Added on 07/08/2011
Mich Cafe
Bahrain , Dubai , Facebook , Google+ , Iftar , London , Middle East , Online community , Ramadan , Satellite TV , Saudi Arabia , search results , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom
MICH CAFE: No-one seems to know how it has happened but a modest, cordial drink from a small village in England is a firm Ramadan favourite.
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 09/07/2011
David Roberts
Abu Dhabi , Bahrain , Crown Prince , Democracy , Emir , Foreign Affairs , Gulf News , Iran , Kuwait , Kuwait’s Parliament , Minister of the Interior , MP , Prime Minister , Reuters , Sabah Al Sabah , Saudi Arabia , Shiaa , Spy , Tehran
DAVID ROBERTS: Kuwait’s Parliament is undergoing another crisis. What are the key issues which so frequently flare-up and cause such anguish?
Added on 16/06/2011
Common Ground News Service
activist and journalist , Algeria , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Asmaa Mahfouz , Bahrain , Bangladesh , Boston College , Cairo , co-author , Democracy , Editor-in-Chief , Egypt , Hosni Mubarak , Indonesia , John L. Esposito , Jordan , Kuwait , Middle East , Natana J. DeLong-Bas , Pakistan , Political activist , President , The [Oxford] Encyclopedia , Tunisia , Turkey , Women , Women's issues , Yemen
NATANA J. DELONG-BAS, CGNEWS: They have confronted Western stereotypes and achieved much – but will they actively participate actively in emerging democracies?
Added on 13/06/2011
David Roberts
Assad , Bahrain , Blogging , Damascus , Edinburgh , Gay Girl , Iran , Libya , Media , Official spokesperson , Security services , Twitter
DAVID ROBERTS: While blogging is good and all, it doen’t come remotely close to the rigour of a good newspaper…
Added on 08/06/2011
Steve Royston
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
Steve Royston
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 30/05/2011
Tabsir
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Ali Abdullah Saleh , America , Bahrain , Bashar al-Assad , Bin Laden , Bush Administration , Egypt , Europe , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Libya , Middle East , Mubarak , Nobel committee , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Oil wealth , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Qaddafi , Saddam Hussein , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Taliban , Tunisia , United Nations , United States , Vietnam , Yemen
DANIEL M. VARISCO: Where there was once optimism of fundamental change taking hold as a spirit of freedom swept the region, there is now growing pessimism.
Added on 29/05/2011
Common Ground News Service
Bahrain , Chile , Democracy , Gandhi , India , Lisa Schirch , Middle East , Pakistan , Peshawar , South Africa , Syria
ALI GOHAR, LISA SCHIRCH, CGNEWS: Drawing on Islamic and tribal teachings Bacha Khan headed a non-violent ‘army’ in India in the 1920s.
Added on 28/05/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Advertising , Bahrain , Ben Ali , Democracy , Egypt , Iraq , Jordan , Lebanon , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , Mubarak , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Saudi Arabia , Syria
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: Whether it’s Mubarak, ben Ali or bin Laden it’s clear what sort of leadership Arabs don’t want. It’s far less clear however what they are looking for in their leaders.
Added on 27/05/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Bahrain , Censorship , Egypt , Facebook , Jeddah , Libya , One camp , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Yemen
CROSSROADS ARABIA: To argue is to disrespect. To disrespect is to threaten the social order. It’s a pity, though, Saudis feel the need to watch what they say.
Added on 26/05/2011
Common Ground News Service
Al Qaeda , America , Bahrain , Barack Obama , East Africa , Egypt , Israel , Middle East , North Africa , Peace , President , Saudi Arabia , Tunisia , United States
DALIA MOGAHED, CGNEWS: In Cairo two years ago there was not a single mention of it. This time around it featured nine times – the word is ‘democracy’.
Added on 26/05/2011
Dr Abdulkhaleq Abdullah
Abdulkhaleq Abdullah , Arab Gulf , Bahrain , Barack Obama , Democracy , Egypt , Gulf News , Iraq , Kuwait , Libya , Middle East , Oman , Pandora's box , President , Syria , Tunisia , UAE , UAE University , United States
ABDULKHALEQ ABDULLAH: The situation in Bahrain has seriously unnerved other Gulf states and has significantly undermined attempts to promote democracy throughout the region.
Added on 21/05/2011
The Moor Next Door
Abdullah , Algeria , Algerian government , Algiers , America , Arab Gulf , Bahrain , Bahraini government , Barack Obama , Cairo , Civil society , Clinton , Damascus , Department of State , Deputy Secretary , East Africa , Egypt , Energy , European Union , Hamas , Iran , Israel , Jordan , Libya , Manama , Mauritania , Middle East , Mohamed Bouazizi , Morocco , Mubarak , North Africa , Obama , Palestinian Territories , President , Rabat , Rami Khouri , Riyadh , Rosa Parks , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Syria , Tunis , Tunisia , United States , Washington
THE MOOR NEXT DOOR: There was little new in Obama’s ‘Arab Spring’ speech. Nervous light criticism of Bahrain, no reference to Gulf allies and a minor poke of Israel.
Added on 17/05/2011
Steve Royston
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 14/05/2011
SlimGulfie
Bahrain , Bahraini government , Human Rights Watch , Member of Parliament , policeman , prime minster , Salmaniya Hospital , Saudi Arabia , South Africa , Sunnis , supermarket chain , Tehran , United Nations , United States
SLIMGULFIE: Over half a million Bahrainis who share the same religion are now thoroughly divided by their two sects. It’s heartbreaking.
Added on 04/05/2011
American Bedu
Afghanistan , Africa , Algeria , America , Arabian Peninsula , Azerbaijan , Bahrain , Balkans , Bangladesh , Brunei , Central Asia , Egypt , Germany , India , Indonesia , Iran , Iraq , Islam , Jordan , Kenya , Kerala , Kuwait , Lebanon , Libya , Malaysia , Maldives , messenger , Middle East , Morocco , Muslim , Nigeria , Pakistan , Palestinian Territories , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Singapore , Somalia , Sri Lanka , Sudan , Syria , Tanzania , Tunisia , Turkey , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , Yemen
AMERICAN BEDU: It’s a topic that seems, more often than not, to generate more heat than light but here’s my attempt to define a Muslim.
Added on 04/05/2011
Common Ground News Service
Arab government , Bahrain , Christian Church , Democracy , Egypt , Libya , Middle East , Mohammed VI , Morocco , Prime Minister , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tahrir Square , Tunisia , United States , Yemen
MAHMOUD AMIN HISHMEH, CGNEWS: For too long Arabs have listened to the views of outsiders on what a ‘new Middle East’ should look like. Now they’re creating it for themselves.
Added on 27/04/2011
Juan Cole
Ali Abdullah Saleh , Bahrain , Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , Egypt , Gaza , Gulf Cooperation Council , Hamas , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Levant , Libya , Moroccan government , Mosul , Natural gas , Oil , Oman , President , Prime Minister , Riyadh , Sultan Qaboos , Syria , Tehran , Turkey , United States , Yemen
JUAN COLE: The Arab Spring is still producing some positive reforms and questioning of past corrupt practices, and even major governmental change.
Added on 25/04/2011
Steve Royston
Bahrain , British National Party , graphic designer , Middle East , Northern Ireland , Pearl Monument , Qatar , Scotland , South Africa , United Kingdom , United States , Wales
STEVE ROYSTON: It may not seem a high priority item at this particularly sensitive point in Bahrain’s history but flags play a pivotal role in defining a nation’s sense of identity.
