UAE Economy Remains Arab World Showcase
The oil price has been defying gravity for some time and you can see the dollar and oil being, if anything even more of a safe haven.
Dubai Real Estate Showing Sparks of Life
Dubai was also one of the first countries to move into a real estate crisis, so it could be a barometre for the wider region.
Palestinian Hunger Strikers – Deal Done?
VIDEO, AL JAZEERA: Palestinian minister for prison affairs says an agreement has been reached on a proposal to end the hunger strike.
Gadaffi Wiretaps Reveal Nature of Man
VIDEO, AL JAZEERA: The audio files contain intercepted conversations with Gaddafi, his sons, and members of the international community.
London Cab’s Record Breaking Journey
VIDEO, ITN: Three friends have clocked up 43,321 miles driving around the world in a London cab, setting a new record for the longest ever taxi journey.
Sacha Baron Cohen Takes on the Dictators
VIDEO: Will the Arab world take to Cohen’s The Dictator, or will it complain as hard and as bitterly as Kazakhstan did over Borat?
Dubai Debt Prison Hunger Strikes
VIDEO, AL JAZEERA: In Dubai a group of jailed foreign businessmen imprisoned for issuing bounced cheques engage in a hunger strike.
Saudi Arabia: Ministry Drivers Are Occasions of Sin
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Girls schools are inspected by female inspectors. Female inspectors need to get to the schools they inspect.
Comment on Online Dating: A Muslim Guide on How to Be Safe by simone
Really interesting Munira – even for a non Muslim like me…
‘Brutal Attacks’ Alleged in Bahrain
The king of Bahrain has declared a state of emergency across the country for three months. Local police are now being backed up by 1,000 Saudi troops, who entered the country on Monday following weeks of political unrest. Among those wounded in violent protests are undercover police found in the Shia areas of Bahrain, where […]
Comment on The Rise of the Arabs, the Fall of Colonialism by Simone
Honestly, I get a little bored by hearing that everything is the West’s fault. My god guys, your future belongs to you, and always has. It’s your problem if it took you decades to assert yourself.
I also find it deeply irritating that on the one hand you ask the West to step in in Kuwait and now Libya, and yet punish and see conspiracy when you do manage to convince them. Damned if they do, damned if they don’t.
Please, liberation comes from within, and that means allowing yourself to be liberated from the past. Today is your world. Stop whining and sieze it.
Comment on Saudi Student’s Arrest Will Have Unplanned Repercussions in the U.S. by Simone
A really good point… Living in the UK when the IRA used to plan terrorist campaigns across the country, everyone was very aware not to allow those campaigns to affect our thinking, how we lived our lives, or how our relations with others.
I remember very clearly for example, we never saw the problems as anything to do with Irish people. We always saw them as something to do with a small, misguided group of extremists. Of course, it helped we have always had huge populations of Irish people in the UK. Most of us have Irish blood somewhere!
Still it was always something that was clearly understood – don’t inflate what the IRA were doing with normal Irish people. That is something that the U.S. – and the rest of the world – should take on board with extremists from the likes of Saudi…
Comment on Logan Assault a Symptom of Mubarak’s Egypt by Simone
Ken, the day we have journalists and news organisations that put safety before getting reporters on the ground, is the day we are all screwed. Yes, be calculated in risks, but the world would never have known what happened in Tahrir square, or anywhere…
Comment on Libya: People are People, Even When World’s Apart by Simone
A brilliantly written piece – I was almost there, the oppressive atmosphere on my shoulders. I truly hope the Libyans can make themselves a better world.
Comment on Bader Young Entrepreneurs: Good Initiative, But Why the ‘Young’? by Simone
EDITOR: Thank you Mich. Yes we apologize for this – it was completely our fault. The spelling has been corrected.
Comment on Regarding Lara Logan: Don’t Let it Stain Tahrir by Simone
@ Ara8, you are right. Of course, there is no justification for what happened to Lara, it is shameful, and the people who perpetrated the weak, cowardly act were part of the Tahrir celebrations. There is no getting away from the fact.
However, we need to try to see the two in separation. The good in the world that came from the people of Tahrir is not in any way lessened by the shameful act of what happened to Lara. I think that is what Zeinobia is saying. I think she may feel a little defensive because she is so proud about what was achieved – of which she is part. And she does not want the fire of that to go out because of something not related to it.
My heart goes to Lara. I hope they find the people who did it. Truly, shame on them.
