Added on 20/10/2011
thehedonista
Dubai , Food and Drink , Food blogging , Paris
THE HEDONISTA: Dubai is a city that has both everything and nothing. There’s very little unique, nearly everything is borrowed – and I’m not just talking about the financial crisis.
Added on 07/10/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Abu Dhabi , Bloomberg , Dubai , Europe , Fashion , First Lady , Indonesia , Jakarta , London , London College of Fashion , Malaysia , New York , North America , Paris , Singapore , The Washington Post , United Kingdom , Washington
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: Bloomberg has estimated the global Muslim fashion market could be worth $96bn. For comparisons, the entire UK fashion industry is valued at £21bn.
Added on 06/09/2011
The View From Fez
Europe , Health , Las Vegas , Ministry of Agriculture , Moroccan desert , Morocco , Oil , oil industry , Paris , United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization , United States , Women , Women's issues
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: The many properties and benefits of Morocco’s Argan Oil have been known for a very long time but they’ve suddenly come to the attention of film stars and other celebrities. Good news?
Added on 18/08/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Belgium , France , Paris , President , Sarkozy , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Women , Women's issues
CROSSROADS ARABIA: If the French and Belgian police need some help enforcing their niqab ban they should turn to the masters in female oppression.
Added on 23/06/2011
M.-Lynx-Qualey
America , Basra , Christina Phillips , CNN , Denys Johnson-Davies , Egypt , Iceland , Iraq , Italy , Japan , Literature , Paris , Piers Amodia , Samuel Shimon , Shakir Mustafa , Sinan Antoon , The New Yorker , William Hutchins
M. LYNX-QUALEY: It’s one of those lists again. You know it’s designed to gain a reaction and you can’t help yourself so here I go with my reaction to books on Iraq.
Added on 21/04/2011
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Al Ahram Weekly , Alexandria , Arabian Gulf , AUC Press , Bahaa Taher , Bahrain , Beirut , Cairo , Catherine Cobham , Christina Phillips , Columbia University , Denys Johnson-Davies , Editor-in-Chief , Edward Said , Egypt , Elias Khoury , Emile Habibi , Gamal al-Ghitani , Ghassan Kanafani , Google+ , Haifa , Hanan al-Shaykh , Hassan Nasrallah , Humphrey Davies , Ibrahim Abdel Meguid , Ibrahim al-Koni , Ibrahim Aslan , Ibrahim Jabra , Indiana University , Iraq , Islah party , Italy , Khairy Shalaby , Kuwait , Literature , Minister of Information , Morocco , Mourid Barghouti , Naguib Mahfouz , Novelist , Paris , Peter Theroux , Qatar , Radwa Ashour , Rashad Abu Shawar , Salwa Bakr , Samia Mehrez , Shakir Mustafa , Syracuse University , Syria , Tawfiq al-Hakim , United Kingdom , William Hutchins , Yemen Times , Yusuf Idris
M. LYNX-QUALEY: The Arab Writers Union has listed the Top 100 Arabic novels. Puzzling, annoying, lists such as this are nevertheless fun.
Added on 19/04/2011
Juan Cole
Benedict , Chechnya , Europe , Fatah , French police , Geneva , Lebanese army , Lebanon , Libya , Libyan army , Libyan military , London , London School of Economics , Misrata , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Paris , Saif al-Islam Qaddafi , Saif Qaddafi , Soccer , surgery , Switzerland , The Washington Post , Tripoli , United Nations , United States
JUAN COLE: This slick interview with the glib comparisons is typical of the way they think they can get away with anything, anything at all.
Added on 24/03/2011
Syria News Wire
BBC , Ben Ali , Damascus , Egypt , Jordan , Libya , London , Paris , Syria , Tunisia , Twitter , Yemen
SYRIA NEWS WIRE: There is a great danger that in failing to recognise local grievances, Syrian authorities will set in motion a movement that takes its inspiration from Tunisia and Egypt.
