Added on 28/12/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Angela Merkel , Bangladesh , Belgium , Chechnya , Egypt , Ellen Johnson Sirleaf , Europe , France , India , Inspirational , International Monetary Fund , Kate Middleton , Kuwaiti MP , Liberia , Manal Al Sharif , Nicolas Sarkozy , Obedient Wives Club , Pakistan , President , Prime Minister , princess , Salwa Al Mutairi , Saudi Arabia , Tawakkol Karman , US Federal Reserve , Women , YouTube
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMMED: How could I possibly include all the women who filled our headlines over the past 12 months, for bravery and impact?
Added on 22/12/2011
Syria News Wire
Army , Bahrain , Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , Democracy , Egypt , Electronic Frontier Foundation , European Union , Facebook , Internet cafés , Internet users , Jillian York , Journalist , Mainstream media , Mobile Phones , President , satellite dishes , Singer , Skype , Social Media , Spy , Syria , Syrian Computer Society , Syrian government , Twitter , United States , Yahoo! , YouTube
NEWS FROM SYRIA: At first the authorities in Syria were caught unawares at how ‘new technology’ was used against them. But they caught on quickly.
Added on 26/11/2011
Rania Al Malky
Cairo , Egypt , France , Hosni Mubarak , Journalist , Kamal El-Ganzoury , Mona Eltahawy , President , Prime Minister , Reuters , Rubber bullets , SCAF , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces , YouTube
RANIA AL MALKY: No apology will suffice to reverse the insult that such a blatantly false claim has dealt to the memory of the victims…
Added on 25/11/2011
Steve Royston
Al-Wefaq , Bahrain , Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry , Bassiouni , councillor , Islamic New Year , Print media , the Gulf Daily News , YouTube
STEVE ROYSTON: It seems to me the period of reflection should be accompanied by one of restraint by opinion formers – in the mosques and in print.
Added on 13/11/2011
James M. Dorsey
Arab League , Bashar al-Assad , Elias Khoury , Hafez Al Assad , London , Mosab Balhous , national soccer goalkeeper , Soccer , Syria , UN Security Council , United Nations , YouTube
JAMES M. DORSEY: A promising young footballer has emerged as the voice of protest in the Syrian city of Homs. He has become a key target for the regime’s security forces.
Added on 10/11/2011
James M. Dorsey
2014 World Cup , Arab League , Asian Football Confederation , Assad , Bashar al-Assad , Brazil , FIFA , Football , Homs , Lebanon , Mosab Balhous , national soccer goalkeeper , President , Soccer , Syria , Syrian military , Tajikistan , United Arab Emirates , YouTube
JAMES M. DORSEY: ‘Bread and circuses’ are what the Roman emperors offered the people. ‘Bullets and soccer’ are what the Syrian regime appear to be offering today.
Added on 19/10/2011
Alexander McNabb
Amman , Army , Broadband , Facebook , Fatah , Jordan , Lebanese army , Lebanon , Middle East , One Voice , Social Media , Social networking , YouTube
ALEXANDER MCNABB: Mai and I were so busy examining the implications for the broadband market we missed the wider implications… This had the ability to bring down governments.
Added on 30/09/2011
Common Ground News Service
Abdullah , Activist , Civil society , Facebook , Google+ , journalist and writer , Maha Akeel , Manal Al Sharif , Media outlets , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Twitter , Yahoo! , YouTube
MAHA AKEEL, CGNEWS: It’s clearly enabled women in the Middle East in particular to express their views more vocally but there are limits to what social media can achieve in effecting real change.
Added on 21/07/2011
Common Ground News Service
Activist , Boston College , Editor-in-Chief , emergency services , Facebook , John L. Esposito , Maha , Manal Al Sharif , Natana J. DeLong-Bas , Riyadh , Royal Court , Saudi Arabia , Shoura Council , SMS , The [Oxford] Encyclopedia , Twitter , Women , Women's issues , YouTube
NATANA J.DeLONG-BAS, CGNEWS: The campaign to improve women’s rights in the Kingdom has focused on the issue of driving but progress is being quietly made in other areas of Saudi life.
Added on 19/06/2011
Susie of Arabia
Eman Al-Nafjan , Saudi Arabia , Women , Women's issues , YouTube
SUSIE OF ARABIA: The ‘DWF’ (‘Driving While Female’) campaign has gained some serious momentum in the Kingdom. Let’s remind ourselves of the reasons why we need to get behind it.
