Added on 18/05/2011
Saad Al Dosari
Governor , Jeddah , Khalid al-Faisal , Makkah , Media outlets , PR
SAAD AL DOSARI: The decision of asking her to be part of the inauguration is clever because it gives the project a human face. She is the voice of Jeddawies.
Added on 07/05/2011
Steve Royston
Ahmed Al-Omran , Ali Shah , BBC , Blogging , blogs , Cairo , Casablanca , CNN , Dubai , East Africa , Jeddah , John Burgess , Journalist , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , North Africa , Omar al-Issawi , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , prolific author , Riyadh , Saad Al Dosari , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Syria , Tahir Shah , The National , The Times , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: My only quibble about CNN’s list is that it picks up exclusively on Arab writers and – with the honourable exception of Mahmood the Bahraini Blogfather – most of the writers seem relatively young.
Added on 05/05/2011
Steve Royston
Employment , Jeddah , John Burgess , Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Saudi Arabia
STEVE ROYSTON: Underemployment, the use of ‘wasta’ and an autocratic management style are some of the endemic problems not solved by fingers on electronic readers.
Added on 02/05/2011
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Al-Ahram Center , Army , Asaf Ali Zardari , Ayman al-Zawahiri , Barack Obama , Bush , Bush Administration , Central America , Central Intelligence Agency , CNN , Congress , Department of State , Dick Cheney , Dome of the Rock , Dwight Eisenhower , Egypt , Egyptian military , Fahd , France , fundraiser , Gaza Strip , Inter-Services Intelligence , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jeddah , Jerusalem , Joe Biden , Kabul , Kuwait , Leonid Brezhnev , Libya , Middle East , Obama , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Pakistani intelligence , Palestinian Territories , Pentagon , Peshawar , President , Prime Minister , Ronald Reagan , Saddam Hussein , Saudi Arabia , Soviet Union , Sudan , Syria , Taliban , Tunisia , UN Security Council , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States , US government , USG , Washington , West Bank , White House
JUAN COLE: Post Osama, President Obama should do us all a favour and now remove U.S. troops from Iraq.
Added on 24/04/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
anthropologist , Bahrain , Dubai , European Union , Facebook , GCC , Government , Gulf News , Iran , Jeddah , United Arab Emirates
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: In the GCC what we need is an intellectual evolution of enlightenment not a political
revolution against government.
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 19/04/2011
Steve Royston
Australia , Bahrain , Cairo , Canada , China , Cyprus , Delhi , Dubai , Egypt , Employment , Europe , European Union , Expatriates , Far East , Germany , India , Indonesia , Ireland , Japan , Jeddah , Jordan , Lebanon , London , Los Angeles , Malaysia , Manama , Middle East , Moscow , Naples , Oil and gas , Oman , Red Sea , Rio , Riyadh , Russia , Rwanda , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , South Korea , Syria , Thailand , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , Yugoslavia
STEVE ROYSTON: One year ago I wrote the 10 good reasons to work in the Middle East. I would not change one of them. I have, however, added 10 reasons you may not want to.
Added on 16/04/2011
Steve Royston
Arabian Peninsula , Bahrain , Bin Laden , David Cameron , European Union , G20 , GCC , Immigration , Jeddah , Madinah , Makkah , Middle East , Oil , Prime Minister , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Syria , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , Yemen
STEVE ROYSTON: Add to the mix pressure on borders from poorer neighbouring countries, and you can predict immigration will be on the agenda for years.
Added on 15/04/2011
David Roberts
Dubai , Jeddah , Middle East , Saudi Arabia , World's Tallest Building
DAVID ROBERTS: Twice as high as the Burj Khalifa the recently announced Kingdom Tower in Jeddah seems an extremely unlikely proposition indeed.
