Added on 30/01/2012
Steve Royston
Bahrain , Bill Gates , Democracy , Housing Minister , Labour government , Labour Party , Mark Zuckerberg , National Health Service , Steve Jobs , United Kingdom
STEVE ROYSTON: Bahrain is debating whether a bachelor’s degree is a necessity for a member of parliament. It will skew the demographics.
Added on 05/11/2011
David Westley
Ali Al-Naimi , Angela Merkel , Apple , Barack Obama , Benjamin Netanyahu , chancellor , China , co-chair , David Cameron , Dominique Strauss-Kahn , Egypt , Forbes , France , Germany , Hamad Bin Khalifa al Thani , Iran , Israel , Japan , Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan , King Abdullah , Libya , Mark Zuckerberg , Melinda Gates Foundation , Mexico , Middle East , Oil , Oprah Winfrey , Osama Bin Laden , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Recep Erdogan , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Steve Jobs , The National , Tunisia , Turkey , United Arab Emirates , United States , US Federal Reserve , Vladimir Putin , Wael Ghonim
NEWS ANALYSIS: So how does the Middle East do? Not great, but Saudi’s King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud is in the top 10, at number 7.
Added on 27/10/2011
Mondoweiss
California , Homs , Novelist , Paul Jobs , Steve Jobs , Syria
PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: One of the striking revelations in the newly published biography of Steve Jobs is that he actually met his father briefly but had no further contact with him. Why?
Added on 07/10/2011
Alexander McNabb
Apple , Bill Gates , CEO , IBM , Intel , IPad , iPhone , IPod , Microsoft , Nokia , Operating system , Steve Jobs , Tim Berners-Lee , United Kingdom , United States , US government
ALEXANDER MCNABB: There’s little doubt Steve Jobs was an arrogant bastard. I’ve never met him but the absolute certitude shone through in everything he did.
Added on 06/10/2011
Juan Cole
America , Apple , Barack Obama , China , Coca cola , DOS , Herman Cain , Homs , India , Mona , Operating system , Paul Jobs , Rick Perry , Rupert Murdoch , Social Media , Steve Jobs , Syria , Taliban , United States
JUAN COLE: Both the U.S President and arguably America’s most creative entrepreneur provide proof of the value of multiculturalism.
Added on 17/09/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Arab Spring , Europe , Facebook , Hosni Mubarak , iPhone , IPod , John Stuart Mill , Middle East , Steve Jobs , Technology , The National , Twitter , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: Let’s not diminish the creativity and courage of the Arab Spring by attributing great sacrifice to amorphous, faceless technology.
