Added on 06/10/2011
Common Ground News Service
Ben Ali , Bulgaria , China , Civil society , Democracy , Free media , Georgia , Journalism , Journalist , Media freedom , President , Responsible media , South Africa , Tunisia , Zine el Abidine Ben Ali
MOURAD TEYEB, CGNEWS: ‘With freedom comes responsibility’ goes the saying. The Tunisian media need to start taking their’s seriously.
Added on 06/09/2011
The Moor Next Door
Africa , African Union , Algeria , Algerian government , Arab League , China , Europe , Libya , Libyan government , Morocco , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Qaddafi , Russia , Sahara , South Africa , The Maghreb , United States , Western Sahara
TMND: It’s becoming clearer by the day that Algeria played a key role in supporting the Qadhafi regime, particularly in its dark, late days. The Algerians face some very uncomfortable questions
Added on 04/09/2011
mai abdul rahman
Christians , Civil society , Department of State , Envoy , Gaza , George Mitchell , International Court of Justice , Israel , Israeli government , Jerusalem , lead broker , legitimate tool , Middle East , Obama , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , political tools , President , South Africa , U.S. Congress , United Nations , United States , West Bank , White House
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: The consistent failure of American intervention to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli issue has led Palestinians to take matters into their own hands. This strategy is paying off.
Added on 25/08/2011
James M. Dorsey
Africa , Ahmet Davutoglu , Arab League , Atlantic coast , Bashar al-Assad , Brazil , China , Colonel , East Africa , Electricity , India , Iraq , James M. Dorsey , Libya , Middle East , Moammar Qaddafi , Nanyang Technological University , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Oil production , President , Russia , S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies , Saddam Hussein , Security Council , South Africa , Syria , Tripoli , Turkey , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States
JAMES M. DORSEY: China and Russia could quietly establish relations with Syrian protesters if and when Mr. Assad is forced to relinquish power.
Added on 10/08/2011
Common Ground News Service
Aziz Abu Sarah , Center for World Religions , Columbia University , Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution , George Mason University , Israel , Jerusalem , Nelson Mandela , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , Peace , President , Rabbi , South Africa , Tel Aviv , United Nations , West Bank
ROI BEN-YEHUDA, AZIZ ABU SARAH, CGNEWS: Are you pro-solution or pro-conflict? Pro-solution Palestinians and Israelis launch a new movement.
Added on 05/08/2011
Abu Muhammed
Albert Einstein , Arabian Gulf , Education , Gulf Arab , Saudi Arabia , school systems , South Africa , United States
ABU MUHAMMED: As a rule, Gulf Arab countries talk big when it comes to doing something about its disabled population, but very little materializes
Added on 02/08/2011
Mondoweiss
Alice Walker , Angela Davis , CNN , Daily Forward , Gaza , Haaretz , HBO , Israel , Larry David , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , South Africa , United States
JESSE BENJAMIN, MONDOWEISS: When Larry David turned his attention to the Palestinian issue it provoked a veritable fire-storm.
Added on 11/06/2011
Juan Cole
Anthony Weiner , Columbia University , Congress , Gaza , Israel , Israeli army , Israeli navy , Lebanon , Mahatma Gandhi , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Middle East Opinions of America , New York , Palestine , Palestine Authority , Palestine Liberation Organization , President , South Africa , South Lebanon , The New York Times , United Nations , United States , West Bank
JUAN COLE: Forget about the ‘sexting scandal’, Anthony Weiner has a lot more to answer for than some private peccadilloes. His blind allegiance to Israel means that he’s played a uniformly sinister role on Middle East matters.
Added on 04/06/2011
Steve Royston
Argentina , Bahrain , Blogging , CEO , Conventional media , Dubai , Facebook , Food and Drink , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , Middle East , Osama , Print media , Rwanda , Social Media , Social networking , South Africa , The Huffington Post , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: “If you manage to persuade your CEO to write a blog, you’d better make sure he or she writes lively content. Otherwise their blog will have the opposite effect…”
Added on 29/05/2011
Common Ground News Service
Bahrain , Chile , Democracy , Gandhi , India , Lisa Schirch , Middle East , Pakistan , Peshawar , South Africa , Syria
ALI GOHAR, LISA SCHIRCH, CGNEWS: Drawing on Islamic and tribal teachings Bacha Khan headed a non-violent ‘army’ in India in the 1920s.
Added on 24/05/2011
Sultan Al Qassemi
AED , Afghanistan , Barack Obama , Broadband , George Washington , Gulf News , Libya , Philippines , President , Prime Minister , Russia , Social Media , South Africa , UAE , UAE's National Day , United Arab Emirates , United States , Woodrow Wilson
SULTAN AL QASSEMI: This year is an ideal time for the UAE, the only successful union in the Arab world, to institutionalise a State of the Federation address.
