Added on 04/12/2010
Steve Royston
Bahrain , BBC , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Football , Middle East , Qatar , Russia , Sepp Blatter , The Times
STEVE ROYSTON: However FIFA arrived at its decisions, if the motive is to put the tournament where there’s real passion for football, then both Russia and Qatar are good choices.
Added on 04/12/2010
Jonathan Cook
Afghanistan , Europe , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Middle East , Pakistan , Saudi Arabia , Tel Aviv , United Nations , United States , United States Army , Washington , Wikileaks
JONATHAN COOK: At work here is a set of global forces that the US, in its hubris, believed it could tame in its own interests. By the early ’90s that arrogance manifested itself in the claim of the “end of history…
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 01/12/2010
Osama Al Sharif
America , China , Department of State , Iran , Iraq , Local media , Middle East , North Korea , Pakistan , United States , US Federal Reserve , US government , US intelligence , Washington , whistleblower site , Yemen
OSAMA AL SHARIF: It is not what diplomats do which will change, but the way they do it. In the age of digital information it is proving difficult, almost impossible, to keep anything hidden.
Added on 30/11/2010
Michael J. Totten
Abdullah , Afghanistan , Arab League , Bahrain , David Petraeus , hysteria , Iran , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Middle East , Pentagon , Saudi Arabia , U.S. government , United States , Wikileaks
MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: The publication of these leaks is eerily reminiscent of the Pentagon Papers, which exposed a decade-long attempt by U.S. officials to distort and conceal unpalatable truths about Vietnam.
Added on 30/11/2010
Shibli Zaman
Adventure , Balkans , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bucharest , Europe , History , Hungary , Islam , Middle East , Romania , Serbia
SHIBLI ZAMAN: This Ottoman general had a greater war, a war against darkness. He hunted the very progenitor of the vampire legend who impaled his enemies and drank their blood – Vlad al III-lea Tepes, also known as Vlad Draculea, who would go down in infamy as, simply, Dracula.
Added on 28/11/2010
Ahmed-Al-Omran
Abdulaziz Khoja , Al Watan , Cartoonist , Dubai , Entrepreneur , Fouad al-Farhan , graphic designer , Jeddah , Middle East , minister of information and culture , Real Estate , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Social networking , Twitter , Umm Al-Qura University
AHMED AL-OMRAN: Twitter’s swept the world but has it made serious inroads into Saudi Arabia? Yes! And here’s my personal ‘Top Ten’ countdown of the Kingdom’s leading Twitter users.
Added on 27/11/2010
Jonathan Cook
Al Jazeera , Al-Aqsa , Albania , America , Amira Hass , Anti-Defamation League , Army , Associated Press , Association of Civil Rights in Israel , BBC , Beit Hanoun , Benjamin Netanyahu , Bil'in , Bill Keller , Brian Avery , British government , Camp David , Censorship , Chris McGreal , CNN , Congress , Easter , Emily Henochowicz , English channel , Ethan Bronner , Europe , European Union , Food and Drink , Foreign media , Furkan Dogan , Gaza , Gideon Levy , Haaretz , International Solidarity Movement , Iran , Israel , Israeli army , Israeli government , Israeli Military Strength , Israeli police , James Miller , Jericho , Jerusalem , Joel Greenberg , Jordan , Journalist , Lebanon , Liberia , London , Mainstream media , Media , Media organizations , Media watchdog , Middle East , Military hardware , Mohammed Omer , Nablus , New Israel Fund , New Statesman , New York , News media , Nicaragua , Nilin , Northern Ireland , Online community , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , political adviser , public editor , Qassam rocket , Qatar , Rachel Corrie , Ramallah , Reporters Without Borders , Reporting , Reuters , Richard Goldstone , Richard Silverstein , Shin Bet , South Africa , Sunday Times , Tear gas , The Anti-Defamation League , The Guardian , The New York Times , The Times , The Washington Post , Tibet , Tom Hurndall , U.S. Congress , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States , US Federal Reserve , Washington , Washington Post , West Bank , White House
JONATHAN COOK: Most freelancers forced into this position would either have learned to tailor their reporting to what was expected by the news desks or have headed off to another conflict zone. I stayed…
Added on 26/11/2010
Steve Royston
Arabian Peninsula , Christmas , History , Middle East , News journalist , Roger Harrison , Saudi Arabia
STEVE ROYSTON: Thaler Tales was published in 2006, so this is not exactly a hot-off-the-press post. But hey, the thaler’s been around for 250 years, so no matter.
