Added on 18/11/2011
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Bethlehem , Civil Administration , David Cameron , IDF , Israel , Jerusalem , metal detectors , Palestinian Territories , Prime Minister , United Kingdom , West Bank
STEVE ROYSTON: Israel will not allow Palestinian men to enter until they are 28, although another told us the age was 32, which is possible as the rules are constantly changing.
Added on 16/11/2011
Steve Royston
STEVE ROYSTON: This has probably been pinging around inboxes around the world by now, but if you haven’t seen it, it’s a treat.
Added on 13/11/2011
Steve Royston
Al Aqsa Mosque , Catholic Church , Christian Arab , Church of the Holy Sepulchre , Church of the Nativity , Constantine , Dome of the Rock , Energy , Facebook , Gaza , Haifa , Herod’s Temple , Intel , Islamic Jihad , Israel , Istanbul , Jerusalem , Microsoft , Olive oil , Palestinian Territories , Photos , Robert Maxwell , security guard , Sofia , Temple Mount , United Kingdom , Uzi , Western Wall , Yasser Arafat
STEVE ROYSTON: “When we enter Jerusalem, you will be surrounded by people who will try to take your money. I know these people…”
Added on 09/11/2011
Steve Royston
consumer products , Erdogan government , European Union , God , Istanbul , Jesus Christ , Journalist , Middle East , National Day , Orhan Pamuk , Ottoman Court , Pakistan , President , Prime Minister , Sofia , Turkey
STEVE ROYSTON: Spiritually, today’s Istanbulus are not so different from their Byzantine predecessors – they still delight in debate and intrigue.
Added on 22/10/2011
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CEO , Middle East , Project Manager , Saudi Arabia
“You have to realise”, the colleague said, “no project we undertake makes sense unless preceded by three hidden words: “The appearance of….”
Added on 17/10/2011
Steve Royston
Bahrain , Beijing , Cairo , China , Cuba , Dubai , Egypt , Healthcare , Homs , Iraq , Jeddah , Lenin , Libya , London , Middle East , Moscow , New York , Ohio , Oil , Osama Bin Laden , Pennsylvania , Pentagon , Premier League , Riyadh , Ronald Reagan , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Shura Council , Soviet Union , Stalin , Syria , UN General Assembly , United Kingdom , United States , Yugoslavia
STEVE ROYSTON: Received wisdom portrays a backward, oppressive society, dominated by religious extremists and a monarchy whose main mission is self-preservation.
Added on 29/09/2011
Steve Royston
America , American Israel Public Affairs Committee , Andrew Sullivan , Army , Avigdor Lieberman , Barack Obama , Bristol , Congress , Cuba , David Cameron , Gaza , House , House of Commons , Israel , Israeli government , Lebanon , London , Mainstream media , Middle East , Netanyahu , New York , Northern Ireland , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Pennsylvania , President , Prime Minister , Public Relations , Sarah Palin , Sunday Times , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States , West Bank
STEVE ROYSTON: “This military occupation has lasted for over 64 years and is an affront to humanity and civilised values. It is high time that the international community took some responsibility.”
Added on 20/09/2011
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Palestine
STEVE ROYSTON: Weighing up the diplomatic pros and cons on the Palestinian statehood vote David Cameron should take a bold step
Added on 14/08/2011
Steve Royston
Baghdad , Cairo , Church of the Holy Sepulchre , Herod’s Temple , Israel , Istanbul , Jerusalem , London , Middle East , Palestine , political solutions , Riyadh , Rome , Simon Sebag Montefiore , United Kingdom , Winston Churchill
STEVE ROYSTON: It’s a city that is sacred to Muslims, Christians and Jews but it appears to have attracted its fair share of ‘complicated characters’ in its rich past.
Added on 13/08/2011
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Birmingham , British government , China , London , Media pundits , Tahrir Square , The Times , United Kingdom
STEVE ROYSTON: There will be riots again. If we live in a society prizing individual liberty and “order”, the balance will go out of kilter from time to time.
