Added on 29/06/2012
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Cairo , Energy , Jennifer Sears , Mona Elnamoury , Mona Zaki , Search Engine , United Kingdom
M. LYNX-QUALEY: It’s time to bid a sad adieu to my adopted home town. I hope to be back, though, soon.
Added on 22/06/2012
Common Ground News Service
Energy , Gaza , Hizballah , Holocaust , Iran , Israel , Jerusalem , Lebanon , Middle East , Palestine , Ukraine
COMMON GROUND NEWS: Two individuals confronted their own prejudices in a bid to help others from their side do the same.
Added on 13/06/2012
James M. Dorsey
2022 World Cup , Doha , Doha Olympics , Energy , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Geneva , Human rights , Human Rights Watch , International Labor Organization , International Olympic Committee , International Trade Union Confederation , Labor , labor minister , Middle East , Olympics , Olympics 2020 , Qatar , Qatar 2022 , Sarah Leah Whitson , Sharan Burrow , Worker's Rights
JAMES M. DORSEY: The publication of a new report examining worker conditions in Qatar ups the ante for the authorities.
Added on 22/05/2012
Richard Silverstein
Al Qaeda , Army , Border Police , Croatia , Ehud Barak , Energy , Gandhi , IDF , International Criminal Court , Israel , M-16 , Nablus , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , police officer , Serbia , State Terrorism , Terrorism , West Bank
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Know you will be held accountable. That Jews with any moral sense renounce you just as most Muslims renounce Al-Qaeda terrorists.
Added on 21/05/2012
Eman-Al-Nafjan
Energy , Europe , Israel , Manal Al Sharif , Oslo , Palestinian Territories , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Twitter , United States , Women , Women's issues , World Trade Center
EMAN AL NAFJAN: The 17 minute speech that Manal Al Sharif delivered on receiving the Vaclav Havel Prize last week has unleashed a hail of vitriol
Added on 18/05/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Chernobyl , Electricity , Energy , Japan , Nuclear energy , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Solar energy
CROSSROADS ARABIA: If Saudi Arabia is to secure its energy future nuclear power must be part of the mix
Added on 13/03/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Electricity , Energy , International Atomic Energy Agency , Japan , Natural gas , Oil , oil consumption , Oil production , Oil supplies , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Solar energy , South Korea , United States
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Saudi citizens consume more than four times the amount of oil as their U.S counterparts. It can’t go on.
Added on 26/02/2012
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Energy , London , Singapore , The National , Women
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: I’ve never seen the point of sitting, doing nothing on a beach. Now I do.
Added on 12/02/2012
David Roberts
Aleppo , Arab League , Army , Assad , Bashar al-Assad , China , Energy , Free Syrian Army , Golan Heights , Hafez Al Assad , Hama , Hizballah , Iran , Jordan , Lebanon , Libya , Mediterranean Sea , Oil , President , Qatar , Quds Force , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Syrian army , Tehran , Turkey , United Nations , United Nations Security Council
DAVID ROBERTS: Working out exactly what must be done is fiendishly difficult; anyone who says they have a solution is grossly underestimating the complexities.
Added on 17/01/2012
James M. Dorsey
2022 World Cup , Africa , Al Mannai , Alcohol , Atlantic coast , Barak Obama , Ben Ali , CBS News , CEO , CEO of Qatar , constitutional law , Doha , East Africa , Emir , Energy , Europe , FIFA , Hamad Bin Khalifa al Thani , Middle East , Mohammed Abdul Wahhab , Noora Al Mannai , North Africa , Olympics 2020 , President , Qatar , Qatar Airways , Qatar University , Saudi Arabia , Tunisia , United States , Zine El Abedine Ben Ali
JAMES M. DORSEY: The debate will determine Qatar’s effort to become a global sports hub, and its positioning as a forward-looking sponsor of change.
