Added on 17/06/2012
mai abdul rahman
Department of State , Europe , expansive web , Food and Drink , Gaza , IDF , Israel , Israeli police , Jerusalem , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Peru , Social services , United Nations , United States , West Bank
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: The recent case of a young Israeli who has given up citizenship highlights a crisis of faith among its youth.
Added on 14/06/2012
Common Ground News Service
Army , Binyamin Netanyahu , Food and Drink , Israel , Jerusalem , Jr. , Lebanon , Martin Luther King Jr. , Middle East , Obama administration , Palestine , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian Territories , President , Prime Minister , Rosa Parks , Shimon Peres , United States , West Bank , White House
MIKO PELED, MONDOWEISS: When it comes to Shimon Peres there’s a great struggle to see how he has advanced freedom in the Middle East in any way.
Added on 05/06/2012
sarah walton
Dubai , Food and Drink , London , Restaurants , UAE , United Kingdom , Victoria
SARAH WALTON: An imported brand that hopes to sell gastro-pub at inflated prices. Hey ho, we’re used to this sort of thing in Dubai.
Added on 30/05/2012
thehedonista
Al Quds , Amman , Captain , Dead Sea , Food and Drink , France , Israel , Jordan , Levant , London , Maldives , Oman , United States Agency for International Development
SARAH WALTON: Wadi Rum, Dead Sea, Jerash – it’s a familiar tourist trail but don’t forget to spend some time in the capital, Amman
Added on 15/05/2012
thehedonista
Dubai , Food and Drink , Jordan , Photos , Travel
SARAH WALTON: There are some places in the world however, where the luxury you think you want is not the best you can get.
Added on 09/05/2012
Syria News Wire
BBC , Electricity , Food and Drink , President , Red Crescent , Red Cross , Syria , Turkey , United Nations
NEWS FROM SYRIA: The Red Cross issued a rare political statement on Syria to highlight the critical situation facing citizens there.
Added on 07/05/2012
Alexander McNabb
Food and Drink , Kerala , UAE
ALEXANDER MCNABB: We all have our ‘guilty pleasures’ when it comes to food. Mine’s the Kerala poppadum
Added on 01/05/2012
thehedonista
Amman , Colonel , Food and Drink , Food blogging , Jordan , Nikon , Olive oil , Petra , Travel
THE HEDONISTA: A minor setback then an evening full of flavour and warm company.
Added on 13/04/2012
Juan Cole
Africa , Ali Khamenei , America , Anglo-Iranian Oil Company , Asia , Binyamin Netanyahu , BP , British government , China , Congress , Electricity , European Union , Food and Drink , France , Germany , Greece , India , Indonesia , Iran , Iranian government , Iranian parliament , Iran’s central bank , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Japan , Latin America , Leon Panetta , Manmohan Singh , Middle East , Obama , Obama administration , Oil , oil fields , oil imports , oil prices , Oil production , oil profits , Persian Gulf , President , Prime Minister , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of Defense , South Korea , South Sudan , Soviet Union , Syria , Tehran , Turkey , U.S. intelligence , United Kingdom , United States , Washington , Winston Churchill
JUAN COLE: It’s well worth looking at previous situations where major powers tried to use economics to bring Iran to heel.
Added on 26/03/2012
thehedonista
Dubai , Food and Drink , Restaurants , security guard , UAE , United Arab Emirates
THE HEDONISTA: It was ‘the same old, same old’ at this year’s Taste of Dubai festival.
Added on 19/03/2012
The View From Fez
al-Massae , Associated Press , Food and Drink , Justice and Development Party , Justice Minister , Mainstream media , Ministry of Justice , Moroccan government , Morocco , Mustafa Ramid , President , Rabat , Social Media , Tangier , Twitter , UN Court , Women , Women's issues
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: The rape and suicide of Amina El Filali has shaken Moroccan society to the core.
