Added on 23/01/2011
James M. Dorsey
Ali Khamenei , Football , Iran , Islamic Republic of Iran , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , Media organizations , President , Qatar , Soccer , South Korea , Sport , Tehran , United Arab Emirates
JAMES M. DORSEY: Khamenei and other hard-line government officials and clerics argue that the presence of women at men’s sporting events violates Islamic law.
Added on 22/01/2011
Mondoweiss
Al Quds , Congress , Foreign Affairs Committee , Gaza , Hamas , Israel , John Kerry , lobbyist , Middle East , Military hardware , Netanyahu , Obama , President , Rabbi , Rachel Corrie , Senate , United States , United States Agency for International Development , US Federal Reserve , Washington , West Bank
PHILIP WEISS: The Goldstone Report lays bare the humiliations of the Gaza people. By failing to deal with this issue Obama is failing in his constitutional duty.
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 22/01/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Al Qaeda , al-Abidine Ben Ali , Algeria , Barack Obama , Cairo , Egypt , Food prices , London , Middle East , President , Tunisia , Tunisian government , United Kingdom , United States , US Federal Reserve , Washington , William Hague , Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali
RAMZY BAROUD: Understanding Tunisia as just another “Arab regime”, another possible podium for al-Qaeda’s violence, is convenient but also unhelpful…
Added on 20/01/2011
Eman-Al-Nafjan
Censorship , Europe , Facebook , Internet , Middle East , Online activism , Online community , President , Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information , Social Media , Tunisia , Wikileaks , YouTube
EMAN AL-NAFJAN: Leaders throughout the Arab World are suspicious of new media. Their citizens are using tools not simply to communicate concerns, but campaign for change.
Added on 20/01/2011
James M. Dorsey
2014 World Cup , 2022 World Cup , Abu Dhabi , Chile , Costa Rica , Dubai , Europe , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Football , Ghana , Golf , Macedonia , Middle East , New Zealand , Peru , President , Qatar , Russia , Soccer , Tunisia , Turkey , UEFA , United Arab Emirates , Wales , Zine el Abidine Ben Ali
JAMES M. DORSEY: Middle Eastern nations are competing to stack up successful bids to host major soccer events in an effort to position themselves as regional hubs for sport.
Added on 19/01/2011
The Moor Next Door
Algeria , Army , Ben Ali , Facebook , France , Mauritania , Mohamed Bouazizi , Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz , Oil , President , Tunisia
TMND: Thus far, four Algerians and an Egyptian and a Mauritanian each have lit them selves on fire in protests meant to recall Bouazizi…
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 17/01/2011
James M. Dorsey
Algeria , Ali Bin Al Hussein , Asian Football Federation , Crown Prince , East Africa , FIFA , Football , Football riots , Iraq , James M. Dorsey , Jordan , Jordanian Football Association , Levant , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , North Africa , Palestinians , police officer , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Rania , Samir Rifai , Saudi Arabia , Soccer , Syria , The Maghreb , Tunisia , United States , US embassy in Amman , Zine el Abidine Ben Ali
JAMES M. DORSEY: Mounting tension in Jordan is unlikely to produce the same result as protests in Tunisia, but promises to make soccer an increasing flashpoint…
Added on 17/01/2011
Zeinobia
Ben Ali , Facebook , First Lady , France , Kuwait , Libya , President , Saudi Arabia , Tunis , Tunisia
ZEINOBIA: Egyptian Chronicles reports on the fate of the “regime men”, Ben Ali’s right arms in the former Tunisian government.
Added on 17/01/2011
Juan Cole
Ben Ali , Cablegate , Civil society , Facebook , First Lady , Governor , Journalist , Leila Ben Ali , North Africa , President , Reuters , Tunisia , Twitter , United States , United States government , Washington , Wikileaks , YouTube
JUAN COLE: Cables show that the U.S. was fully aware of the debilitating level of corruption in Tunisia, and its anti-democratic implications.
