Added on 22/09/2011
Common Ground News Service
Energy , Jerusalem , Nablus , Oslo , Palestine , Women , Women's issues
NORA MURAD, CGNEWS: How do you encourage women afflicted by a ‘can’t do’ mentality to build a park? By challenging them with one simple word: ‘Dream’
Added on 22/08/2011
James M. Dorsey
Ba’ath Party , Colonel , East Africa , Egypt , Energy , Food and Drink , Green Square , Hosni Mubarak , International Criminal Court , Iraq , James M. Dorsey , Libya , Middle East , Moammar Qaddafi , Muslim Brotherhood , Nanyang Technological University , Nanyang Technological University's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Saddam Hussein , Saif al-Islam , Tripoli , Tunisia , United States , Zine El Abedine Ben Ali
JAMES M. DORSEY: Libyans unlike Egyptians and Tunisians will be in a position to dismantle the former regime’s apparatus.
Added on 12/08/2011
The View From Fez
Energy , Finland , Food and Drink , Islam , Mecca , Norway , Ramadan , Saudi Arabia , Sweden , The Times
IBN WARRAQ, THE VIEW FROM FEZ: With Ramadan times varying hugely around the world is it time, for the sake of individuals’ health, to adopt a standard time?
Added on 11/08/2011
Juan Cole
Abdullah , Alternative Energy , Amman , Beirut , Brazil , Cairo , China , Energy , European Union , France , Germany , Iran , Israel , Jordan , King Abdullah , Middle East , Oil , port of Aqaba , Romania , Satellite channels , Solar energy , Soviet Union , Tajikistan , Tehran , The Star , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , Western Europe , Zambia
JUAN COLE: Klingons and Romulans wandering through the souk in Aqaba? Could be sooner than you think if King Abdullah’s ambitious plans come to fruition.
Added on 10/08/2011
The Moor Next Door
America , Egypt , Elia Abu Madi , Energy , Literature , Poet , Syria
THE MOOR NEXT DOOR: Elia Abu Madi was a very well-respected Syro-Lebanese poet in the early twentieth century.
Added on 26/07/2011
Mich Cafe
Beirut , Energy , Lebanon , Mediterranean , Mount , Mount Lebanon , Sporting Club , Tripoli
MICH CAFE: Many places were out of bounds during the Civil War so it came as an enormous pleasure to wander freely during my recent trip.
Added on 27/05/2011
Naseem Tarawnah
Amman , Black September , Egypt , Energy , Iraq , Jordan , Nigeria
NASEEM TARAWNAH: So Jordan’s Independence Day has come and gone. It’s a good time perhaps to reflect on some of the lessons I’ve learned.
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 21/04/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Arabic , Cell phones , Energy , France , Internet users , Jeddah , Spain
CROSSROADS ARABIA: No language—not even ‘dead’ languages like Latin—are immune to change. Latin is constantly developing to deal with new technology and social developments.
Added on 14/04/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
AED , Bahrain , Energy , Entrepreneurship , Finance , finance minister , International Atomic Energy Agency , Iran , Kuwait , Mishaal Al Gergawi , Oil , oil prices , oil reserves , Qatar , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , United Arab Emirates , Venezuela
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: Unlike an Emirati or Qatari, a Saudi doesn’t have delusional expectations of financial entitlement and pre-deserved stature at the marketplace. A Saudi is glad to find a job at all.
Added on 13/04/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Alternative Energy , Chernobyl , China , Electricity , Energy , France , Japan , Nuclear energy , President , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , solar technology , United States
CROSSROADS ARABIA: With demand for energy soaring in the Kingdom it’s no surprise that the authorities are looking at nuclear energy. In the wake of the Fukushima catastrophe they will, though, face questions from an uneasy public.
Added on 10/04/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
AED , Arab Gulf , Bloomberg , China , Education , Energy , Energy needs , Iran , Kuwait , Middle East , Oil and gas , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: We seem to be in a constant state of ‘re-assessment’ or ‘re-evaluation’ of education in the region. Bottom line: We’re still not delivering.
Added on 07/04/2011
Eman-Al-Nafjan
Activist , Ahmed Al-Ghamdi , BBC , Energy , Interior Ministry , Osama Bin Laden , PVPV , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Women
EMAN AL NAFJAN: These past couple of weeks have convinced me the government has made a huge scientific discovery, the time machine.
Added on 31/03/2011
Michael J. Totten
Benghazi , CNN , Democracy , Energy , France , Hamas , Hillary Clinton , Hizballah , Israel , Libya , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Tripoli
MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: Very little seems to be known about the rebels who are fighting Qaddafi. When I found out that a trusted source was effectively ’embedded’ with them I had a few questions to put to her.
Added on 22/02/2011
Alexander McNabb
Beirut , Dubai , Energy , Entrepreneurship , Food and Drink , Jordan , Middle East , Twitter
ALEXANDER MCNABB: Seeing this level of digital entrepreneurialism in the region is a delight and, rightly or wrongly, I see ArabNet as an inflection point.
Added on 01/02/2011
The Moor Next Door
Afghanistan , Algeria , Algiers , America , Egypt , Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood , Energy , Europe , France , Iran , Islamist , Islamist party , Israel , Jimmy Carter , Levant , Mediterranean , Middle East , Oil , Persian Gulf , President , Southern Europe , Soviet Union , Taliban , Tehran , Tunisia , United States , US Federal Reserve
TMND: The dominant official American attitude toward democratic reform in Egypt is concerned with the possibility that the Muslim Brothers might sweep the polls.
Added on 29/01/2011
Steve Royston
2022 World Cup , Bahrain , Davos , Dubai , Energy , Food and Drink , London , Middle East , Qatar , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , World Economic Forum
STEVE ROYSTON: Taxpayers’ money that could have been spent on new hospitals, refurbished schools, or improved public transport – down the drain.
Added on 28/01/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Algeria , Amr Moussa , Arab League , Ben Ali , Civil society , Energy , France , Human Rights Watch , model , President , Tunisia , Tunisian government
RAMZY BAROUD: In Tunisia that ‘unprecedented anger” has reaped unprecedented results, leaving Tunisia with the great task of rebuilding a civil society.
Added on 27/01/2011
Steve Royston
Booz and Co , Energy , Facebook , Internet connection , KPMG , London , New York , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Telecommunications , World Trade Organization
STEVE ROYSTON: If they are to be lasting, appropriate and sustainable, the solutions themselves must come from within, not from the West.
Added on 26/01/2011
James M. Dorsey
Abu Dhabi , Demographics , Dubai , Energy , Federal National Council , FIFA , Football , Kuwait , Qatar , The Guardian , The National , UAE’s Federal National Council , United Arab Emirates
JAMES M. DORSEY: Just 13% of the UAE’s population has citizenship. In Qatar it’s 26% and Kuwait 34%. And those percentages are dropping.