Added on 31/05/2011
Syria News Wire
autocratic President , Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , Golan Heights , Homs , Iraq , Israel , Lebanon , President , Robin Yassin-Kassab , State media , Syria , Syrian Golan Heights , The New York Times , YouTube
NEWS FROM SYRIA: Syrian forces are facing armed resistance for the first time. Will this provide the government with an opportunity to ‘divide and conquer’?
Added on 16/04/2011
Rachel McArthur
Beirut , Cairo , Egypt , Facebook , future president , MBC , Poet , SAR , Tahrir Square , Twitter , YouTube
RACHEL MCARTHUR: Being part Egyptian, I’m happy to say I was the first UAE-based writer to interview the performer. Here’s what Amr Qattamesh had to say.
Added on 29/03/2011
Syria News Wire
Amman , Army , Associated Press , Bashar al-Assad , Citizen Journalism , government spokesperson , Hilary Clinton , Hizbollah , Middle East , President , Reuters , Syria , YouTube
SYRIA NEWS WIRE: With well-respected wire journalists expelled by the authorities in Damascus the only on-the-ground reports that are emerging are via mobile phones and YouTube. There’s much room for speculation and rumour.
Added on 20/03/2011
Rachel McArthur
Actor , Actress , Amr Moussa , Amr Salama , Amr Waked , Egypt , Facebook , Mohamed elBaradei , Mona Zaki , Politics , Tahrir Square , YouTube
RACHEL MCARTHUR: Public figures and celebrities are using their fame not only to encourage the public to vote, but to push for them to vote “no”.
Added on 19/03/2011
Steve Royston
Bahrain , Barack Obama , Bill Gates , Colonel , Conventional media , Egypt , Google+ , Hamlet , History , Islamabad , Japan , Middle East , Mubarak , New York , Photography , Stalin , United States , YouTube
STEVE ROYSTON: If it is possible to build a Wikipedia in ten years, is it not also possible to build a disciplined, structured resource that delivers images – both moving and static – in a similar manner?
Added on 09/03/2011
Common Ground News Service
Asmaa Mahfouz , Bahrain , Common Ground News Service , East Africa , Egypt , International Women's Day , Iran , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Libya , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , Middle East , North Africa , President , Saddam Hussein , Social Media , Tunisia , United Nations , Women , Women's Rights , Yemen , Youth Movement , YouTube
CARLA KOPPELL: Women’s role must be honoured in the struggle and protect against the fundamentalist push. Most importantly, their involvement will be key to enabling thriving societies
Added on 06/03/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdul Aziz Khoja , Abdulaziz Al Saud , Abdullah , Asharq Al-Awsat , Cell phones , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Editor-in-Chief , Journalist , King Abdullah , King Abdullah University of Science , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology , Middle East , Ministry of Culture and Information , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Tariq Alhomayed , YouTube
ROB L. WAGNER: Religious conservatives’ disruptive behavior at the Riyadh Book Fair illustrates the Saudi government’s acceptance of intolerance as long as it doesn’t interfere with its push to modernize the country.
Added on 20/02/2011
Mich Cafe
AED , Beirut , Entrepreneur , Entrepreneurship , EUR , Finance , Lebanon , United Kingdom , YouTube
MICH CAFE: Despite initial skepticism, Mich Cafe finds much to like in a program that promotes entrepreneurship through education, finance and networking.
Added on 18/02/2011
Steve Royston
America , Bahrain , Bahrain government , China , Egypt , Elizabeth II , India , Londonderry , Manama , Nick Kristof , Northern Ireland , Ramadan , Richard Nixon , Rubber bullets , Salmaniya Hospital , Tahrir Square , Tear gas , The New York Times , Tunisia , United Kingdom , YouTube
STEVE ROYSTON: It’s 4am. Outside my window there’s a full moon , the harbinger of madness. Cocks are crowing and the thak-thak-thak of nearby helicopters has woken me.
Added on 14/02/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Al Ahram , Al Jazeera , Cairo , Censorship , Editor-in-Chief , Egypt , Egyptian government , Foreign media , Hosni Mubarak , Journalist , Local media , Media , Ministry of Information , Satellite TV , Saudi Gazette , Tahrir Square , YouTube
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The passion for journalism remains, but today’s younger generation of aspiring journalists would be more picky as to where they would work…