Added on 07/07/2014
Juan Cole
Asia , Gaza Strip , Israel , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Itamar attack , Palestinian National Authority , Palestinian people , Palestinian Territories , Politics , Second Intifada , War/Conflict , Western Asia
JUAN COLE: The brutal murders of three Israeli teenagers and a Palestinian youth have driven attacks on children to top of the news agenda but it’s not new.
Added on 11/05/2014
mai abdul rahman
Asia , Definitions of Palestinian , Israel , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Middle East , Nakba Day , Palestinian exodus , Palestinian people , Politics , Views on the Arab–Israeli conflict , War/Conflict , Western Asia , Zionism
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: It’s an event that defines both Israel and Palestine. It’s brutal realities will not be wished away.
Added on 12/04/2014
Mondoweiss
Arab–Israeli War , Asia , BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION , Criticism of the Israeli government , historian , Israel , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Jewish history , Middle East , Nationalism , Palestine , Palestinian exodus , Politics , Simon Schama , United States , Western Asia , Zionism
JEROME SLATER, MONDOWEISS: Simon Schama is a popular and highly respected historian. But Israel appears to be his blind-spot.
Added on 13/02/2014
James M. Dorsey
Al Nasr , Al Shabab , Asia , Outline of Saudi Arabia , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , teacher , The Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia , Western Asia
JAMES DORSEY: The attendance of American female senators at a soccer match in Riyadh has sparked a massive debate
Added on 04/12/2013
Dhofari Gucci
Asia , Dhofar Governorate , Index of Oman-related articles , Oman , Religion/Belief , Salalah , Sultanates , Tourism in Oman , Western Asia
DHOFARI GUCCI: A workplace discussion with two educated young men regarding the role of women in my country left me distressed and sad
Added on 16/11/2013
Jonathan Cook
Ariel Sharon , Fatah , Israel , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Nationalism , Oslo Accords , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian nationalism , Palestinian Territories , Palestinian terrorism , Politics , Prime Minister , United States , War/Conflict , Western Asia , Yasser Arafat
JONATHAN COOK; It’s looking increasingly likely that Yasser Arafat was poisoned with polonium. So what’s been the result of his ‘removal’?
Added on 08/11/2013
Jonathan Cook
Ashraf Khatib , Asia , Dror Etkes , Fertile Crescent , Israel , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , large natural gas deposits , Levant , Meged oil field , Oil , oil field , Oslo , Oslo Accords , Palestinian Environmental Quality Authority , Palestinian National Authority , Palestinian people , Palestinian Territories , Politics , United Nations General Assembly observers , USD , War/Conflict , West Bank , Western Asia , World Bank
JONATHAN COOK: It’s clear that Israeli policy is to ensure that any possibility of a future Palestinian state being economically viable remains very remote
Added on 25/10/2013
Juan Cole
Arab League , Arab world , Cairo , Egypt , Egyptian people , Foreign relations of Egypt , Gamal Abdel Nasser , Iran , Iraq , Middle East , Moscow , Muslim Brotherhood , Nikita Khrushchev , North Africa , Politics , Politics of Egypt , President , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Soviet Union , Syria , United States , USD , Vladimir Putin , Washington , Western Asia
An Egyptian delegation heading to Moscow just after the United States cut $300 million out of its aid package to Cairo to punish the July 3 military coup there has raised speculation that Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s military junta is shopping for a new superpower patron. In the 1960s at the height of the Cold […]
Added on 17/10/2013
James M. Dorsey
Adly Mansour , Arab world , Asia , East Africa , Egypt , Egyptian Armed Forces , Egyptian military , Hosni Mubarak , House of Saud , Iran , Israel , Member states of the Arab League , Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , Member states of the United Nations , Middle East , Middle Eastern countries , Mohamed Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , North Africa , Obama administration , Politics , Saudi Arabia , Sinai , United States , War/Conflict , Washington , Western Asia
JAMES M. DORSEY: It’s clear that Washington has embarked on a major re-alignment of its strategic resources in the Middle East.
