Comment on Politics, Meddling and Al Jazeera’s Independence by David
Was it not the Al Jazeera station chief in Beirut who is openly and virulently anti-Israel? As well as blatantly pro Hezzbollah? I recall the infamous birthday party hosted live on TV for a recently released terrorist.
Although I do not watch AJ, I do…
Comment on Dubai the Winner in a ‘Game’ of Regional Turmoil by @rupertbu
Personality is now the reason for an over-leveraged, and in this case over-hyped scenario!
Oh well good to see the lessons are not being faced up to, irrespective of positive PR speak, which at the end of the day just comes down to the oldest trade in the world. 🙂
Comment on Dubai the Winner in a ‘Game’ of Regional Turmoil by Bahrain and Dubai – a Personal Perspective « 59steps’s Blog
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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 Logan Assault a Symptom of Mubarak’s Egypt by Ken
This event was terrible. The assault was a horrific crime.
Jounalists have become completely irresponsible. I watched a reporter step out of shelter and into high winds. Just then a large steel box flew past his head. It missed him by about 1 foot. All in the name of getting the story.
Here again. A journalist steps into a crazed mob where there is no hint of order in a society where females are NOT treated as equals. This was irresponsible, and her boss should be fired, and her employer sued for millioins for allowing her to be placed in harms way.
Sorry. This isn’t a he vs. she thing. If you step into harms way, don’t be surprised when you get harmed. If I jump out of a car going 80mph, will you call me brave? Nope. You would call me an idiot.
Well. In this instance Lara got raped. In other instances jounalists get shot or worse. Are they brave? Nope. Idiots.
Comment on The Reasons Why Saudi Arabia Will Not Fall by sally
If the Saudi Medical services are so top notch why did King Abdullah have to go to New York for his recent micro discectomy?
Saudi Arabia is the root of much of the trouble in the world and the perpetration of the most fanatic and evil branch of Wahabi…
Comment on Dubai the Winner in a ‘Game’ of Regional Turmoil by Sam 99
I am not sure just by ending on a positive note there’s any pettiness involved. Isn’t the point that for many, many people Dubai has allowed people to change their futures. I thought that was the point of it all.
Of course, transformational opportunities mean you need something to offer, and some are just excluded except from a very basic level of improvement – laborers for example. I would say the lives of their families and children back home are improved considerably though.
Taking a slightly positive view does not make the point less true, although i agree you could have been more downbeat. But thats personality. Glass half full, glass half empty…
Comment on Dubai the Winner in a ‘Game’ of Regional Turmoil by @rupertbu
Totally agree with all that is written, then you lose the plot by reverting to the triumphalism of a leveraged era and pettiness of the playground with last paragraph.
Comment on Urgent: Fresh Arab Approach towards Iran, Palestine by Robert
The only Arab leader in all of their history was their prophet. All other real leaders with world impacts have been Muslims but not of Arab decent. Only an Iranian, Turkish, Kurdish, Pakistani, or any other leadership will unite that Muslim world to fi…
Comment on The Reasons Why Saudi Arabia Will Not Fall by Ibrahim
Did the Saudi king pay you to write this nonsense. Saudi Arabia is a hell whole where people suffocate. The idea that people in Saudi Arabia don’t want freedom like everywhere else is a racist stereo typing. Hopefully the whole “royal family” corruption comes to an end.
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.
Why Saudi Drivers are not Smiling
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The issue of traffic fines elicits Pavlovian-response rage from drivers wherever they are in the world, but nowhere more so than in Saudi.
Comment on Generation ‘A’: We Can Be (Our Own) Heroes by Ahmed
Goose bumps. Thank you Naseem.
Comment on Generation ‘A’: We Can Be (Our Own) Heroes by Ahmed El Sheemy
Great article..depicting our thoughts precisely
Comment on Logan Assault a Symptom of Mubarak’s Egypt by Dave G
Thoughtful article. Nevertheless, if current trending continues Islamic parties are going to take over the arab mideast. Europe is becoming Eurabia. In 10 to 20 years, the alliance of crazed Moslems and leftists will have the remaining good people in…
Comment on Logan Assault a Symptom of Mubarak’s Egypt by Don Canard
I bet Debbie Schlussel reacted that way because she could never get the kind of attention Ms. Logan gets, welcome or not.
Comment on Logan Assault a Symptom of Mubarak’s Egypt by Pedro
If she was less concerned about her news celeb status and more about her safety this would’ve never happened. Hope it was worth it Lara.
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 Bader Young Entrepreneurs: Good Initiative, But Why the ‘Young’? by Mich
“Hi. Thanks for posting my blog post about the Bader Young Entrepreneurs. I just wanted to point out that you have Bada instead of Bader in the title. “