Added on 13/04/2011
Susie of Arabia
Belgium , France , Hijab , Jeddah , Mona Eltahawy , Niqab , Saudi Arabia , Women
SUSIE OF ARABIA: I feel I am forced to wear the abaya – it would not be my choice to dress like that. And I doubt if I am the only woman who feels this way.
Added on 05/04/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Jeddah , Saudi Arabia , Women's issues
CROSSROADS ARABIA: It’s often a cause for violence particularly among young tribal men. Whatever you do, don’t mention the mother’s name.
Added on 24/03/2011
Steve Royston
airline , Captain , Food and Drink , Jeddah , Riyadh , Saudi Arabian Airlines , Western Media
STEVE ROYSTON: Arab media seldom uses unflattering images, especially on dignitaries who are part of the establishment, as Mr Al Molhem is…
Added on 22/03/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Employment , Jeddah , Riyadh , Sangean SR3 Radio , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Saudization , Shoura Council , Unemployment
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Saudization is simply not working so someone’s got to be doing something wrong. There seems no end of potential culprits.
Added on 20/03/2011
Crossroads Arabia
HIV , Jeddah , Marriage , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Women
CROSSROADS ARABIA: A large proportion of marriages in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia are between relatives. It’s creating major challenges for the authorities.
Added on 09/03/2011
Leila Awad
Jeddah , US Federal Reserve
I refuse to be a second class citizen. We are demanding change like everyone else. Life in Jeddah is dismal and oppressive. Change can happen when women are represented in all walks of life including government. I am fed up of not being heard or repr…
Added on 07/03/2011
James M. Dorsey
Algiers , Amman , Ankara , Bahrain , Barack Obama , Brazil , Cairo , East Africa , Egypt , Egyptian military , Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood , Erdogan government , Europe , European Union , Gaza , Green Movement , Hosni Mubarak , International Monetary Fund , Iran , Islamist party , Israel , Jeddah , Kuwait , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , Manama , Mecca , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Oil , Omar al-Bashir , President , Prime Minister , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Sana’a , Saudi Arabia , Soccer , South Sudan , Sudan , Syria , Tripoli , Tunis , Tunisia , Turkey , Turkish government , United States , Washington , Washington Institute , Washington Institute for Near East Policy
JAMES M. DORSEY: For the first time in its history, Turkey is emerging as a true bridge between East and West. Unrest elsewhere however puts Turkish aspirations to the test.
Added on 27/02/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz , Al Waleed Bin Talal , Bahrain , BBC , Crown Prince , Facebook , Gulf , Gulf News , Iran , Jeddah , Kuwait , Lebanon , Libya , Middle East , Mishaal Al Gergawi , Nayef bin Abdul Aziz , New York Times , Oman , Qatar , Saudi , Saudi Arabia , Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa , UAE , United Arab Emirates , Yemen
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: The different characteristics of Gulf countries are being revealed in how demands for reform are being made, and in the reaction.
Added on 26/02/2011
Steve Royston
Bahrain , Christmas , Colonel , Dubai , Economic Development Board , Governor , James Mullen , Jeddah , Jumeirah Beach Hotel , Manama , Manufacturing , Mecca , Middle East , Oil , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , UAE , United Kingdom
STEVE ROYSTON: This is not intended as a fluffy message of support. Bahrain has simply travelled further than any of its neighbours down the path of open-mindedness. And it’s a ‘real’ country.
Added on 23/02/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , Arab Gulf , Bahrain , Ben Ali , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Egypt , Emir , Facebook , government services , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Jeddah , Middle East , Naif , North Africa , Oil , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Tunisia , Unemployment
ROB L. WAGNER: Western analysts are engaging in wishful thinking that Saudi Arabia is ripe for a revolution. The Kingdom is no Egypt or Tunisia.
Added on 23/02/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Bahrain , Jeddah , Middle East , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Shoura Council , SMS
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The issue of traffic fines elicits Pavlovian-response rage from drivers wherever they are in the world, but nowhere more so than in Saudi.
