Added on 19/07/2012
Common Ground News Service
Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani , Basketball , Football , International Olympic Committee , Jeddah United Sports Company , Journalist , judo , Maha Akeel , Ministry of Education , Olympics , Sarah Attar , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Olympic Committee , Singapore , Wojdan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani , Women , Women's issues
MAHA AKEEL, CGNEWS: The participation of two Saudi women at the Olympic Games will provide inspiration and encouragement for girls throughout the Kingdom
Added on 04/03/2012
Mich Cafe
Baghdad , Basketball , Beijing Olympics , Brunei , Christoph Wilcke , Council of Senior Religious Scholars , Dubai , fencing , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Football , Human Rights Watch , International Olympic Committee , Jeddah , Lebanon , London , Mecca , Middle East , Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum , Noor al-Malki , Olympics , Palestinian Territories , Qatar , Reading , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Olympic Committee , Sport , Sporting Club , sprinter , Stamford Bridge , Tunis , Tunisia , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , Vicky , Women , Women's issues
MICH CAFE: Human Rights Watch have just published a report that highlights the deep discrimination against women in Saudi Arabia.
Added on 17/02/2012
James M. Dorsey
Associated Press , Basketball , Brunei , Christoph Wilcke , Dalma Rushdi Malhas , Dammam , Human rights , Human Rights Watch , International Olympic Committee , Kings United , London , Los Angeles Times , Manal Al Sharif , Olympics , Qatar , Riyadh , Saudi , Saudi Arabia , Shura Council , Soccer , The Los Angeles Times , woman athlete , Women
JAMES M. DORSEY: Saudi accused of kowtowing to conservative Muslim clerics who claim female sports are “steps of the devil” – Human Rights Watch.
Added on 14/02/2012
James M. Dorsey
2014 World Cup , AFC , Ala'a Hubail , Ali Said , Asia , Asian Football Confederation , Australia , Bahrain , Bahrain Football Association , Basketball , Caribbean Football Union , China , Dubai , FIFA , Football , Gulf Cooperation Council , Gulf News , Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa , hassan , Hassan al-Dirazi , International Football Association Board , Japan , Martial law , Mohamed bin Hammam , Mohammed bin Hammam , Mohammed Hubail , national basketball team player , national soccer team goalkeeper , President , Sepp Blatter , Soccer , South China , Tareq al-Fursani , United Arab Emirates , Zhang Jilong
JAMES M. DORSEY: Campaigning is under way for the presidency of the Asian Football Confederation. The position is never far from controversy.
Added on 04/12/2011
James M. Dorsey
Ala'a Hubail , Ali Said , Australia , Bahrain , Bahrain government , Basketball , British Embassy , British police , East Africa , Egypt , Eid Al-Adha , Football , Formula 1 , Gulf Cooperation Council , Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa , Hassan al-Dirazi , Libya , Manama , Martial law , Middle East , Mohammed Hubail , national basketball team player , national soccer team goalkeeper , North Africa , Political systems , Soccer , Syria , Tareq al-Fursani , the Bahrain Grand Prix , Tunisia , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: Military court sentences goalkeeper, plus two other sportsmen, despite pledge by the King to move trials to civilian courts.
Added on 23/10/2011
James M. Dorsey
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Al Shabab , Ayman al-Zawahiri , Basketball , East Africa , Food and Drink , Hamas , handball , Hizballah , Islamist , James M. Dorsey , Lebanon , Middle East , Nanyang Technological University , North Africa , Osama Bin Laden , Palestinian Territories , President , recruitment tool , S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies , Singapore , Soccer , Somalia , Taliban , UN Court , United Nations , woman athlete
JAMES M. DORSEY: While Al Qaeda is attempting to portray a gentler face, distributing aid to famine victims, Al Shabab, are ensuring strict adherence to a ban on women’s sports.
Added on 15/08/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdul Aziz Al-Asheik , Ahmad Eid Al-Harbi , Alwaleed bin Talal , Bahrain , Basketball , Big Adventure , Brazil , Dubai , FIFA , Football , Germany , Iranian Football Federation , Jeddah , Kings United , Kuwait , Ministry of Education , Olympics , Oman , Ramadan , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Soccer , United Kingdom , United States , Women , Women's issues
ROB L. WAGNER: ‘Unseemly’, ‘undignified’ and ‘a threat to players’ virginity’ in the eyes of religious conservatives but women’s football is making major strides in Saudi Arabia.
Added on 26/06/2011
Mondoweiss
Basketball , Football , Gaza , Palestine , United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
ANNIE, MONDOWEISS: Now in its fifth year the Gaza Summer Games provides a beacon of light for 250,000 students.
Added on 07/04/2011
James M. Dorsey
Ala'a Hubail , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Bahrain , Bahrain TV , Basketball , Beijing , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Gulf Cooperation Council , handball , London , Manama , Manama’s Pearl Square , New Zealand , Protests , Saudi Arabia , Soccer , Sport , The Times
JAMES M. DORSEY: Bahraini sports clubs have dismissed at least 12 sports people and executives because they participated in anti-government demonstrations.
Added on 21/02/2011
Michael J. Totten
Afghanistan , Africa , Algeria , America , Basketball , Beirut , Bolivia , Brussels , Colonel , Costa Rica , Darfur , Fateh , France , Green Square , Guatemala , Hawaii , Internet cafés , Italy , Kansas , Law , Lawrence , Lebanon , Libya , London , Los Angeles , Mediterranean , Mediterranean Sea , Middle East , Morocco , Muammar Qaddafi , New York , North Korea , Oil , Palestinian Territories , Paris , Pepsi , Philippines , Prague , President , Sahara , Seattle , shopkeeper , Tel Aviv , travel ban , Tripoli , Tunisia , Turkey , United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization , US Federal Reserve , Vienna
MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: Two years ago I spent time in Libya. It seems like a good time to revisit my experience of a kind people but an overarching, clamping presence.
