Added on 18/10/2012
Common Ground News Service
Actor , Artist , Culture , France , Italy , Lebanon , Morocco , Netherlands , Singer , Sweden , Syria , Tunis , Tunisia
AMINA BENKHLIFA, CGNEWS: Often associated with harsh weather and difficult economic conditions El Kef, my hometown, has a deep theatrical heritage
Added on 10/09/2012
Mich Cafe
Actor , Aleppo , Artist , Bashar al-Assad , Cairo , Damascus , Edinburgh , Facebook , film producer , France , Free Syrian Army , Hollywood , London , Los Angeles , President , program director , Reuters , Robert de Niro , Social Media , Syria , Syrian National Council , United Kingdom , United States , William Hague
MICH CAFE: Orwa Nyrabia has been missing for almost three weeks. Pressure is mounting to find out where he is though it’s being led from outside the Arab world.
Added on 17/08/2012
Tabsir
Abdullah bin Zayed , Actor , Dubai , guard , Islam , Mali , Media , Middle East , Qatar , Ramadan , Reuters , Saudi Arabia , United Arab Emirates
DANIEL M. VARISCO: In its depiction of the life of the second caliph a television epic has touched a nerve while attracting huge viewing numbers
Added on 23/07/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Abu Bakr , Actor , Al-Hayat , Central Asia , Iran , Islam , Libya , Ramadan , Saudi Arabia , Umar Ibn al-Khattab
CROSSROADS ARABIA: A row has broken out among various religious figures as to whether it’s permissible to portray Islamic figures in film.
Added on 02/05/2012
Juan Cole
Actor , Al Qaeda , Anders Breivik , Barack Obama , Bashar al-Assad , Ba’ath Party , Bin Laden , Damascus , Egypt , Gingrich , Governor , Guinea , Hamas , Hassan Nasrallah , Hizballah , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Israel , Jimmy Carter , Joe Biden , Lebanon , Lord’s Resistance Army , Middle East , Mitt Romney , Muslim Brotherhood , Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt , Muslim Brotherhood of Syria , Newt Gingrich , Osama Bin Laden , Palestinian Territories , President , Ron Paul , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Syrian Muslim Brotherhood , Tunisia , Turkey , United States , US Elections
JUAN COLE: Romney clearly doesn’t have the slightest idea what he is talking about, and seems intent on alienating 1.5 billion Muslims
Added on 02/05/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Actor , Culture , Egypt , Literature , Majalla , Salafist
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Arrests of cultural figures, bans and now pharaonic statues covered in wax.
Added on 04/02/2012
Richard Silverstein
Actor , Assad government , Bibi Netanyahu , Censorship , free press , Free speech , Gaza Strip , Haaretz , IDF , Iran , Islamist government , Islamist party , Israel , Israeli Knesset , Israeli police , Jarrah , Maariv , Ma’an , New York , Passover , Prime Minister , Richard Nixon , Shin Bet , Sinai , Singer , Supreme Court , Syria , The Jerusalem Post , The New York Times , Turkey , United States , Uri Blau , West Bank
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Is Israel a haven for the free press? Hardly. It allows extensive use of gag orders to protect the state, the military, and the wealthy.
Added on 11/07/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Actor , Bashar al-Assad , Egypt , Europe , India , Iran , Jordan , Lebanon , Morocco , Pakistan , Palestinian Territories , President , Satellite channels , Satellite TV , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Syria , Syrian government , The Maghreb , Turkey
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Syrian soap operas have eclipsed Egyptian productions in popularity across the Arab world.
Added on 11/06/2011
Tabsir
Actor , Afghanistan , America , Barack Obama , Binyamin Netanyahu , Central Intelligence Agency , Congress , Egypt , Fatah , Federal Bureau of Investigation , Hamas , Hizballah , IPad , iPhone , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jerusalem , Libya , Middle East , Mossad , oil prices , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Shin Bet , United States , West Bank , White House
LEONAR NIMOY, TABSIR: There is a viable plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It’s the ‘two-state’ solution and its application is, how should I put it, simply logical.
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 08/01/2011
Marium Sattar
Abbas ibn Firnas , Academy Award , Actor , Africa , Asia , Common Ground News Service , Cordoba , DC , Europe , Greece , Islam , Istanbul , London , New York , Pew Research Center , Rome , Spain , United Kingdom , Washington
MARIUM SATTAR: An exhibition showcasing the discoveries of Islam’s ‘Golden Age’ has attracted visitors in the hundreds of thousands, and helped overturn some pervasive prejudices.
Added on 28/09/2010
Alexander McNabb
Actor , Actress , Artist , Facebook , film producer , Los Angeles , United Kingdom , United States , YouTube
I wanted to bring Sabina, writer and short film maker, onto the radio show I co-host but there’s a slight glitch – being deaf is a slight impediment…
