Added on 16/12/2011
American Bedu
Islam , Jeddah , Mecca , Saudi Arabia

AMERICAN BEDU: Several thousand families will have their homes razed for villas and apartments in central Makkah. Has commercialisation gone too far?
Added on 03/11/2011
Mich Cafe
Adam and Eve , Arafat , Eid , Hajj , Mecca

MICH CAFE: As Nada’s sister joins the more than 1,222,474 pilgrims in Mecca (as at October 26), I wish all readers a blessed Eid al-Adha…
Added on 02/10/2011
The View From Fez
counsel , Education , France , High Atlas Mountains , Journalist , Mecca , Morocco , Spain , Valencia City , Women's issues

DEREK WORKMAN, VIEW FROM FEZ: An initiative to provide for the education of a group of young girls in the High Atlas has had an unexpected impact.
Added on 14/09/2011
Crossroads Arabia
9/11 , Abdullah , Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Crown Prince , Iraq , Mecca , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Terrorism , United States

CROSSROADS ARABIA: When Saudi awoke, it acted decisively. Its war against Al-Qaeda was successful in driving the group out of the Kingdom, though at some cost.
Added on 12/08/2011
Mich Cafe
Abu Bakr , Abu Dhabi , AED , Al Habtoor Group , Bangladesh , Blue Mosque , Dubai , Germany , Islam , Istanbul , London , Mecca , Ramadan , Tunis , Tunisia , Vicky

I heard ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan saying, when people argued too much about
his intention to reconstruct the mosque of Allah’s Apostle, “You have talked too much.
I heard the Prophet saying, ‘Whoever built a mosque, Allah would build for him a similar place in Paradise’.”
MICH CAFE: The closer you get, the more splendid the mosque looks. The size is breathtaking and I had difficulty getting the four 60-meter-high minarets in one frame.
Added on 12/08/2011
The View From Fez
Energy , Finland , Food and Drink , Islam , Mecca , Norway , Ramadan , Saudi Arabia , Sweden , The Times

IBN WARRAQ, THE VIEW FROM FEZ: With Ramadan times varying hugely around the world is it time, for the sake of individuals’ health, to adopt a standard time?
Added on 29/07/2011
Juan Cole
Al Qaeda , America , Anders Breivik , Christian , France , Glenn Beck , High Priest , Islam , Lord’s Resistance Army , Mecca , New Orleans , New York , New York city , Norway , specialist , United Nations , United States

JUAN COLE: In spite of the aggressive blather of Bill O’Reilly it would appear that so-called ‘Christian’ and ‘Muslim’ fundamentalists have much in common.
Added on 23/07/2011
Abu Muhammed
Health Ministry , insurance , Jeddah , Jeddah hospital , Mecca , medical insurance , Medina , Middle East , midwife , Ministry of Health , Riyadh , SAR , Saudi Arabia , Society , UAE government , United Arab Emirates , United States , Women's issues , World Health Organization

ABU MUHAMMED: I am told that some hospitals and clinics with birthing centers have good reputations in Saudi, but it only takes one to spoil the barrel…
Added on 11/05/2011
Omar al-Issawi
Afghanistan , Al Ahram , Algeria , Anwar Sadat , Beirut , Christianity , Christmas , Easter , Egypt , Europe , Gamal Abdul Nasser , Grand Mosque , Hamas , Hizballah , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Iraq , Islam , Israel , Lebanon , Libya , Mecca , Michel Aflaq , Middle East , Oil , Osama Bin Laden , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian Territories , Peace , President , Salah Al Bitar , Spain , Sudan , Syria , Tehran , the Egyptian daily , Turkey , United States , US House of Representatives , Yasser Arafat

OMAR AL ISSAWI: The latest round of sectarian strife in Egypt is not about sectarian confrontation. It is about ignorance.
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 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 16/02/2011
Common Ground News Service
Abdullah , Afghanistan , America , Benedict XVI , Iraq , Jeddah , Journalist , King Abdullah University of Science , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology , London , Mecca , Religion , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Saudi government , The Arab News , The Huffington Post , United States , United States government

SABRIA JAWHAR: The volume of hate-filled rhetoric pouring from pulpits in Saudi Arabia has risen over the past ten years; now authorities have taken action.
Added on 30/01/2011
SuhaibWebb
Cairo , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Food and Drink , Mecca , Middle East

SUHAIBWEBB: The curfew is in place, police have disappeared, essential supplies are running out. With the excitement there is also a sense of fear.
Added on 02/01/2011
Suzan El-Ajou
Adam and Eve , Europe , Islam , Mecca , North America , United States

SUZAN EL-AJOU: One fifth of the world’s population identifies itself as Muslim and many of that number are active in business with the other four fifths. What aspects of the Fair Trade Model are in harmony with Islam?
Added on 01/01/2011
Tabsir
Al-Hijrah , Architecture , Bangladesh , Dubai , Emir , Germany , Grand Mosque , Jesus , Ka'aba , London , Mecca , Philippines , SAR , Saudi government , Starbucks , The New York Times , United Arab Emirates

DANIEL MARTIN VARISCO: One understands the need to provide hotel rooms for the faithful, but Gucci bags?
Added on 29/12/2010
Tabsir
Harper , Jerusalem , Journalist , Lawrence of Arabia , Mecca , New York Times , Orientalism

TABSIR: Fanatically brave, chillingly ruthless, he was fastidious, repressed, allergic to physical contact, addicted to roasting baths. He was fabulously weird.
Added on 19/12/2010
Prince El Hassan bin Talal
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Baghdad , Barack Obama , Cairo , Chanukah , Christmas , Common Ground News Service , Dubai , Eid Al-Adha , guard , Holy Temple , Iran , Iraq , Iraqi government , Jerusalem , Mecca , Middle East , Pakistan , Peace , President , United States , Yemen

HRH PRINCE EL HASSAN BIN TALAL: It was a year which began with much promise and, whisper it, hope around the Middle East. It ends, however, with feelings that are all too familiar…
Added on 11/12/2010
James M. Dorsey
Abdul Aziz Al-Asheik , Abdullah , Grand Mosque , Mecca , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Supreme Judicial Council , Tabuk , UN Court , World Trade Organization

JAMES M. DORSEY: Abdullah appears to be gaining the upper hand in his battle to push through sweeping legal reform and codification of Saudi law to meet World human rights standards.
Added on 27/11/2010
James M. Dorsey
Abdulaziz , Al Qaeda , Allegiance Council , Bandar bin Sultan , former head , Governor , guard , Iraq , Ireland , Khalid al-Faisal , Khalid bin Sultan , Kuwait , Mecca , National Guard , Nayef , New York , Oil producer , Riyadh , Saud al-Faisal , Saudi Arabia , Saudi intelligence , Turki al-Faisal , United Kingdom , United States , Washington

JAMES M. DORSEY: With King Abdullah recuperating in the United States, many of the key players who will play a part in the succession to a new generation have returned to the Kingdom.