Added on 16/01/2011
Steve Royston
Ahmed Al-Ghamdi , Anti-blasphemy law , Ben Ali , Catholic Church , Christianity , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Florida , genetic engineering , Islam , Israel , Jeddah , Judaism , Mahatma Gandhi , messenger , Messenger of God , Middle East , Nelson Mandela , President , Prophet Muhammad , Saudi Arabia , Tunisia , Unemployment
STEVE ROYSTON: It’s about building societies in which people are not afraid to think for themselves, and are free to express themselves without fear of censorship or persecution…
Added on 15/01/2011
James M. Dorsey
2022 World Cup , Alex Horne , Ali Bin Al Hussein , Asian Football Confederation , CNN , England Football Association , Europe , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Football , James M. Dorsey , Jordan , Kuwait , Michel Platini , Middle East , Mohammed bin Hammam , oil-rich emirate , Olympics 2020 , Premier League , President , Qatar , Qatar 2022 , Sepp Blatter , Soccer , UEFA
JAMES M. DORSEY: Qatar is flexing its muscle, rejecting calls by Sepp Blatter to move the tournament to winter or co-host it with other Gulf states.
Added on 15/01/2011
James M. Dorsey
Abdullah , Al Qaeda , Algeria , Ben Ali , Darfur , East Africa , Egypt , European Union , G-8 , Hillary Clinton , Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Kuwait , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , North Africa , Obama administration , Oil , Political systems , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Samir Rifai , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of State , Somalia , Southern Sudan , southern Yemen , Sudan , Syria , Tunisia , Tunisian government , Turkey , United Nations , United States , University of Jordan , Yemen , Zine el Abidine Ben Ali
JAMES M. DORSEY: A wave of protests across the Arab world sets the stage for the redrawing of the political map of the Mideast and North Africa.
Added on 12/01/2011
Osama Al Sharif
Addis Ababa , Africa , Algeria , Amman , Colonel , Darfur , Egypt , Iraq , Israel , journalist and political commentator , Khartoum , Middle East , Morocco , Oil , Osama Al Sharif , President , Southern Sudan , Sudan , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen
OSAMA AL SHARIF: The modern history of Sudan is dominated by immature political and religious agendas that ignored the country’s racial, religious and economic complexities.
Added on 09/01/2011
David Roberts
FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Football , Germany , Italy , Japan , Mexico , New Year's Day , President , Qatar , Qatar 2022 , Russia , Sepp Blatter , South Africa , United Kingdom
DAVID ROBERTS: So Sepp Blatter has begun the softening up for the first ever Winter World Cup. It makes sense, you know….
Added on 08/01/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Algeria , Amman , Fatah , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Lebanon , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Oslo , Palestine , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , President , Tunisia , United Nations , United States , Uruguay , West Bank , Yasser Arafat
RAMZY BAROUD: The Palestinian leadership needs to embrace partners of old, from the time before Oslo, the “peace process”, the Roadmap and all the other broken promises…
Added on 08/01/2011
Sara Reef
Abu Dhabi Gallup Center , Afghanistan , Barak Obama , Cairo , Canada , Common Ground News Service , East Africa , Iraq , Islam , Israel , Middle East , Muslim , North Africa , President , United States
SARA REEF: A major survey conducted across 55 countries to test the state of relations between the Muslim world and the West…
Added on 08/01/2011
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Asia , Iran , Iranian government , Iran’s government , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Karachi , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , oil prices , OPEC , Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries , Pakistan , President , Saudi Arabia , Taliban , Tehran , United Nations , United States
JUAN COLE: While U.S consumers bemoan oil price rises it’s smiles all round in Iran. The OPEC chair is in no hurry to do anything about spiraling costs.
Added on 06/01/2011
David Roberts
Ashoura , Azerbaijan , Cablegate , Iran , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , President , US embassy , Wikileaks
DAVID ROBERTS: Under a section titled ‘He who got slapped’ someone from the US Embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan reported the confrontation…