Added on 07/01/2013
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Al Azhar , Bahaa Taher , Egypt , Egyptian Book Organization , France , Google+ , Japan , Journalist , Literature , Naguib Mahfouz , Nobel Prize , Novelist , Sayyid Qutb , Tawfiq al-Hakim , United Kingdom , Yusuf Idris
M. LYNX-QUALEY: He was nominated twice but never matched the Arab World’s only Nobel literature prize recipient, Naguib Mahfouz.
Added on 06/11/2012
Abu Muhammed
America , Arabian Peninsula , Egypt , Far East , Food and Drink , Illinois , India , Islam , Japan , Jim Jones , Mecca , messenger , Milwaukee , Oklahoma City , Ramadan , Religion , Salman Rushdie , Timothy McVeigh , United States
ABU MOHAMMED: There is a great deal of misunderstanding concerning the nature and practice of Islam. Here are some key points.
Added on 14/10/2012
James M. Dorsey
Australia , Barcelona , Canada , Denmark , Europe , European Union , FIFA , Food and Drink , Football , footballer , France , Gaza Strip , Gilad Shalit , Hamas , Islamic Jihad , Israel , Israeli government , Israeli Prison Service , Italy , Japan , Nablus , Negev , Norway , Palestine , Physicians for Human Rights , Red Cross , UEFA , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank
ANDREA LUCHETTA: Mahmoud Al Sarsak’s detention became an international cause celebre. He has recounted his experience in Israeli jail
Added on 30/09/2012
Steve Royston
China , Economy , Education , Energy , Food and Drink , head of steam , Japan , Middle East , Mobile Phones , mobile telephony , OECD , Real Estate , South Korea , United Kingdom , US Federal Reserve
STEVE ROYSTON: The ‘Education Industry’ as I call it is failing to deliver and everywhere you look there is clear evidence of same. I have some ideas
Added on 09/09/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Citibank , Citigroup , electricity consumption , Energy , Gulf Cooperation Council , Japan , Jeddah , mass transportation , Oil , oil consumption , Oil exporter , Oil production , oil revenue , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , South Korea , The Arab News , United States
CROSSROADS ARABIA: If the rate continues as it is going, Saudi Arabia could be a net importer of oil in 17 years’ time. That’s plausible, based on the figures, but unlikely…
Added on 09/09/2012
Steve Royston
Afghanistan , Albania , America , Barack Obama , California , Cambodia , China , Clinton , Congress , Energy , George W. Bush , Hitler , Impotence , Internal Revenue Service , Iraq , Israel , Japan , Jerusalem , Lincoln , Lyndon Johnson , Middle East , midwife , Mitt Romney , National Front , North Carolina , Obama , Pakistan , Paranoia , Paris , Poland , President , prime minster , Richard Nixon , Ronald Reagan , Russia , Sheldon Adelson , Sunday Times , The New York Times , Twitter , United Kingdom , United States , US Elections , US Treasury , Vietnam , White House
STEVE ROYSTON: Preparation involves coming up with diversionary tactics whenever the question is likely to produce a response unpalatable to the listening millions.
Added on 24/07/2012
James M. Dorsey
2022 World Cup , Al Ain , Asian Football Confederation , Australia , CEO , Confederation of African Football , Emir , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Finance , Football , Hamad Bin Khalifa al Thani , independent auditor , Japan , Jordan , Kuala Lumpur , Kuwait , Mohammed bin Hammam , Mr. Bin , President , Qatar , Qatar 2022 , Singapore , South Korea , Sydney , Television network , United Arab Emirates , United States , World Sport Group
JAMES M. DORSEY: The appointment by Qatari and UAE soccer bodies of individuals who worked with Mohammed bin Hamman raises more questions
Added on 25/06/2012
Richard Silverstein
Barack Obama , Columbia University , Egypt , Europe , India , Iran , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Japan , Middle East , Nuclear programme , Pakistan , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , United States
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: “By reducing imbalances in military power, new nuclear states generally produce more regional and international stability, not less…”
Added on 25/05/2012
Editor, MEP
Eiffel Tower , ITN , Japan , Tokyo , Video , World's Tallest Building
VIDEO: At 600m the Skytree is twice as tall as the Eiffel Tower and is the tallest broadcast tower in the world. Report by ITN’s Genelle Aldred.