Added on 18/05/2011
James M. Dorsey
Angela Merkel , Asia , Asian Football Confederation , Brazil , Brussels , chancellor , China , David Cameron , deputy chairman , Dominique Strauss-Kahn , Economy , Europe , European Union , FIFA , Finance , finance minister , Germany , Gordon Brown , Governor , Greece , India , International Monetary Fund , Ireland , Manmohan Singh , Mohamed bin Hammam , Morocco , New York , Nicolas Sarkozy , Portugal , President , Prime Minister , Russia , Sepp Blatter , Singapore , South Africa , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , Washington , World Bank
JAMES M. DORSEY: Emerging markets are demanding that the heads of major international institutions be chosen on the basis of merit…
Added on 14/05/2011
SlimGulfie
Bahrain , Bahraini government , Human Rights Watch , Member of Parliament , policeman , prime minster , Salmaniya Hospital , Saudi Arabia , South Africa , Sunnis , supermarket chain , Tehran , United Nations , United States
SLIMGULFIE: Over half a million Bahrainis who share the same religion are now thoroughly divided by their two sects. It’s heartbreaking.
Added on 12/05/2011
Mondoweiss
Alan Dershowitz , Australia , Berlin , Center for American Progress , Congress , Ehud Barak , Haaretz , Hamas , Hizballah , Iran , Iranian government , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Israel Defense Forces , Israel Radio , Jeffrey Goldberg , Jordan , Labour Party , Matt Duss , Memorial Day , Middle East , Netanyahu , New America Foundation , Pakistan , Palestine , Pentagon , President , Prime Minister , Shimon Peres , South Africa , Steve Clemons , Tehran , U.S. intelligence , United States , United States government , Washington Institute , Washington Institute for Near East Policy
MONDOWEISS: If Iran ever acquired nuclear weapons would it launch an attack on Israel? “Not on us and not on any neighbor.” The speaker? Ehud Barak…
Added on 25/04/2011
Steve Royston
Bahrain , British National Party , graphic designer , Middle East , Northern Ireland , Pearl Monument , Qatar , Scotland , South Africa , United Kingdom , United States , Wales
STEVE ROYSTON: It may not seem a high priority item at this particularly sensitive point in Bahrain’s history but flags play a pivotal role in defining a nation’s sense of identity.
Added on 03/04/2011
James M. Dorsey
2010 World Cup , Africa , African Cup of Nations , Al Ahram , Algeria , Captain , East Africa , Egypt , Egypt Elections , Egyptian Football Association , Facebook , Food prices , Football , guard , hassan , Hosni Mubarak , Islamic Republic of Iran , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , Middle East , National Democratic Party (NDP) , North Africa , Premier League , President , qualifier , Soccer , South Africa , Twitter
JAMES M. DORSEY: The calm with which Egyptians accepted defeat, contrasts starkly with riots that erupted on two continents in late 2009 when Algeria stopped Egypt making it to the 2010 World Cup.
Added on 24/02/2011
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Ben Ali , Hosni Mubarak , Saudi Arabia , South Africa
“Saudi Arabia doesn’t come close to the crimes perpetrated by Hosni Mubarak, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Qaddafi on their people.”
Actually, it does. In fact, they’ve done and continue to do much, much worse. They continually oppress half of the population to an unthinkable degree, treating them as lower than dirt. That alone is worse than anything the aforementioned have done. I cannot understand why the world sits by and lets this policy continue in Saudi Arabia, when the apartheid regime in South Africa was so widely condemned. Gender apartheid is even worse than the apartheid of a race.
Meanwhile they enforce the death penalty for a number of “offences” including nonsense like witchcraft and have public executions. They’re also the world’s largest supplier of terrorists, and just about ever Islamist insurgency worldwide has ties with Saudi Arabia. Let’s not forget that the majority of the 9/11 suicide hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. Coincidence? I think not. The youth are indoctrinated with extremist Wahhabi values through their appalling education system which produces terrorists, anti-westernism, discrimination and plain ignorance.
Of course, greedy western nations are also at fault for legitimising this tyrannical regime.
Added on 09/02/2011
Mondoweiss
Boycott Divestment and Sanctions , California , Civil society , Europe , General Assembly , Germany , Illinois , International Court of Justice , Israel , Israeli government , Jerusalem , Latin America , legitimate tool , Maryland , Middle East , Middle East Opinions of America , New York , North Carolina , Obama , Olympics , Palestine , Pennsylvania , political tools , President , South Africa , U.S. Congress , United Nations , United States , US military , West Bank
DAVID SCHWARTZMAN, MAI ABDUL, MONDOWEISS: The Middle East peace process is going nowhere fast and interested parties are giving up on the U.S.
Added on 22/01/2011
James M. Dorsey
Abdullah , Facebook , Fifa World Cup , Football , France , Jeddah , Paris , President , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Soccer , South Africa , Sport , Syria
JAMES M. DORSEY: A three-time Asian champion and finalist in six of the last seven Asian Cup tournaments, Saudi Arabia failed to advance in Qatar, losing all three matches it played.
Added on 19/01/2011
James M. Dorsey
2022 World Cup , Bahrain , Citibank , Doha , Energy , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Middle East , Oil and gas , Public Relations , Qatar , Qatar 2022 , Real Estate , South Africa , Television network
JAMES M. DORSEY: Qatar will become the face of an Arab world that projects itself as rich, bold and futuristic – a dramatic contrast with current perceptions of conflict and conservatism.