Added on 14/06/2012
Mich Cafe
Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh , Africa , Bahrain , Bangladesh , Children , China , Dubai , Gulf News , Kuwait , New York , Niger , Saudi Arabia , South Asia , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United Nations , United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund , United Nations Population Fund , Women , Women's issues , Yemen

MICH CAFE: It’s an issue throughout the Arab world and beyond. Finally, it’s being addressed.
Added on 19/05/2012
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Beirut , Cairo , Censorship , Chicago , Egypt , Galal Amin , Gamal El-Ghitani , Gulf Cooperative Council , Ibrahim Abdel Meguid , Ibrahim Aslan , Ibrahim Farghali , Khairy Shalaby , Kuwait , Kuwait Times , Libya , Literature , Middle East , Ministry of Information , Tunisia

M. LYNX-QUALEY: Kuwait always features highly in lists of press freedom in the Arab world but it keeps a tight rein on literature
Added on 19/05/2012
Juan Cole
Algeria , Bahrain , Egypt , European Union , Facebook , Gulf Cooperation Council , Kuwait , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , Mubarak government , Oil , oil monarchies , Prime Minister , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Social networking , Syria , Tunisia , Twitter , United Arab Emirates , Yemen

JUAN COLE: Facebook does not seem important in Egypt’s presidential race. You wonder if the young are interested: Most plausible candidates are rather ancient…
Added on 19/05/2012
Francis Matthew
Bahrain , Europe , European Union , GCC , GCC Union , Gulf Cooperation Council , Gulf News , Iran , Kuwait , Kuwait’s Parliament , Political systems , Saud al-Faisal , Saudi Arabia , UAE University , United Arab Emirates

FRANCIS MATTHEW: It’s likely to succeed if it focuses on ways to make the existing GCC work better, rather than offer any new political structure.
Added on 15/05/2012
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Anders Behring Breivik , Bahrain , Church of the Nativity , Congress , Daniel Pipes , Department of Defense , Egypt , G20 , Hiroshima , Indonesia , Islam , Jordan , Kuwait , Mecca , Michigan , Middle East , Morocco , Norfolk , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Pakistan , Pentagon , President , Renaissance Party , Robert Spencer , Spencer Ackerman , Tunisia , Turkey , United States , US military , Virginia , Washington , Washington DC

JUAN COLE: The Pentagon has launched an investigation into a class on Islam which characterises all Muslims as radical, violent extremists
Added on 15/05/2012
Tabsir
Amman , Army , Baghdad , Bahrain , Co-Editor , Europe , Georgetown , Harvard , Iraq , Journalism , Kuwait , Literature , Mahmoud Darwish , Massachusetts , Novelist , Paris , Poet , Rome , Saddam Hussein , Sinan Antoon , Syria , travel ban , United Nations , United States , Yemen

TABSIR: A celebrated novelist, poet and filmmaker Sinan Antoon reflects on life in Iraq before and after the fall of Saddam Hussein
Added on 04/05/2012
James M. Dorsey
2022 World Cup , Bahrain , Carnegie Mellon University , Carnegie Mellon University’s campus , Doha , East Africa , Emir , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Formula 1 , Gulf Cooperation Council , Hassan al Thawadi , International Labor Organization , International Trade Union Confederation , Kuwait , Labor , labor minister , Malaysia , Middle East , North Africa , Oman , Prime Minister , Qatar , Qatar 2022 , Qatar 2022 recruitment , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Sharan Burrow , Supreme Committee , Trade Unions , United Arab Emirates

JAMES DORSEY: According to the ITUC “workers are dying in Qatar as they build World Cup stadiums, suffering large scale exploitation every day.
Added on 03/05/2012
David Roberts
Abdullah , Abu Dhabi , America , Arab Gulf , Bahrain , Doha , Dubai , Emir , European Union , Formula 1 , GCC , GCC Union , Gulf Cooperation Council , Gulf Union , Hamad al-Thani , Iran , Iraq , Kuwait , Kuwait’s Parliament , Levant , Manama , Middle East , oil fields , Oman , Qatar , Riyadh , Saud al-Faisal , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Arabian National Guard , Tehran , UAE , United Arab Emirates , United States

DAVID ROBERTS: There will be fine talk and likely a positive joint statement will be issued but no firm action will be agreed.
Added on 09/04/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Arab League , Baghdad , Cairo , Egypt , Israel , Khartoum , Kuwait , Palestine Liberation Organization , President