Added on 22/05/2012
Steve Royston
Albania , Bahrain , Bulgaria , Constantine , Europe , European Union , Germany , Greece , Italy , Japan , Jordan , Malaysia , Romania , Serbia , Spain , Thames , United Kingdom
STEVE ROYSTON: There was a bit of commotion about the King of Bahrain’s attendance at a recent lunch in the UK. I was struck by another issue
Added on 18/05/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Chernobyl , Electricity , Energy , Japan , Nuclear energy , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Solar energy
CROSSROADS ARABIA: If Saudi Arabia is to secure its energy future nuclear power must be part of the mix
Added on 13/04/2012
Juan Cole
Africa , Ali Khamenei , America , Anglo-Iranian Oil Company , Asia , Binyamin Netanyahu , BP , British government , China , Congress , Electricity , European Union , Food and Drink , France , Germany , Greece , India , Indonesia , Iran , Iranian government , Iranian parliament , Iran’s central bank , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Japan , Latin America , Leon Panetta , Manmohan Singh , Middle East , Obama , Obama administration , Oil , oil fields , oil imports , oil prices , Oil production , oil profits , Persian Gulf , President , Prime Minister , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of Defense , South Korea , South Sudan , Soviet Union , Syria , Tehran , Turkey , U.S. intelligence , United Kingdom , United States , Washington , Winston Churchill
JUAN COLE: It’s well worth looking at previous situations where major powers tried to use economics to bring Iran to heel.
Added on 13/03/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Electricity , Energy , International Atomic Energy Agency , Japan , Natural gas , Oil , oil consumption , Oil production , Oil supplies , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Solar energy , South Korea , United States
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Saudi citizens consume more than four times the amount of oil as their U.S counterparts. It can’t go on.
Added on 21/02/2012
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Asaf Ali Zardari , Central Intelligence Agency , China , Delhi , Egypt , Egyptian government , Electricity , Energy crisis , European Union , France , India , Iran , Iraq , Islamabad , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Japan , Khartoum , Nigeria , Obama , Oil , Oil production , oil profits , Pakistan , President , Saudi Arabia , South Korea , South Sudan , Sudan , Suez , Suez Canal , Syria , Tehran , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , US government , Washington
JUAN COLE: The last crackpot Neocon plan cost America $1 trillion and nearly 5,000 soldier’s lives. The latest one is meeting resistance.
Added on 15/02/2012
Common Ground News Service
Al Ahram Weekly , America , Brazil , Cairo , Democracy , Egypt , Freedom and Justice Party , Germany , India , Japan , Journalist , Mohamed el Sayed , Muslim Brotherhood , Oil , Singapore , South Korea , Suez , Suez Canal , the Al Ahram Weekly , Turkey , United States , Washington
MOHAMED EL-SAYED, CGNEWS: A very unlikely relationship indeed is beginning to take shape.
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 12/02/2012
Tabsir
Afghanistan , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Arab Spring , Argentina , Australia , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Canada , China , Denmark , Egypt , France , Germany , India , Iran , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Libya , Mexico , Middle East , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , President , Russia , Samuel Aranda , Sana’a , South Africa , Spain , Sweden , Syria , The New York Times , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United States , Women , Yemen
DANIEL M. VARISCO: The World Press Photo of the Year has been revealed. Is it the defining image of the ‘Arab Spring’?
Added on 26/01/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Ali Akbar Salehi , Ali Al-Naimi , Arabian Gulf , Bahrain , Barack Obama , Captain , China , Ehsan Ahrari , European Union , GCC , Gulf Cooperation Council , Iran , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Islamists , Israel , Israeli government , Japan , Jeddah , Korea , Kuwait , London , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , Middle East , Middle East Analyst , Military hardware , Norfolk , Oil , oil customer , Oil producer , Oil production , Oman , OPEC , Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries , Pentagon , President , Qatar , Red Sea , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , South Korea , Strait of Hormuz , Sunni , Turki al-Faisal , United Arab Emirates , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , Virginia , Wen Jiabao , Yanbu
ROB L. WAGNER: As tensions increase all parties are beginning to make calculations regarding the effect of a possible conflict in the Arabian Gulf.
Added on 13/01/2012
Abu Muhammed
America , Central Intelligence Agency , Education , Egypt , Eisenhower , Iran , Japan , Malaysia , Minister of Education , Ministry of Labor , Oil wealth , Richard Nixon , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Tunisia , United States
ABU MUHAMMED: The only thing stopping Saudi from becoming a superpower is Saudi. A nation cannot truly be great until it can educate its own.
Added on 12/01/2012
James M. Dorsey
2022 World Cup , Africa , airline , Al Ahly , Al Mannai , Asia , Bashar al-Assad , Brazil , CEO , CEO of Qatar , Doha , East Africa , Egypt , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Iran , Japan , Latin America , Libya , Middle East , Noora Al Mannai , North Africa , Olympics 2020 , President , Qatar , Qatar 2022 , Qatar Airways , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Television network , The Wall Street Journal , Tunisia , Twitter , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: Alcohol has been banned on the Pearl Qatar, dubbed the ‘Arab Riviera’. It’s the latest manifestation of internal discord.