Yes…We Need Leaks!
Diana Mukkaled
We will continue to monitor and analyze the contents of the secret documents leaked from the files of the US Defense Department via the "Wikileaks" website long into the future. Wikileaks is a website ...
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Iran and Russia: Pies Falling from the Skies
Amir Taheri
Until just a few months ago the official commentariat in Tehran
was building a lot of pies in the sky with the prospect of a new axis to oppose the global influence of the American “Great Satan.” ...
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The Misyar Question!
Dr. Hamad Al-Majid
One of the most charming stories of real Misyar marriage (a marriage where couples may live separately and without financial obligations), is the story of a handsome young Algerian man, whose country’s ...
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The Arab Media's Take on Tourist Victims
Muhammad Diyab
Perhaps the Saudi youth who reported being attacked and beaten by two Bahraini security guards was perhaps luckier than other Saudi tourist victims, for his attack was at least documented in images. ...
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The Niqab… and the Elite
Ali Ibrahim
According to the British press, the latest opinion polls show that 67 percent of Brits support a law on banning the Niqab in public places, along the lines of the scheme introduced in France, and other ...
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The Facebook Generation
Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed
Are we living under a rock, or are they ahead of their time? I am talking about the half a billion people who are members of Facebook. This is a relatively young website which has just celebrated ...
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US – Pakistani Rapprochement and the Issue of Trust
Huda al Husseini
The international donors conference took place in Afghanistan; however the focus was on Pakistan, with China pledging to offer trade concessions to Islamabad in order to support Pakistan's economy, ...
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Nasrallah and Syria's Acquittal!
Tariq Alhomayed
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is certainly the most aware that the number of meetings that have taken place recently between the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Lebanese Prime Minister ...
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Turkey: Bringing Together Soap Opera Fans and Religious Figures
Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed
Last summer, airplanes traveling to Turkey were filled with young man and women who were fans of the Arabic-dubbed Turkish soap opera "Noor." Record number of Arab tourists paid a visit to Turkey last ...
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The Other Side of Shahram Amiri's Story
Adel Al Toraifi
The story of Shahram Amiri, an Iranian researcher in the nuclear field, has been front page news over the past two weeks. Amiri, who worked at the Malek Ashtar University in Tehran, disappeared in ...
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A Lack of Professionalism
Diana Mukkaled
As part of my work, I am often sent letters and e-mails about television programs, and particularly documentaries, whether they have recently been broadcast or are still in production. I received a ...
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Afghanistan: Talking to the Taliban or Defeating Them?
Amir Taheri
Schools, hospitals, jobs, security and decent housing.... These are just some of the few things that Afghanistan is still unable to offer to even a fraction of its population. And this is despite the ...
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Iran: The Excuse is Uglier than the Offense
Tariq Alhomayed
It appears that the soap opera of the Iranian researcher – or scientist – Shahram Amiri has not and will not end; this has become like one long telenovela. Tehran has now claimed - through an unnamed ...
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In Order Not to be Fooled by Netanyahu
Osman Mirghani
The Israeli writer Gideon Levy described Benjamin Netanyahu as a huckster and con-artist in his article [Tricky Bibi] that was published in the Haaretz newspaper on 15 July 2010.
Why?
This is because ...
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Thank You, "Washington Post!"
Tariq Alhomayed
Everybody who works in the world of journalism must sincerely thank the US "Washington Post" newspaper for it has given us an important and useful lesson in serious journalism, rather than yellow journalism ...
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Syria's Playing Cards
Ali Ibrahim
Political observers can only admire the way in which Damascus is bringing together its regional political cards, and its proficiency in dealing with the contradictions and conflicting forces [in the ...
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Mandela: The Living Legend
Hussein Shobokshi
The world yesterday celebrated the 92nd birthday of a great man; a man that many people consider to be the greatest figure of our era. I am talking, of course, about the great African leader Nelson ...
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American Caesars and Obama’s Fate
Adel Al Toraifi
Nigel Hamilton, a well-known British historian, recently published a book entitled “American Caesars: Lives of the US Presidents, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush” (2010). Hamilton, who ...
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Osama's Bollywood Comedy: A Message for Pak – India Talks
Jyoti Malhotra
One day after the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan, SM Krishna and Shah Mehmood Qureshi pick up the thread of their official dialogue process in Islamabad so brutally interrupted by the Mumbai ...
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