Added on 23/12/2011
James M. Dorsey
Ali Abdullah Saleh , Cairo , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt's military , Egyptian military , Emir , Energy , Gulf Cooperation Council , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Libya , Manitoba , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Saddam Hussein , Salafi , Sana’a , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tahrir Square , Tawakkol Karman , Tunisia , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: Powerful forces are at work in both Egypt and Yemen to mould the emerging political landscape to benefit these particular players.
Added on 23/12/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Electricity , Energy , Natural gas , Nuclear energy , Oil , oil markets , Oil revenues , Saudi Arabia , solar technology , United Kingdom
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Demand is outstripping the ability to produce enough oil and natural gas AND continue programs of welfare at the same time.
Added on 19/12/2011
Eman-Al-Nafjan
Energy , Oil , Saudi Arabia , Women , Women's driving , Women's issues
EMAN AL NAFJAN: The to-ing and fro-ing has gone on for years. It’s about time we all acknowledged that it ranks very low in Saudi womens priorities.
Added on 19/12/2011
James M. Dorsey
2022 World Cup , Asian Football Confederation , British parliament , Crown Prince , Damien Collins , East Africa , Energy , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , France , Good Governance Committee , Hamad al-Thani , Hassan al Thawadi , heart disease , Japan , Korea , Michel Platini , Middle East , Mohammed bin Hammam , Nicolas Sarkozy , North Africa , Olympics 2020 , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Qatar 2022 , Russia , Sepp Blatter , Soccer , Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani , The Financial Times , The Huffington Post , Theo Zwanziger , Tokyo , UEFA , United States
JAMES M. DORSEY: Sepp Blatter, a month after opening the door to an investigation of the Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid, has declared “case closed”.
Added on 15/12/2011
Mondoweiss
Energy , Ethan Heitner , Gaza , Israel , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , United States , West Bank
TANYA KEILANI, MONDOWEISS: The ideas behind the anti-normalisation movement are driven by a desire to deconstruct the myths of the occupation.
Added on 10/12/2011
Crossroads Arabia
CEO , Energy , Jeddah , Saudi Arabia
CROSSROADS ARABIA: It’s a matter of great sensitivity for the authorities but it appears that the time is drawing close when everyone in Saudi Arabia will have to pay for this precious resource.
Added on 17/11/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Al Qaeda , Aleppo , Arab League , Army , Bashar al-Assad , Ba’ath Party , China , Damascus , Egypt , Energy , Europe , Hama , Hilary Clinton , Homs , Idlib , Libya , Libyan army , Media outlets , New York Times , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , President , Russia , Secretary of State , Security Council , Sergei Lavrov , Syria , Syrian government , Syrian military , Syrian National Council , The Times , The Washington Post , Tunisia , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States
RAMZY BAROUD: The lines are thus drawn, between US-led Western camp and Russia and its own camp, which vehemently rejects a repeat of a Libyan scenario.
Added on 13/11/2011
Steve Royston
Al Aqsa Mosque , Catholic Church , Christian Arab , Church of the Holy Sepulchre , Church of the Nativity , Constantine , Dome of the Rock , Energy , Facebook , Gaza , Haifa , Herod’s Temple , Intel , Islamic Jihad , Israel , Istanbul , Jerusalem , Microsoft , Olive oil , Palestinian Territories , Photos , Robert Maxwell , security guard , Sofia , Temple Mount , United Kingdom , Uzi , Western Wall , Yasser Arafat
STEVE ROYSTON: “When we enter Jerusalem, you will be surrounded by people who will try to take your money. I know these people…”
Added on 12/10/2011
James M. Dorsey
2022 World Cup , Barcelona , Bloomberg , Bush Administration , Dubai , Energy , Europe , Fifa World Cup , Football , Madrid , Malaga , New York , Qatar , Soccer , Solar energy , Spain , United Nations , United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization , Washington
JAMES M. DORSEY: Spain is rapidly emerging as a model for the offsets Qatar, Dubai and other energy-rich Gulf states hope to reap from their massive investments.
