Added on 12/09/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Electricity , London , Nuclear energy , Oil , Oil exporter , Oil revenues , peak oil , Reuters , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , United States
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The current rate at which Saudis are consuming water is simply unsustainable. Drastic action needs to be taken. And soon.
Added on 06/09/2011
The View From Fez
Europe , Health , Las Vegas , Ministry of Agriculture , Moroccan desert , Morocco , Oil , oil industry , Paris , United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization , United States , Women , Women's issues
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: The many properties and benefits of Morocco’s Argan Oil have been known for a very long time but they’ve suddenly come to the attention of film stars and other celebrities. Good news?
Added on 22/08/2011
Juan Cole
Africa , Al Qaeda , Arab League , Baghdad , Barack Obama , Ben Ali , BP , chess , Egypt , Europe , France , George W. Bush , Hosni Mubarak , India , Iran , John McCain , Lebanon , Libya , McClatchy , Netherlands , Nicolas Sarkozy , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama administration , Oil , oil markets , oil prices , Oil wealth , Pentagon , President , Prime Minister , Robert Gates , Saif al-Islam Qaddafi , Secretary of Defense , Silvio Berlusconi , Spain , Tobruk , Transitional National Council , Tripoli , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , Western Europe , Western Mountain region , Zine el Abidine Ben Ali
JUAN COLE: It is worthwhile reviewing the myths about the Libyan Revolution that led so many observers to make so many fantastic or just mistaken assertions about it.
Added on 11/08/2011
Juan Cole
Abdullah , Alternative Energy , Amman , Beirut , Brazil , Cairo , China , Energy , European Union , France , Germany , Iran , Israel , Jordan , King Abdullah , Middle East , Oil , port of Aqaba , Romania , Satellite channels , Solar energy , Soviet Union , Tajikistan , Tehran , The Star , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , Western Europe , Zambia
JUAN COLE: Klingons and Romulans wandering through the souk in Aqaba? Could be sooner than you think if King Abdullah’s ambitious plans come to fruition.
Added on 08/08/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Declaration of Independence , Employment , Europe , Expatriates , Food and Drink , France , Oil , Political systems , Saudi Arabia , United Kingdom , United States
CROSSROADS ARABIA: It’s a debate without ending but it seems to have taken a sharply antagonistic turn in an opinion piece in ‘Al Riyadh’.
Added on 27/07/2011
David Roberts
Iraq , Kuwait , Oil , Saddam Hussein
DAVID ROBERTS: There seems to be little attention paid to the continuing worsening in relations between Kuwait and Iraq. That may change as we appear to be entering a downward spiral.
Added on 16/07/2011
James M. Dorsey
Arab League , Barack Obama , Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , East Africa , Egypt , Europe , Hafez Al Assad , Hillary Rodham Clinton , Hizballah , Impotence , Iran , Lebanon , Middle East , North Africa , Obama administration , Oil , President , Prime Minister , Rafik Hariri , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of State , Syria , Tunisia , United States
JAMES M. DORSEY: The AL’s newly appointed secretary general, denounced the Obama administration for declaring the Syrian leader had lost legitimacy.
Added on 15/07/2011
Alexander McNabb
Facebook , Geekfest , Google+ , Oil , Public Relations , Social Media , Social networking , Twitter
ALEXANDER MCNABB: With “too many streams of information to be comfortable” , could Google+ assault on Facebook be too much, too late?
Added on 15/06/2011
Juan Cole
Bloomberg , BP , David Cameron , France , Italy , Libya , Muammar Qaddafi , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama , Oil , Pentagon , President , Robert Gates , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of Defense , Silvio Berlusconi , Tony Blair , Tripoli , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States
JUAN COLE: To suggest that the West has cooked up a war against Qaddafi to steal Libyan oil is to demean the bravery of the Libyan people.
Added on 14/05/2011
thehedonista
Al Ain , Al Hamra , Australia , Dubai , Golden Tulip hotel , Hajar mountains , Muscat , Oil , Oman , Photos
THE HEDONISTA: ‘One smile begets another’ and the people of Oman are very generous with their smiles. They’re also very keen to share their hidden gems…
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 07/05/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Australia , Oil , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Saudi government , Ukraine , United States
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The Saudi government is under pressure to help herders who have seen the price of imported fodder rocket.
Added on 04/05/2011
thehedonista
Aleppo , Dubai , Oil , Petra , Photos , Rome , Sana’a , Tunisia
SARAH WALTON: Possibly Bur Dubai is the soul. At least it is the heart – geographically it sits smack in the middle of the city and without it, Dubai could very possibly be a robot.
Added on 27/04/2011
James M. Dorsey
Bashar al-Assad , Central Intelligence Agency , Damascus , Department of State , Europe , European Union , Hafez Al Assad , Hama , Hamas , Leon Panetta , Libya , Maher al-Assad , Muslim Brotherhood , Obama , Obama administration , Oil , President , Prime Minister , Rami Makhlouf , Security Council , Syria , Syrian army , Syrian government , travel bans , Turkey , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , US Treasury
JAMES M. DORSEY: The Obama administration has been working hard behind the scenes to enlist the EU and Turkey in efforts to isolate Syria.
Added on 27/04/2011
Juan Cole
Ali Abdullah Saleh , Bahrain , Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , Egypt , Gaza , Gulf Cooperation Council , Hamas , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Levant , Libya , Moroccan government , Mosul , Natural gas , Oil , Oman , President , Prime Minister , Riyadh , Sultan Qaboos , Syria , Tehran , Turkey , United States , Yemen
JUAN COLE: The Arab Spring is still producing some positive reforms and questioning of past corrupt practices, and even major governmental change.
Added on 24/04/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
Algeria , Bahrain , Dubai , Entrepreneurship , GCC , health care services , higher oil prices , Iran , Oil , Oman , Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries , Public Relations , Venezuela
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: The GCC is at a crossroads – its growth requirements are in direct conflict with the needs of the world’s net consumers of oil.
Added on 21/04/2011
Alexander McNabb
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company , Adnoc , AED , Dubai , Gulf News , Oil , oil producing nation , richest oil producing nations , United Arab Emirates
ALEXANDER MCNABB: You couldn’t make it up, could you? Dubai, part of major oil producing nation the United Arab Emirates, has run out of fuel. Seriously.
Added on 16/04/2011
Steve Royston
Arabian Peninsula , Bahrain , Bin Laden , David Cameron , European Union , G20 , GCC , Immigration , Jeddah , Madinah , Makkah , Middle East , Oil , Prime Minister , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Syria , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , Yemen
STEVE ROYSTON: Add to the mix pressure on borders from poorer neighbouring countries, and you can predict immigration will be on the agenda for years.
Added on 14/04/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
AED , Bahrain , Energy , Entrepreneurship , Finance , finance minister , International Atomic Energy Agency , Iran , Kuwait , Mishaal Al Gergawi , Oil , oil prices , oil reserves , Qatar , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , United Arab Emirates , Venezuela
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: Unlike an Emirati or Qatari, a Saudi doesn’t have delusional expectations of financial entitlement and pre-deserved stature at the marketplace. A Saudi is glad to find a job at all.
Added on 10/04/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Abdullah , Bahrain , Barack Obama , Egypt , Hillary Rodham Clinton , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Middle East , Nigeria , Obama administration , Oil , oil prices , Oil production , Persian Gulf , President , Riyadh , Robert Gates , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of Defense , Secretary of State , the Associated Press , United States , Venezuela
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Whenever the words ‘United States’ and ‘Saudi Arabia’ occur in the same sentence it seems inevitable that the phrase ‘dependence on oil’ will appear too.
