Added on 08/02/2011
James M. Dorsey
2022 World Cup , Asian Football Confederation , Australia , BBC , Belgium , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Football , Japan , Mohamed bin Hammam , Netherlands , Portugal , President , Qatar , Qatar 2022 , Russia , Soccer , South Korea , Spain , The Telegraph , United Kingdom , United States
JAMES DORSEY: If Blatter’s admission is correct, those votes would account for seven of the 12 votes that won Qatar its right to host the world’s biggest sporting event.
Added on 05/02/2011
David Roberts
2022 World Cup , Australia , Brazil , Doha , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Football , Japan , Manchester , President , Qatar , Qatar 2022 , Sepp Blatter , United Kingdom
DAVID ROBERTS: Huge queues, chronic transportation, empty seats and a less than fulsome welcome for travelling fans – a very long ‘To Do’ list for Qatar 2022.
Added on 04/02/2011
James M. Dorsey
Africa , Al Mohtalet , Al Zamalek , Cairo , Egypt , Egyptian police , Facebook , Football , Gaza , Ghana , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Italy , President , Social services , The National , United Kingdom , YouTube
JAMES DORSEY: The organizational skills of the ultras, fanatical Cairo soccer fans, are emerging as opponents and supporters of President Mubarak.
Added on 02/02/2011
Mondoweiss
Abdullah , Abdullah II , Alexandria , Anwar Sadat , Argentina , Army , Barack Obama , Ben Ali , Bolivia , Brazil , Bush , Cairo , Camp David , Chile , Egypt , Egyptian government , France , Gamal Abdel Nasser , Gaza , Haaretz , Hillary Clinton , Hosni Mubarak , Human Rights Watch , Interior Ministry , International Atomic Energy Agency , Interpol , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jimmy Carter , Jonestown , Jordan , Joshua Landis , Latin America , Lebanon , Mahmoud Abbas , Menachem Begin , Middle East , military officer , Mohamed elBaradei , Mohammed Bouazizi , Mubarak's government , Muslim Brotherhood , Obama administration , October Bridge , Oil , oil producers , Omar Suleiman , P. J. Crowley , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , Paraguay , Pentagon , President , Prime Minister , Ramallah , Saddam Hussein , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of State , Sidi Bouzid , Silvan Shalom , Social Media , Suez , Suez Canal , Suzanne Mubarak , Tunisia , U.S embassy , U.S. , U.S. military , United Kingdom , United States , Uruguay , Usher , Washington , White House , Workers Party , Yemen
PHYLLIS BENNIS, MONDOWEISS: Do the principles on which the U.S. was founded apply to more than 300 million Arabs?
Added on 01/02/2011
Rob L. Wagner
abaya , Bahrain , Canada , Catholic University , Education , Facebook , Hijab , Jeddah , Madinah , Middle East , Ministry of Higher Education , Muslims , Niqab , Qatar , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Saudi women , Twitter , Unemployment , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States , Washington
ROB L. WAGNER: Saudi Arabia is sending thousands of women to foreign universities to obtain undergrad and postgrad degrees. Job prospects upon returning home are dim.
Added on 31/01/2011
Rachel McArthur
Alexandria , Army , Cairo , Dubai , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egyptian government , Facebook , Mobile Phones , SMS , United Kingdom
RACHEL MCARTHUR: Now I must admit that phrase had somewhat lost its meaning over the years. The government made its people lose the will to care.
Added on 31/01/2011
Juan Cole
Al Qaeda , Cairo , Camp David , Central America , Egypt , Egyptian government , Egyptian military , France , Gamal Abdel Nasser , Gaza , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Israel , Mubarak , President , Qatar , Sinai Peninsula , Suez , Suez Canal , United Kingdom , United States , vice president and prime minister
JUAN COLE: The failure of the regime to connect with working and middle classes, and its inability to provide jobs set the stage for last week’s events.
Added on 29/01/2011
Steve Royston
2022 World Cup , Bahrain , Davos , Dubai , Energy , Food and Drink , London , Middle East , Qatar , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , World Economic Forum
STEVE ROYSTON: Taxpayers’ money that could have been spent on new hospitals, refurbished schools, or improved public transport – down the drain.
Added on 25/01/2011
Hisham Wyne
America , Egypt , Fatah , Gaza , Iran , Israel , Jerusalem , Jordan , Palestine , Palestine Liberation Organization , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , The Guardian , Tzipi Livni , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States
HISHAM WYNE: The release of the Palestine Papers will be seen as pivotal. Fundamental truths have been revealed.