Added on 26/11/2010
Steve Royston
Abdullah , Bahrain , CEO , Dubai , Facebook , Jeddah , Malcolm Gladwell , Mazen Nahawi , Middle East , News Group International , Pepsi , President , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Social networking , Sultan Al Bazie , The New Yorker , United Kingdom
STEVE ROYSTON: Successful companies tend not to fire their communications people. That’s not to say that politics, ambition and personal fiefdoms won’t get in the way
Added on 26/11/2010
Ramzy Baroud
Aaron David Miller , Arab League , Barack Obama , Benjamin Netanyahu , China , Congress , Europe , Gaza , George W. Bush , Hilary Clinton , Iran , Israel , Jerusalem , Latin America , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Netanyahu’s government , Obama administration , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , President , Prime Minister , Secretary of State , The Jerusalem Post , The New York Times , Turkey , U.S. Congress , UN Security Council , United States , West Bank , White House
RAMZY BAROUD: It looks like President Obama will finish his term having secured no advance in Arab-Israeli negotiations. The Israelis do the talking, Washington does the listening. And the giving…
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 22/11/2010
James M. Dorsey
Afghanistan , Barack Obama , Cairo , Democracy , Department of State , Egypt , Egyptian government , Egyptian military , Elections , Gamal Mubarak , George W. Bush , guard , head of state , Hillary Clinton , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Middle East , Mubarak , Muslim Brotherhood , National Democratic Party , Nile , Obama administration , P. J. Crowley , President , Secretary of State , U.S. Congress , United States , United States Agency for International Development , Washington
JAMES M. DORSEY: Repression of the opposition, intimidation of the media and electoral restrictions may guarantee Mubarak’s win. But for the U.S., the perception it is perpetuating authoritarian rule may outweigh any benefits.
Added on 18/11/2010
Sultan Al Qassemi
Abraaj Capital , Abu Dhabi , AED , Arif Naqvi , Crown Prince , Dubai , Dubai School , Europe , European Union , Fadi Ghandour , France , Germany , Ihsan Jawad , Middle East , Naif Al Mutawa , Prime Minister and Ruler , The National , United Arab Emirates , United States , World Health Organization , Yahoo!
SULTAN AL QASSEMI: Arab governments need to understand that without pan-Arab initiatives, true prosperity will not be achieved. We must capitalise on our strengths as a region with a population larger than the United States…
Added on 01/11/2010
Sultan Al Qassemi
Abu Dhabi , Africa , Architecture , Cairo , Doha , Dubai , Egypt , India , Louvre Abu Dhabi , Middle East , Paris , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Spain , The National , United Arab Emirates
SULTAN AL QASSEMI: Nestled in one of Bur Dubai’s older districts is one of the emirate’s best kept architectural secrets: the Ismaili Centre of Dubai.
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 07/10/2010
Mira-Edelstein
Common Ground News Service , Dead Sea , Israel , Jerusalem , Jordan , Mediterranean , Middle East , Negev , Oil , Palestinian Territories , Red Sea , Syria , West Bank , World Bank
People often associate the Middle East with oil. But in the region’s cities, villages and farms, access to a different resource is becoming rather problematic: water. Finding a solution here may also reveal another – the path to peace.
Added on 05/10/2010
James Mullan
Abu Dhabi , Dubai , Middle East , United Kingdom , YouTube
10 million dirhams was paid last Saturday at auction in Abu Dhabi for the number 9 plate, but its value could be much more if the cash was put to good use.
Added on 27/09/2010
Alexander McNabb
Google+ , Internet , Middle East , Skype , Social Media , United Arab Emirates , United States , VOIP , Yahoo!
There has been a great deal of concern and speculation this week regarding a possible move against Google by the UAE’s telecom regulator, the TRA. Much of this concern has been triggered by appalling journalism…