Added on 03/01/2011
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Ahmet Davutoglu , Alexandria , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Ankara , Asia , Avigdor Lieberman , Bush , Christian Church , Damascus , Egypt , Egyptian military , Gaza , Germany , Hamas , Hamid Karzai , Hosni Mubarak , House of Representatives , India , Iran , Iraq , Iraqi army , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Jordan , Justice and Development Party , Kirkuk , Lebanon , MEK , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , Netanyahu government , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama administration , Oil , Pakistan , Palestine , Palestine Authority , Paris , President , Republican Party , Swat Valley , Syria , Taliban , Tehran , Turkey , U.S. , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , US government , US military , Washington , West Bank , Wikileaks , Yemen
JUAN COLE: The Obama administration has been successful in tightening the financial noose on Iran during 2010, but Iran could fight back like a cornered rat…
Added on 02/01/2011
Joseph Mayton
Common Ground News Service , Egypt , Mainstream media , Middle East , Online media , The Guardian , The Los Angeles Times , The New York Times , Women
JOSEPH MAYTON: Our main supporters are women… The women who want to write – and read -about “real” news stories…
Added on 30/12/2010
Jonathan Cook
Bedouin , Ben Gurion University , Benjamin Netanyahu , Christian Zionist , Congress , East Africa , Europe , Human Rights Watch , Israel , Israeli government , Israeli police , Jerusalem , Jewish National Fund , Middle East , Negev , Neve Gordon , North Africa , Palestine , politics professor , Prime Minister , Rabbi , Supreme Court , The National , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States , Washington , West Bank
JONATHAN COOK: The involvement of extremist Christian groups like God-TV will turn this into a religious confrontation – much harder to resolve…
Added on 24/12/2010
Steve Royston
Abdullah , China , Council of Ministers , Deng Xiaoping , Egypt , Facebook , Hosni Mubarak , Jeddah , Leonid Brezhnev , Middle East , Minister of Information , Ministry of Education , Oil producer , President , Russia , SAR , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Social networking , Soviet Union , Vladimir Putin , Wen Jiabao , Youth
STEVE ROYSTON: Respect for the elderly is deeply ingrained in Arab society. Saudi Arabia, however, faces a major demographic challenge – a hugely youthful population.
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 21/12/2010
David Westley
Dubai , Economy , Egypt , Employment , Entrepreneurship , Middle East , Oil , Real Estate , Saudi Arabia , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom
DAVID WESTLEY: Over the years Dubai has started a host of cities acting as hubs. What it has failed to do is start something as simple as “Incubation City”.
Added on 20/12/2010
Michael J. Totten
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , America , China , Europe , History , Iraq , Julian Assange , Latin America , Middle East , Mossad , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Oil , President , Russia , Saddam Hussein , The Financial Times , U.S. government , United States , Wikileaks
MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: Surely somewhere there’d be references to a war for oil in Iraq if the war was, in fact, about oil.
Added on 20/12/2010
Steve Royston
Ashoura , Bahrain , Christmas , Colorado , Damascus , Easter , Iran , Iraq , Manama , Middle East , Mohamed , Muharram , Ottoman Court , Print media , Ramadan , Red Sea , Taliban , YouTube
STEVE ROYSTON – In the two hours I listened, I couldn’t begin to understand the intricacies. But I was struck by the gentle emotion, and parallels to Easter.
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 17/12/2010
Ramzy Baroud
Al-Aqsa , Amazon.com , Civil society , Gaza , internationally-syndicated columnist and the editor , Israel , Israeli Committee against House Demolitions , London , Middle East , Mossad , Palestine , PalestineChronicle.com , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , Peace , Pluto Press , Ramallah , Red Cross , Russell Tribunal on Palestine , West Bank , www.ramzybaroud.net
RAMZY BAROUD: It is the very balance between destruction and rebuilding, despair and hope, occupation and perseverance that makes the Palestinian people powerful.
Added on 16/12/2010
Steve Royston
Australia , Bahrain , Boston , Canada , China , Employment , European Union , Ireland , Middle East , New Zealand , North America , Qatar , Riyadh , Ronald Reagan , Saudi Arabia , Tariq Al Maeena , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: Could it be that the next wave of migration will come from the very class of people that Saudi Arabia sees as its future?
Added on 15/12/2010
Remona Aly
BBC , Common Ground News Service , Europe , Islam , London , Media outlets , Mehdi Hasan , Memorial Day , Mexico , Middle East , New York , New Zealand , Poet , Public Relations , Social networking , United Kingdom , United States
REMONA ALY: A bold initiative by young Muslim professionals to improve Britons’ view of Islam has sparked much debate. It may also be a template worth copying.
Added on 15/12/2010
Alexander McNabb
Abu Dhabi , Dubai , Middle East , Nichola Jones , UAE , United Arab Emirates
ALEXANDER MCNABB: The ‘application application’ has been removed. Typing centres have been closed. And the clock is ticking towards the end of year deadline.
Added on 10/12/2010
Ramzy Baroud
Afghanistan , Ahmet Davutoglu , Barack Obama , Department of State , Ehud Barak , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Geneva , George W. Bush , Hizballah , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Media organizations , Middle East , Palestinian Authority , Paranoia , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Ramallah , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Russia , Silvio Berlusconi , Syria , The Jerusalem Post , The New York Times , Turkey , United States , US Federal Reserve , US government , Vladimir Putin , Washington , Wikileaks
RAMZY BAROUD: Despite their high number, the documents raise many questions, but answer few. Since more are coming, one must wait and see…
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 07/12/2010
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Angela Merkel , Aung San Suu Kyi , Kate Middleton , Michelle Obama , Middle East , Myanmar , princess , Rania
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMMED: We don’t hold women to male standards. Marriage is seen as an acceptable way to assert status. The woman need not have any of her own intrinsic merit, women are judged less on their talents
Added on 06/12/2010
Naseem Tarawnah
Amman , Jordan , Middle East
NASEEM TARAWNAH: There’s one overriding topic of conversation in Jordan these days – rain or rather its absence. Each day without rain and the prayers are becoming more desperate.
Added on 05/12/2010
Steve Royston
Bahrain , Bill Gates , Facebook , Google+ , Microsoft , Middle East , Steven Jobs
STEVE ROYSTON: The parents of many in the GCC instill in their sons and daughters (particularly sons) the idea that the only respectable career is management.