Added on 22/12/2012
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Artist , Ba’ath Party , BBC , Beirut , Cairo , Cyprus , Europe , France , Germany , Iraq , Istanbul , Journalism , Journalist , Khaled Mattawa , Kirkuk , Literature , London , Margaret Obank , Novelist , Poet , Poetry , prolific author , Syria , United Kingdom
AMIRA ABD EL-KHALEK, CGNEWS: He is one of the Arab World’s most revered authors and recently looked back on his life of writing.
Added on 07/12/2012
Steve Royston
Abu Dhabi , BBC , Binyamin Netanyahu , Censorship , Dubai , Journalist , Middle East , Palestinian Territories , President , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , UAE , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom
STEVE ROYSTON: The ‘Red Lines’ exist and any expatriate who’s spent more than a couple of years living in the Gulf knows what they are.
Added on 03/12/2012
James M. Dorsey
Ahmed Harara , America , Asian Football Confederation , Avi Luzon , BBC , FIFA , Football , Gaza , Hamas , Islamic Jihad , Israel , Israel Football Association , Israeli army , Jibril Rajoub , Mahmoud Sarsak , Mediterranean , Michel Platini , national team player , Palestine , Palestinian Football Association , Palestinian Territories , President , Sepp Blatter , Soccer , UEFA
JAMES M. DORSEY: Four young Palestinian footballers were killed in a bombing during Israel’s assault on Gaza. Enough is enough, say some top footballers.
Added on 15/11/2012
Mondoweiss
amputations , Associated Press , BBC , Canada , Europe , European Union , Facebook , Football , France , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Israel , Israeli military , Journalism , Netanyahu , Noam Chomsky , North America , Palestine , Soccer , Social Media , The New York Times , The Toronto Star , Toronto Star , United States
MONDOWEISS: The coverage of the Gaza attack by mainstream media has invoked the outrage of leading academics and commentators on Middle East affairs
Added on 30/10/2012
Mich Cafe
Barack Obama , BBC , Birmingham , Education , European Union , Islamabad , Malala , Malala Yousafzai , Mingora , Pakistan , Pakistani military , President , Red Cross , social worker , Swat Valley , Taliban , United Kingdom , United States , Women , Women's issues
MICH CAFE: Two brave teenagers have confronted the Taliban to support education and women’s rights. It’s time the world recognised their achievement
Added on 09/10/2012
James M. Dorsey
Barcelona , BBC , Europe , Fatah , FIFA , Football , Gaza , Gaza City , Gaza Strip , Hamas , Human Rights Watch , Islamic Jihad , Israel , Jerusalem , Jibril Rajoub , Madrid , Mahmoud Abbas , Mahmoud Sarsak , Middle East , New York , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Football Association , Palestinian national movement , President , Ramallah , Real Madrid , Soccer , Spain , UEFA , United Nations , West Bank
JAMES M. DORSEY: Palestinians of all ages are huge fans of the Spanish football giants Barcelona FC. When Hamas called for a boycott of their match this week it fell on deaf ears.
Added on 01/10/2012
Mich Cafe
Army , Bashar al-Assad , BBC , Damascus , High Commissioner , HIV , Homs , Human rights , Human Rights Watch , Idlib , International Criminal Court , Latakia , New York , President , Rape , Sarah Leah Whitson , security official , Syria , Syrian government , United Nations , United Nations Human Rights Council , Women , Women's issues
MICH CAFE: The catalogue of brutal rapes and sexual assaults of women, men and children grows by the day. A new documentary makes grim viewing
Added on 17/08/2012
The View From Fez
Abdelilah Benkirane , Afghanistan , Africa , African Union , Al Qaeda , Algeria , Algiers , BBC , Burkina Faso , Canada , Captain , electricity consumption , EUR , Europe , European Union , foreign ministry official , France , interim President , Le Matin , Libya , Mali , Mauritania , Middle East , military leader , Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz , Morocco , Niger , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Northern Mali , Obama administration , Paris , political solution , President , Prime Minister , Quebec , Rabat , Sahara , Security Council , Somalia , Soviet Union , starvation , Taliban , The Maghreb , The Telegraph , Tripoli , Tunisia , UN Security Council , United Nations , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , United States , Washington , West Africa , Western Libya , White House , World Bank
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: While international attention is focused on Syria events in the Maghreb are threatening to spin out of control
Added on 16/08/2012
Mich Cafe
Assad , Assad government , BBC , Citizen Journalism , Damascus , Foreign media , Homs , Internet connection , John F Kennedy , Journalist , Latakia , Mobile Phones , President , Reporters Without Borders , smartphone , Social Media , Syria , Tal al-Mallouhi , Twitter , US Federal Reserve
MICH CAFE: With traditional media officially locked out of Syria since the start of the revolution there in March 2011, citizen journalism has taken over the mantle, at a great cost.