Added on 09/08/2011
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America , Boeing , Canada , Citibank , Economy , Germany , Indonesia , Standard and Poor's , Stock Market , Sweden , United Kingdom , United States , US Federal Reserve , US government
STEVE ROYSTON: I would suggest that to downgrade US debt while leaving other sovereign debts at a higher rating is a meaningless exercise.
Added on 06/08/2011
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Economy , London , Saudi Arabia , Stock Market , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: Whereas the blind are at least able to steer clear of walls and ditches, the rest of us don’t have the faculties even to recognise the wall.
Added on 29/07/2011
Steve Royston
Anders Behring Breivik , Bahrain , Crown Prince , Geert Wilders , genetic engineering , Middle East , The Crown Prince , United Kingdom , United States , Youth
STEVE ROYSTON: It’s been a very bad time in Bahrain recently but a recent programme involving all sections of the island’s youth provides hope for the future.
Added on 08/06/2011
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Abdullah II , Albert Einstein , Anwar Sadat , Arab League , Artist , Bahrain , Barack Obama , Benjamin Netanyahu , CNN , Congress , Crown Prince , Democracy , Desmond Tutu , Egypt , Europe , Faisal , Gulf Cooperation Council , Hussain , Jordan , Kuwait , Middle East , Middle East Opinions of America , Novelist , Ohio , Oil wealth , President , Prime Minister , Saudi Arabia , U.S. Congress , United States , Wael Ghonim , Washington
STEVE ROYSTON: There are many reasons why the ‘Arab Voice’ is so weak in the United States. But that doesn’t give leaders and opinion formers an excuse.
Added on 04/06/2011
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Argentina , Bahrain , Blogging , CEO , Conventional media , Dubai , Facebook , Food and Drink , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , Middle East , Osama , Print media , Rwanda , Social Media , Social networking , South Africa , The Huffington Post , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: “If you manage to persuade your CEO to write a blog, you’d better make sure he or she writes lively content. Otherwise their blog will have the opposite effect…”
Added on 31/05/2011
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2022 World Cup , BBC , Facebook , FIFA , Football , gross domestic product , Hosni Mubarak , Middle East , Qatar , Qatar 2022 , Sepp Blatter
STEVE ROYSTON: As his formerly loyal colleagues turn on each other like rats in a cage, and Blatter lectures us like Hosni Mubarak, FIFA needs a day of rage.
Added on 30/05/2011
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Arabian Peninsula , Dubai , India , Jeddah , Kashmir , Pakistan , Red Sea , Saudi Arabia
STEVE ROYSTON: I’ve been visiting Jeddah for more than 20 years but haven’t been there since the floods. I was curious to know if it had changed.
Added on 29/05/2011
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Elizabeth II , George III , Poet
STEVE ROYSTON: Ending the principle that you cannot libel the dead would make it almost impossible to discuss the past without fear of litigation.
Added on 17/05/2011
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Bahrain , Bahrain Grand Prix , Bernie Ecclestone , Central Intelligence Agency , Gaza , Gulf Daily News , Iran , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: So our nerves are rattled by reports of death squads, and soothed the next day by the news that in fact they ain’t going anyway, and that in any event there were no suicide bombers on the boat.
Added on 07/05/2011
Steve Royston
Ahmed Al-Omran , Ali Shah , BBC , Blogging , blogs , Cairo , Casablanca , CNN , Dubai , East Africa , Jeddah , John Burgess , Journalist , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , North Africa , Omar al-Issawi , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , prolific author , Riyadh , Saad Al Dosari , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Syria , Tahir Shah , The National , The Times , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: My only quibble about CNN’s list is that it picks up exclusively on Arab writers and – with the honourable exception of Mahmood the Bahraini Blogfather – most of the writers seem relatively young.