Added on 27/12/2012
Tabsir
Bashar al-Assad , Beirut , Education , Egypt , First Lady , Lebanon , Susan Mubarak , Syria , Syrian National Council , Tripoli , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund , US Federal Reserve
ESTELLA CARPI, TABSIR: Classes are being organised for refugee children and it’s clear that the Assads no longer feature in a Syrian present or future.
Added on 25/03/2012
Juan Cole
Africa , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Arab Spring , Asma al-Assad , Bahrain , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood , European Union , First Lady , France , Gaza Strip , Hamas , Homs , Idlib , Iraq , Justice and Development Party , Libya , Mali , Manama , oil exports , Palestine Liberation Organization , President , Renaissance Party , Syria , Tear gas , Tunisia , United States , Yemen
JUAN COLE: Not that you’d know from watching American TV news but there have been important developments in the Arab world recently
Added on 07/10/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Abu Dhabi , Bloomberg , Dubai , Europe , Fashion , First Lady , Indonesia , Jakarta , London , London College of Fashion , Malaysia , New York , North America , Paris , Singapore , The Washington Post , United Kingdom , Washington
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: Bloomberg has estimated the global Muslim fashion market could be worth $96bn. For comparisons, the entire UK fashion industry is valued at £21bn.
Added on 06/03/2011
Mondoweiss
Al Jazeera , America , Bush , China , Civil society , Egypt , Europe , First Lady , Free media , Hillary Clinton , Israel , Libya , Mainstream media , Michelle Obama , Middle East , news network , Palestinian Territories , President , Reporting , Secretary of State , United States
ISSA KHALAF, MONDOWEISS: Satellite and cable owners refuse to carry Al Jazeera for something other than the false explanation of competition, and that is fear of “real news” about Israel.
Added on 05/03/2011
Syria News Wire
Asma al-Assad , First Lady , Hamas , Iran , Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps , Iraq , Jordan , Lebanon , Max Fisher , Rania , Syria , Tunisia , United States , United States Army
SYRIA NEWS WIRE: Vogue has responded to the controversy caused by its profile of Asma al-Assad. There’s hypocrisy in the charges being laid at her door.
Added on 02/03/2011
Syria News Wire
Asma al-Assad , Christmas , Damascus , David Lesch , First Lady , Jordan , Rania , Syria
NEWS FROM SYRIA: As the region seethes Vogue magazine provides us all with a moment of diversion. It’s unlikely to do the Assads any favours.
Added on 21/02/2011
Parastou Hassouri
Cairo , CNN , Debbie Schlussel , Egypt , Eid Al- Fitr , Facebook , First Lady , Foreign media , Hosni Mubarak , Journalist , Lara Logan , Muslim Brotherhood , Nir Rosen , Suzanne Mubarak , Tahrir Square , The New York Times
PARASTOU HASSOURI: Sexual Harassment, including the assault on Lara Logan, is a result of patriarchal attitudes coupled with stifled dialogue…
Added on 17/01/2011
Zeinobia
Ben Ali , Facebook , First Lady , France , Kuwait , Libya , President , Saudi Arabia , Tunis , Tunisia
ZEINOBIA: Egyptian Chronicles reports on the fate of the “regime men”, Ben Ali’s right arms in the former Tunisian government.
Added on 17/01/2011
Juan Cole
Ben Ali , Cablegate , Civil society , Facebook , First Lady , Governor , Journalist , Leila Ben Ali , North Africa , President , Reuters , Tunisia , Twitter , United States , United States government , Washington , Wikileaks , YouTube
JUAN COLE: Cables show that the U.S. was fully aware of the debilitating level of corruption in Tunisia, and its anti-democratic implications.
