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 16/12/2010
David Westley
Abu Dhabi , Christmas , Emirates Palace Hotel , Las Vegas , United Arab Emirates , United States
DAVID WESTLEY: From the same hotel that has given us the gold bar vending machine comes what must be the world’s most expensive Christmas tree.
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 12/12/2010
Sultan Al Qassemi
Abu Dhabi , Crown Prince , Dubai , Edward Said , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Kuwait , Media outlets , Qatar , Social Media , The National , United Arab Emirates
SULTAN AL QASSEMI: Public intellectuals reflect the conscience of society and should not be regarded as a threat, but as part and parcel of the community.
Added on 09/12/2010
Alexander McNabb
Abu Dhabi police , Dubai , Dubai police , HSBC , National Day , United Arab Emirates
ALEXANDER MCNABB: Adding to that, we have finally had it confirmed that, in the UAE, ‘freehold’ actually means ‘usufruct’. What the hell is ‘usufruct’..?
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 05/12/2010
Sultan Al Qassemi
Abu Dhabi , AED , Bahrain , Berlin , Denmark , Europe , Finland , Food and Drink , Formula 1 , Gulf Cooperative Council , Gulf council , Iceland , Kuwait , Nayef bin Abdul Aziz , Norway , Oman , Qatar , railway network , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Sweden , The National , Twitter , United Arab Emirates
SULTAN AL QASSEMI: Recently I attempted to capture some of these aspirations. On Twitter, I asked: “What do Gulf citizens want from the summit?”
Added on 05/12/2010
Alexander McNabb
Censorship , Europe , Facebook , Google+ , LinkedIn , Microsoft , Ministry of Information , Skype , TechCrunch , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom
ALEXANDER MCNABB – Technology has allowed us to speak to each other in ways unimaginable five years ago. The telco operators in the Middle East, however, don’t appear to have caught on yet.
Added on 03/12/2010
Matt J. Duffy
Abu Dhabi , Cablegate , Censorship , Dubai , Gulf News , Iran , Local media , Media outlets , North Korea , UAE government , UN Court , United Arab Emirates , Wikileaks
MATT J. DUFFY: I suggest that one—or preferably all—of the UAE’s press outlets compile a simple report analyzing the leaked cables. The report should be published without a byline so no single reporter can be sued.
Added on 01/12/2010
Alexander McNabb
Abu Dhabi , Abu Dhabi police , Bahrain , Dead Sea , Dubai , Dubai Creek , Europe , Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan , Labour government , National Day , Oman , Port Rashid , President , Qatar , Suez , UAE's National Day , United Arab Emirates , Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
ALEXANDER MCNABB: I have some old video footage of Sheikh Rashid, a man that used to take 5am tours around his city as it was being built, in true Arabian Nights style…
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 21/11/2010
Sultan Al Qassemi
Abu Dhabi , Abu Dhabi's Executive Council , AED , British Council , British Embassy , British Museum , Crown Prince , Dubai , Dubai Creek , Dubai International Financial Centre , Dubai Municipality , Elizabeth II , London , Mansour bin Zayed , New York , Prime Minister and Ruler , princess , The Financial Times , The National , The Telegraph , The Times , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , Victoria
SULTAN AL QASSEMI: Today, there are approximately 240,000 British citizens living in the UAE, with another one million plus visiting the country every year and up to 40,000 Emiratis visiting Britain annually.
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 18/11/2010
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
dishwasher , Electricity , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMMED: This is especially sad in places such as the Gulf where until 50 years ago people were adept at living in harmony with their environment and efficient in their use of resources. That sensitivity has been lost.
Added on 11/11/2010
Alexander McNabb
Censorship , Privacy , Reporting , United Arab Emirates , YouTube
ALEXANDER MCNABB: One month in jail and deportation for filming an actual incident and posting it online may appear madly draconian, but the UAE (and the Gulf in general, actually) has always had a fraught relationship with photography…
Added on 04/11/2010
Sultan Al Qassemi
Abu Dhabi , AED , Al Khaimah , Bloomberg , du , Dubai , Etisalat , gross domestic product , Khalifa bin Zayed , Mansour bin Zayed , President , Tax , The National , United Arab Emirates
SULTAN AL QASSEMI: But how can the country cover a federal budget shortfall of Dh18.2 billion, which is now carried by only Abu Dhabi and Dubai? A tax regime…
Added on 04/11/2010
Alexander McNabb
Abu Dhabi , Dubai , Gulf News , Journalism , Journalist , Lyndon Johnson , President , Reporting , The National , Tom Cruise , UAE newspapers , United Arab Emirates , United States
Gulf News deserves to be held to a higher standard than Gulf Today, though. And in this, it has failed. Its silence is nothing less than shameful – and its shame is clearly exposed by The National.
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 01/11/2010
James Mullan
Dubai , Media , The National , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , WAM , Western Media
The UAE finds itself in the international spotlight again – and for all of the wrong reasons. So why do the Western media ‘accentuate the negative’ and forget the positive when reporting events in the Arab world?