Added on 15/10/2013
James M. Dorsey
Ali Bin Al Hussein , Arabian Peninsula , Asia , Asian Football Confederation , Bahrain , Basra , Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf , FIFA , Football , International reactions to the 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising , Iran , Iraq , Iraq national football team , Iraqi Football Association , Iraqi government , Kuwait , Member states of the Arab League , Member states of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf , Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , Member states of the United Nations , Persian Gulf countries , Politics , President , Prince , Saudi Arabia , Shi'a–Sunni relations , Soccer , Sports , United Arab Emirates , War/Conflict , Western Asia
Sectarian divisions fuelling conflict across the Middle East have spilt on to the soccer pitch with Iraq’s decision to boycott the Gulf Cup and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) warning the Iraqi government not to interfere in the game. It is hard to separate the divisions between Sunni and Shiite Muslims that governments in Bahrain […]
Added on 10/10/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Asia , Egypt , Fatah , Fatah–Hamas conflict , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Governance of the Gaza Strip , Hamas , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Mahmoud Abbas , Palestinian militant groups , Palestinian National Authority , Palestinian nationalism , Palestinian Territories , Politics , United States , War/Conflict , West Bank , Western Asia
RAMZY BAROUD: The ‘pampered men’ of the PNA are in no hurry to take on a ‘national liberation project’. The attack on Gaza continues.
Added on 09/10/2013
Juan Cole
Arab–Israeli conflict , Asia , Benjamin Netanyahu , Binyamin Netanyahu , Iran , Israel , Israeli Jews , Israeli society , Politics , Religion/Belief , Western Asia
JUAN COLE: Binyamin Netanyahu’s observations on Iranian jeans-wearing provoked much mirth but the two countries have a lot in common.
Added on 26/09/2013
Naseem Tarawnah
Arab , Arab League , Arab world , Asia , Israel , Middle East , North Africa , Politics , Syria , United States , Western Asia
NASEEM TARAWNAH: It’s curious watching while other countries decide what to do with the place where you live.
Added on 21/09/2013
James M. Dorsey
Abdullah , Arabian Peninsula , Asia , Bahrain , Doha , Fifa World Cup , GFH Capital , Leeds , Member states of the Arab League , Member states of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf , Member states of the United Nations , Prince , Qatar , Soccer , Sports , United Arab Emirates , Western Asia
JAMES DORSEY: The recent acquisition by a Saudi Prince of a lower-tier English football team points to a new direction for Middle Eastern magnates
Added on 02/09/2013
Alexander McNabb
Asia , Gulf News , Oman , Outline of Oman , Sultanates , Western Asia
ALEXANDER MCNABB: The furore over a piece describing the everyday life of a gay individual in Oman shows no signs of dying down.
Added on 24/08/2013
Common Ground News Service
Al Qaeda , Arab world , Asia , Middle East , Politics , Western Asia , Yemen
ABUBAKR AL SHAMAHI, CGNEWS: One word seems to be inevitably linked in the common mind to the beautiful, complex land of Yemen – terrorism
Added on 08/08/2013
Susan Al Shahri
Asia , Dhofar S.C.S.C. , Minister of Education , Night , Oman , Salalah , Sultanates , Western Asia
SUSAN AL SHAHRI: I was initially very nervous about presenting to young Omani high school students but what an inspiration they are.
Added on 31/07/2013
Jonathan Cook
Asia , Cannes , Eli Suleiman , Entertainment/Culture , Hany Abu-Assad , Israel , Middle East , Nazareth , Palestinian National Authority , Palestinian nationalism , Palestinian people , Paradise Now , United States , Western Asia , Yasser Arafat
JONATHAN COOK: He’s will not let Israelis forget about the impact that their occupation has on everyday Palestinian life.
Added on 28/07/2013
Steve Royston
Arab , Arab culture , Arab people , Arab world , Arabian Peninsula , Asia , Bahrain , Culture , Island countries , Middle East , Persian Gulf countries , Republic of Ireland , Shaikha Mai Bint Ibrahim Al-Khalifa , United Kingdom , Western Asia
STEVE ROYSTON: It’s a discussion without end – what should governments do or not do to promote authentic Arabic culture? And what does this actually mean?
