Total Confusion: The UAE National Identity Card
ALEXANDER MCNABB: The 'application application' has been removed. Typing centres have been closed. And the clock is ticking towards the end of year deadline.…
Has the Arabic Booker Had Enough of Egyptians?
M. LYNX-QUALEY - Miral El-Tahawy's wonderful novel "Brooklyn Heights" has been showered with praise. Is it, however, to be the subject of anti-Egyptian bias? …
Edward Said – A Threat or an Asset?
SULTAN AL QASSEMI: Public intellectuals reflect the conscience of society and should not be regarded as a threat, but as part and parcel of the community.…
A Word Association Game – Yemen?
ALICE HACKMAN: Say 'Yemen' to most people in the West and the word 'terrorism' comes immediately to mind. But yet this beautiful country has a lot to offer. …
Reform in Saudi Arabia: A Battle of the Fatwas
JAMES M. DORSEY: Abdullah appears to be gaining the upper hand in his battle to push through sweeping legal reform and codification of Saudi law to meet World human rights standards.…
Talk but Any Progress on Horizon for Saudi Women?
AMERICAN BEDU: A forum held recently in Jeddah addressed issues of real concern to Saudi women. But will anything concrete come from the 'talk fest'? …
There are Bad Days, and then there are…
ALEXANDER MCNABB: Adding to that, we have finally had it confirmed that, in the UAE, 'freehold' actually means 'usufruct'. What the hell is 'usufruct'..? …
Does it Matter how Women get to Power?
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMMED: We don’t hold women to male standards. Marriage is seen as an acceptable way to assert status. The woman need not have any of her own intrinsic merit, women are judged less on their talents…
GCC Youth and the False Goal of ‘Being Management’
STEVE ROYSTON: The parents of many in the GCC instill in their sons and daughters (particularly sons) the idea that the only respectable career is management. …
Controversial Nubian author, Idris Ali, dies aged 70
M. LYNX-QUALEY: Self taught novelist Idris Ali experienced many highs and lows but always wrote with conviction. He died this week aged 70. …
