Canada , Common Ground News Service , Doha , France , London , Mehdi Hasan , New Statesman , Nicolas Sarkozy , Pakistan , President , Qatar , Qatar Foundation
NABILA RAMDANI: Though we might not have had an impact on policy, the debate demonstrated people do not need to agree with each other to appreciate that there is another side to every argument.
Added on 03/11/2010
Mohammed Ali
Artist , Common Ground News Service , Energy , New York
MOHAMMED ALI: We hear government officials, academics and politicians talking about the problems of multiculturalism and community cohesion, but I feel they have left one resource untapped when it comes to finding solutions: art.
Added on 26/10/2010
Keith-Ellison
ABC News , America , Christiane Amanpour , Common Ground News Service , David Duke , Florida , Islam , Ku Klux Klan , Los Angeles , Michigan , New Jersey , New York , News media , Robert Spencer , Twin Towers , United States , White House , Wyoming
No serious journalist would ask a random black guy with a briefcase on the street to explain the pathology of an African American criminal because of the coincidence of shared skin colour…
Added on 07/10/2010
Mira-Edelstein
Common Ground News Service , Dead Sea , Israel , Jerusalem , Jordan , Mediterranean , Middle East , Negev , Oil , Palestinian Territories , Red Sea , Syria , West Bank , World Bank
People often associate the Middle East with oil. But in the region’s cities, villages and farms, access to a different resource is becoming rather problematic: water. Finding a solution here may also reveal another – the path to peace.
Added on 01/10/2010
Tony Saghbini
Beirut , Common Ground News Service , Copenhagen , Facebook , Lebanese government , Lebanese parliament , Lebanon , Ministry of Interior , Online media , proposed law , Twitter
A recent survey of readers of the more than 400 blogs in Lebanon shows that their numbers are close to the online readership of Lebanese newspapers, but do their readership rates mean that blogs can be a tool for change?