Added on 18/03/2011
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Cairo , Christina Phillips , Egypt , Galal Amin , Isis , Israel , Khaled al-Berry , Literature , Mahmoud Darwish , Marilyn Booth , Middle East , Mourid Barghouti , Nawal al-Saadawi , Palestinian Territories , Paris , Piers Amodia , Poet , Radwa Ashour , Ramallah , Samuel Shimon , Sayyid Qutb , Tahrir Square , Women’s Prison
M.LYNX-QUALEY: It’s almost impossible to choose just five ‘must read’ biographies from the Arab world. When asked to do so I managed to limit it to six.
Added on 08/03/2011
Osama Al Sharif
Africa , Al Qaeda , America , Amman , Barack Obama , Benghazi , Colonel , Congress , Egypt , Europe , France , journalist and political commentator , Libya , Muammar Qaddafi , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama , Osama Al Sharif , Paris , President , Qaddafi , Qaddafi’s air force , Tripoli , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United States
OSAMA AL SHARIF: The Libyan revolution could easily slip into a prolonged civil war – the worst outcome for all. Lawlessness, Humanitarian crisis…
Added on 21/02/2011
Michael J. Totten
Afghanistan , Africa , Algeria , America , Basketball , Beirut , Bolivia , Brussels , Colonel , Costa Rica , Darfur , Fateh , France , Green Square , Guatemala , Hawaii , Internet cafés , Italy , Kansas , Law , Lawrence , Lebanon , Libya , London , Los Angeles , Mediterranean , Mediterranean Sea , Middle East , Morocco , Muammar Qaddafi , New York , North Korea , Oil , Palestinian Territories , Paris , Pepsi , Philippines , Prague , President , Sahara , Seattle , shopkeeper , Tel Aviv , travel ban , Tripoli , Tunisia , Turkey , United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization , US Federal Reserve , Vienna
MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: Two years ago I spent time in Libya. It seems like a good time to revisit my experience of a kind people but an overarching, clamping presence.
Added on 22/01/2011
James M. Dorsey
Abdullah , Facebook , Fifa World Cup , Football , France , Jeddah , Paris , President , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Soccer , South Africa , Sport , Syria
JAMES M. DORSEY: A three-time Asian champion and finalist in six of the last seven Asian Cup tournaments, Saudi Arabia failed to advance in Qatar, losing all three matches it played.
Added on 19/01/2011
David Roberts
Army , Ben Ali , Malta , Paris , President , Qatar , Sudan , Tunisia , Twitter , United Arab Emirates
DAVID ROBERTS: The first thing that struck me was how often trending tweets were (completely) wrong. Twitter is great for disseminating information extraordinarily quickly.
Added on 13/01/2011
Alexander McNabb
Advertising , BMW , Dubai , Paris
ALEXANDER MCNABB: There’s a tremendous power to slogans, a way of condensing and simplifying thoughts that can become catchy, even thought-provoking.
Added on 03/01/2011
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Ahmet Davutoglu , Alexandria , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Ankara , Asia , Avigdor Lieberman , Bush , Christian Church , Damascus , Egypt , Egyptian military , Gaza , Germany , Hamas , Hamid Karzai , Hosni Mubarak , House of Representatives , India , Iran , Iraq , Iraqi army , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Jordan , Justice and Development Party , Kirkuk , Lebanon , MEK , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , Netanyahu government , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama administration , Oil , Pakistan , Palestine , Palestine Authority , Paris , President , Republican Party , Swat Valley , Syria , Taliban , Tehran , Turkey , U.S. , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , US government , US military , Washington , West Bank , Wikileaks , Yemen
JUAN COLE: The Obama administration has been successful in tightening the financial noose on Iran during 2010, but Iran could fight back like a cornered rat…
Added on 01/11/2010
Sultan Al Qassemi
Abu Dhabi , Africa , Architecture , Cairo , Doha , Dubai , Egypt , India , Louvre Abu Dhabi , Middle East , Paris , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Spain , The National , United Arab Emirates
SULTAN AL QASSEMI: Nestled in one of Bur Dubai’s older districts is one of the emirate’s best kept architectural secrets: the Ismaili Centre of Dubai.