Added on 10/03/2012
thehedonista
Dubai , Dubai Mall , Food and Drink , Photos , Travel
THE HEDONISTA: Each bite holds the adventure, terroir, culture, simple pleasure, even that tick on the bucket list others can only find in grander things.
Added on 14/02/2012
thehedonista
Dubai , Dubai Mall , Food and Drink , Middle East , UAE
THE HEDONISTA: If you’re a lover of sugar then the Middle East is the place for you – it truly is ‘confection heaven’
Added on 14/02/2012
Richard Silverstein
America , Central Intelligence Agency , China , Egypt , Eli Lake , Europe , Food and Drink , George Bush , India , Iran , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Libya , Middle East , Middle East Opinions of America , Netanyahu , New Delhi , North Korea , Oil , oil customer , Oil Embargo , Oil Price , oil sales , oil shipments , Pakistan , President , Saudi Arabia , Strait of Hormuz , Tehran , The NY Times , The Times , U.S. , United States , vice chairman , Washington
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: What if we can’t find alternates? What if Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Libya can’t fill the gap? What if the oil price goes through the roof?
Added on 12/02/2012
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Birmingham , Brunei , Carrefour , Food and Drink , France , Indonesia , Malaysia , Oil , Philippines , Singapore , United Kingdom
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: The race is on to establish powerful international ‘halal brands’. The stakes are high: by some estimates $500bn a year.
Added on 09/02/2012
M.-Lynx-Qualey
blindness , China , Damascus , Facebook , Food and Drink , Homs , Iran , Khaled Khalifa , Russia , Syria
M. LYNX-QUALEY: An impassioned open letter from one of Syria’s leading authors calls on Russia, China and Iran to stop supporting ‘genocide’.
Added on 08/02/2012
Common Ground News Service
Cairo , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Food and Drink , Hosni Mubarak , Mohammed Hussein Tantawi , National Democratic Party , President , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces , Tahrir Square , Tear gas
MARIA GOLIA, CGNEWS: Any resident of Cairo is familiar with the ‘bikya’ man. He could be a metaphor for all of Egypt today.
Added on 28/01/2012
Juan Cole
Alan Grayson , America , Benjamin Netanyahu , Binyamin Netanyahu , Department of State , Egypt , Fatah , Florida , Food and Drink , France , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Germany , Governor , Haifa , Hamas , Hannah Arendt , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Israeli army , Italy , Jerusalem , League of Nations , Lebanon , Likud Party , Middle East , Mitt Romney , Newt Gingrich , Obama , Palestine , Palestine Authority , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian Territories , President , Prime Minister , Republican Party , Romney , Sheldon Adelson , Syria , Tel Aviv , United Nations , United States , West Bank
JUAN COLE: The maths speaks for itself – a country of 7.5 million people is surrounded by 400 others with whom it seems to be at constant odds.
Added on 25/01/2012
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Arafat , Artist , Ashoura , Bahrain , British Museum , Christmas , Egypt , Food and Drink , Hajj , Iran , Islam , London , Mecca , Religion , Saudi Arabia , Shiraz , southern Egypt , United Kingdom
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: A major exhibition in the British Museum is attempting to recreate the experience of Hajj.
Added on 09/01/2012
Steve Royston
Afghanistan , Ali Khamenei , Alternative Energy , Anders Breivik , Brezhnev , Cambridge , China , Christmas , communications technology , Education , Europe , Facebook , Food and Drink , Google+ , Harvard , India , Internet users , Iowa , IPad , Iran , Iraq , Kim Jong-il , Kindle , North Korea , Norway , Oil and gas , Online media , Oxford , policeman , Politics , Qatar , Ron Paul , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Skype , Social Media , Social services , Society , Taliban , Technology , Twitter , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , US Federal Reserve , Vladimir Putin , Warren Buffett , YouTube
STEVE ROYSTON looks at the arts, society, education, politics, business, technology and the environment as we move into 2012, the Year of Fear’.
