Added on 23/12/2010
Osama Al Sharif
Asharq Al-Awsat , Darfur , Europe , Hizbollah , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jerusalem , Lebanon , Middle East , Obama , Obama administration , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Peace , President , Sudan , UN Security Council , United States , Washington , West Bank , Yemen
OSAMA AL SHARIF: 2010 has established that the region has failed to learn from its past. Failing to resolve conflicts does not mean that they simply go away.
Added on 09/12/2010
Osama Al Sharif
Abu Dhabi , Afghanistan , GCC , Geneva , Gulf , Iran , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Israeli government , Jordan , Lebanon , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , Middle East , Nuclear technology , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , President , Saudi Arabia , Tehran , Turkey , United States , Washington , whistleblower site , Yemen
OSAMA AL SHARIF: Focus on Iran or Afghanistan should not be at the expense of the Palestine Question, which remains crucial to peoples of the region.
Added on 08/12/2010
James M. Dorsey
2022 World Cup , Al Ahly , Asian Football Confederation , Cairo , Egypt , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Football , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Lebanon , Middle East , Oil , Peace , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Qatar 2022 , Rafik Hariri , Saudi Arabia , Sepp Blatter , Soccer , South Africa , southern Yemen , Syria , Tehran , UEFA , United Arab Emirates , United States , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: So deep-seated is soccer passion that governments would be acting at their own peril and would likely conclude that they have no alternative but to allow their teams to play Israel.
Added on 08/12/2010
Arianna Huffington
Abdullah bin Zayed , Abu Dhabi , Al Qaeda , Amr Moussa , Bahrain , Cairo , Common Ground News Service , Egypt , Facebook , International Peace Institute , iPhone , Jordan , League of Arab States , Lebanon , Malaysia , Middle East , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , Qatar , Salam Fayyad , Social Media , The Huffington Post , Twitter , United Arab Emirates , YouTube
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON: No longer is our best hope for change governments. If change happens, it’s going to be social media fuelling the transformation.
Added on 02/12/2010
Ramzy Baroud
Benjamin Netanyahu , Croatia , Cyprus , Gabi Ashkenazi , Gaza , Gulf News , Haaretz , Hizballah , Iran , Israel , Israeli army , Lebanon , London , Macedonia , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , Middle East , Pluto Press , President , Prime Minister , Rafik Hariri , Romania , Serbia , South Lebanon , Syria , TNT , Turkey , Turkey’s military , United States
RAMZY BAROUD: Promises Turkey will no longer stand idle as children and women are killed no longer suffice. Israel seems unmoved by words…
Added on 29/11/2010
Naseem Tarawnah
Abdullah , Amman , Baghdad , Clinton , David Hale , Hamas , Hizballah , Iran , Iraq , Iraqi government , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Qatar , Shia , Syria , Tehran , U.S. , United States , US embassy , US embassy in Amman , US government , Wikileaks
NASEEM TARAWNAH: One particular cable is a rather clear reflection of its stance and growing concerns regarding Iran – “Beware the Iranian Tentacles … and Cut Them Off,” reads the summary…
Added on 24/11/2010
James M. Dorsey
Atlantic coast , Baghdad , Beirut , Cairo , California , Casablanca , Copenhagen , Dubai , Dubai airport , Dubai Political System , East Africa , Eastern Europe , Egypt , executive director , Gaza , Hamas , Heavy Metal , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Kuwait , Lebanon , Media outlets , metal , Middle East , Morocco , Muhammad VI , Musician , Muslim Brotherhood , North Africa , Persian Gulf , Political systems , President , rapper , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Shiraz , The Star , TNT , United Arab Emirates , United States , University of California , YouTube
JAMES M. DORSEY: As dark as that moment was for Casablancan rockers, the trial was a turning point setting Morocco on a path to becoming one of the Arab world’s more liberal societies when it comes to alternative lifestyles.
Added on 16/10/2010
James Mullan
America , Barack Obama , Binyamin Netanyahu , Dead Sea , Egypt , Greece , Israel , Jimmy Carter , Lebanon , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , Mediterranean , Middle East , Nelson Mandela , Palestinian Territories , President , Syria , Turkey , United Nations , United States , Washington
President throws stone, new ‘best friends forever’ hang out, Obama snubbed, ‘The Elders’ regional tour kicks off. A week is, indeed, a long time in Middle East politics
Added on 01/10/2010
Tony Saghbini
Beirut , Common Ground News Service , Copenhagen , Facebook , Lebanese government , Lebanese parliament , Lebanon , Ministry of Interior , Online media , proposed law , Twitter
A recent survey of readers of the more than 400 blogs in Lebanon shows that their numbers are close to the online readership of Lebanese newspapers, but do their readership rates mean that blogs can be a tool for change?