CROSSROADS ARABIA: Looking for signs of effectiveness of the Arab League? Keep looking…
Added on 31/03/2012
Christina Hebert
Bahrain , Bangladesh , Egypt , GCC , India , Iran , Jordan , Kuwait , Oil , Oman , Pakistan , Palestinian Territories , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Sri Lanka , Syria , The Huffington Post , The National , Twitter , UAE , United Arab Emirates

CHRISTINA HEBERT: It’s an issue that generates heated debate but what are the benefits of Gulf countries offering citizenship to foreigners?
Added on 08/03/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , America , Arab Spring , Asia , Bahrain , Civil society , Constituent Assembly , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Essam Sharaf , Europe , Gulf Cooperation Council , Human Rights Watch , Iraq , Iraqi parliament , Islamic Ennahda Party , Islamic party , Isobel Coleman , Kosovo , Kuwait , Leila Ben Ali , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , Nasser Al-Missned , National Assembly , National Transitional Council , North America , Prime Minister , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Shura Council , Syria , The Financial Times , Tunisia , United Arab Emirates , Women , Women's issues

ROB L. WAGNER: They played a leading role in the early stages of the Arab Spring. But have women seen concrete benefits yet?
Added on 29/02/2012
David Roberts
2022 World Cup , Abdullah , Abu Dhabi , Bahrain , Crown Prince , Doha , Egypt , Emir , gas field , guard , Gulf Cooperation Council , Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani , Hamad Bin Khalifa al Thani , Hizballah , Iran , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Kuwait , Media coverage , oil fields , oil reserves , Oman , Paranoia , Qatar , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Suez , Sultan , Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani , Tehran , United Arab Emirates , United States

DAVID ROBERTS: if Qatar’s role is tempered by lack of Saudi support, the region will be without a state willing to push the boundaries of regional politics.
Added on 26/02/2012
David Westley
Abu Dhabi , Brunei , Burundi , China , Dubai , Europe , Fifa World Cup , Forbes , Guggenheim , Kuwait , Liberia , Netherlands , Norway , Olympics , Qatar , railway network , Singapore , Switzerland , UAE , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States

ANALYSIS: Qatar has a ‘poor’ Gini index. The Gini index measures how well income is actually divided within a society, the lower the score the better.
Added on 15/02/2012
David Roberts
Conservative Party , Democracy , Elections , Emir , Guantanamo Bay , Iraq , Kuwait , Kuwaiti Government , MP , Prime Minister , United States , US Federal Reserve

DAVID ROBERTS: Until these groups can come together bitter arguments, recriminations and stalled political and economic sectors will typify Kuwait.
Added on 10/02/2012
Common Ground News Service
Andrea Bocelli , Barcelona , Facebook , Hassan bin Talal , Hillary Rodham Clinton , Israel , Jordan , Journalist , Kuwait , Middle East , Palestine , Ramallah , Ruth Eglash , Saeb Erekat , Secretary of State , The Jerusalem Post , United Nations , United States

RUTH EGLASH, CGNEWS: An online movement formed by Palestinians and Israelis has garnered impressive support. But will it make any difference?
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 29/11/2011
Juan Cole
Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Arab League , Arab Spring , Bashar al-Assad , Democracy , Egypt , Gulf Cooperation Council , Interior Ministry , International Criminal Court , Iran , Iraq , Journalist , Kuwait , Lebanon , Middle East , Morocco , Prime Minister , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tawakkul Karman , Tunisia , Turkey , United Nations , United States , Yemen

JUAN COLE: Events are moving quickly in the region, and here are some notable developments with implications for democracy in the Middle East.
Added on 17/11/2011
James Mullan
Democracy , Kuwait , Kuwaiti parliament , Nasser , Prime Minister , Reuters

Following months of protests outside the Kuwaiti parliament the lid finally came off and a group of protestors stormed the gates. What does this mean?
Added on 01/11/2011
David Roberts
Bahrain , Darfur , Doha , Emir , GCC , Iran , Israel , Khalifah Al Thani , Kuwait , Libya , Prime Minister , Qatar , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Shura Council

DAVID ROBERTS: Another fascinating move from a fascinating country. Qatar has again seized the mantle of leadership in the Arab world…
Added on 23/10/2011
David Westley
Egypt , GCC , Iraq , Kuwait , Libya , Middle East , mp3 , Oman , Qatar , Tunisia , United Arab Emirates , World Bank

NEWS ANALYSIS: The World Bank report ignores uniqueness. Could you honestly say that Saudi Arabia is a more hospitable place than the UAE?