Added on 25/07/2012
Syria News Wire
Aleppo , Army , BBC , Damascus , Syria
NEWS FROM SYRIA: Every day seems to bring yet another desperate move by the regime – now they’ve brought in jets to pound their people.
Added on 26/06/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Abdullah , BBC , London , Olympics , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi embassy in London , Saudi Olympic Committee , Women Athletes
CROSSROADS ARABIA: In March Saudi announced it would support women athletes. In April it reversed its position. Now June, and it appears female athletes will receive support.
Added on 08/06/2012
Ramzy Baroud
Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz , Al Houla , Ban Ki Moon , Bashar al-Assad , BBC , Damascus , Envoy , Free Syrian Army , Hizballah , Iran , Iraq , Islamist , Israel , Istanbul , Kofi Annan , Lebanon , Middle East , President , Saudi Arabia , Sectarianism , Shia , Sunni , Syria , Syrian government , The Financial Times , Tripoli , Turkey , United Nations , United States
RAMZY BAROUD: The recent massacre of civilians in Syria marks the beginning of a spiral of horror which could engulf the whole region
Added on 03/06/2012
Common Ground News Service
Africa , Al Ahram , Army , Asia , BBC , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egypt’s Suez Canal , Europe , Journalist , Justice and Development Party (AKP) , Manufacturing , Maryland , Middle East , Mubarak , Muslim Brotherhood , Mustafa Abdelhalim , President , Prime Minister , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Reuters , Suez Canal , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces , Turkey , University of Maryland
MUSTAFA ANDELHALIM, CGNEWS: Egypt is creating its own narrative. There are lessons to be learned from Turkey but it’s not a complete solution
Added on 13/05/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Abdullah , BBC , King Abdullah , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Saudi Press Agency , Women's issues
CROSSROADS ARABIA: He’s been getting a bit loud recently with positions contrary to those of the King. Time to go.
Added on 09/05/2012
Syria News Wire
BBC , Electricity , Food and Drink , President , Red Crescent , Red Cross , Syria , Turkey , United Nations
NEWS FROM SYRIA: The Red Cross issued a rare political statement on Syria to highlight the critical situation facing citizens there.
Added on 18/04/2012
Common Ground News Service
BBC , Facebook , Indonesia , Italy , Middle East , Pakistan , Skype , The Guardian , The New York Times , Women , Women's issues
MARWA HELAL, CGNEWS: A collection of stories about Muslim women’s love lives has struck a global chord.
Added on 11/04/2012
James M. Dorsey
Abdul-Aziz Al Saud , Abu Dhabi , Al Watan , Al-Hayat , BBC , Crown Prince , East Africa , Egypt , Hosni Mubarak , Human Rights Watch , International Football Association Board , International Olympic Committee , Islamist , Middle East , Nawaf Bin Faisal , Nayef , North Africa , Olympics , Port Said , princess , Saudi Arabia , Sport , Suez , Suez Canal , Suzanne Mubarak , The National , United Arab Emirates , Women , Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
JAMES M. DORSEY: An Egyptian feminist group has challenged the fans that played a key role in toppling Mubarak to recognise women’s rights.
Added on 24/02/2012
Ramzy Baroud
Airbus , America , Asia , Australia , BBC , Brunei , CEO , China , Deng Xiaoping , Department of Defense , Europe , Hawaii , Hilary Clinton , Leon Panetta , Malaysia , Natural gas , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama , Oil , Philippines , President , Reuters , Robert Gates , Secretary of State , South China , South China Sea , United States , Vietnam
RAMZY BAROUD: Leaders of adjacent countries might find themselves forced to choose sides in a conflict over resources and military presence.
Added on 12/01/2012
Richard Silverstein
Baghdad , BBC , Deputy Governor , France , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Israeli government , Israeli intelligence , Majid Shahriari , MEK , Mossad , Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan , Nuclear , Nuclear energy , President , Reuters , State Terrorism , United States
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: I am not a supporter of Iran’s nuclear program. But I am even less a supporter of assassination as state policy.
Added on 20/12/2011
Steve Royston
Bahrain , BBC , Christopher Hitchens , Darfur , Iraq , Media , Nick Kristof , police car , Reporting , Salmaniya Hospital , The New York Times , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: I can think of a couple of neighbouring countries where someone in his position would not be allowed into the country in the first place,