Added on 24/01/2011
Steve Royston
Army , Bahrain , BBC , CNN , Cristiano Ronaldo , Internet users , Iran , Middle East , Nigeria , Print media , the Daily Mail , United Kingdom , YouTube
STEVE ROYSTON: The aspect I latched on to was cybercrime, on the 419 scam. The talk was delivered by a former member of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service.
Added on 22/01/2011
Steve Royston
Anglican Church , British National Party , Caribbean , Europe , France , Greece , Islam , Islamaphobia , Italy , Khalid Alnowaiser , Middle East , National Front , Southern Europe , Tariq Al Maeena , UK government , United Kingdom , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: If I was advising the UK on a strategy to contain Islamophobia, it would be to communicate the distinction between faith and behaviour.
Added on 22/01/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Al Qaeda , al-Abidine Ben Ali , Algeria , Barack Obama , Cairo , Egypt , Food prices , London , Middle East , President , Tunisia , Tunisian government , United Kingdom , United States , US Federal Reserve , Washington , William Hague , Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali
RAMZY BAROUD: Understanding Tunisia as just another “Arab regime”, another possible podium for al-Qaeda’s violence, is convenient but also unhelpful…
Added on 17/01/2011
Alexander McNabb
Amazon , Collector , Kindle , Mossad , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom
ALEXANDER MCNABB: I honestly had my doubts about the whole Kindle thing before I took the plunge – and now I’d recommend it to anyone.
Added on 12/01/2011
Osama Al Sharif
Addis Ababa , Africa , Algeria , Amman , Colonel , Darfur , Egypt , Iraq , Israel , journalist and political commentator , Khartoum , Middle East , Morocco , Oil , Osama Al Sharif , President , Southern Sudan , Sudan , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen
OSAMA AL SHARIF: The modern history of Sudan is dominated by immature political and religious agendas that ignored the country’s racial, religious and economic complexities.
Added on 12/01/2011
Steve Royston
Bahrain , CEO , China , Entrepreneur , Entrepreneurship , Europe , Far East , Finance , George Mason University , India , Japan , Malaysia , Malcolm Gladwell , Middle East , Nigeria , OECD , Saudi Arabia , Singapore , Somalia , South Africa , South Korea , United Kingdom , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: Creating an entrepreneurial culture in a country, as Professor Daniel Isenberg pointed out, requires determination, and a lot of money
Added on 09/01/2011
David Roberts
FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Football , Germany , Italy , Japan , Mexico , New Year's Day , President , Qatar , Qatar 2022 , Russia , Sepp Blatter , South Africa , United Kingdom
DAVID ROBERTS: So Sepp Blatter has begun the softening up for the first ever Winter World Cup. It makes sense, you know….
Added on 08/01/2011
Steve Royston
2022 World Cup , airline , Aviation , Bahrain , Boeing , British Airways , Captain , Doha , Emirates , Etihad , Europe , Far East , FIFA , IPod , London , Middle East , Qatar , Qatar Airways , Rolls-Royce , United Kingdom , Western Europe
STEVE ROYSTON: At what stage does the market value of British Airways become so depressed that it becomes an attractive takeover target for the likes of Qatar, Emirates or Etihad?
Added on 08/01/2011
Marium Sattar
Abbas ibn Firnas , Academy Award , Actor , Africa , Asia , Common Ground News Service , Cordoba , DC , Europe , Greece , Islam , Istanbul , London , New York , Pew Research Center , Rome , Spain , United Kingdom , Washington
MARIUM SATTAR: An exhibition showcasing the discoveries of Islam’s ‘Golden Age’ has attracted visitors in the hundreds of thousands, and helped overturn some pervasive prejudices.
Added on 02/01/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Eid Al- Fitr , New year , New Year's Day , Thanksgiving , United Kingdom
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: Beneath my grumpy response to the start-of-year festivities, I await this year’s events with a nervous delight.
Added on 30/12/2010
Jonathan Cook
Bedouin , Ben Gurion University , Benjamin Netanyahu , Christian Zionist , Congress , East Africa , Europe , Human Rights Watch , Israel , Israeli government , Israeli police , Jerusalem , Jewish National Fund , Middle East , Negev , Neve Gordon , North Africa , Palestine , politics professor , Prime Minister , Rabbi , Supreme Court , The National , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States , Washington , West Bank
JONATHAN COOK: The involvement of extremist Christian groups like God-TV will turn this into a religious confrontation – much harder to resolve…
