http://www.aawsat.com/english Asharq Alawsat English Edition is your insight into the Middle East en-us © 2005 Saudi Research and Publishing Sat, 06 Nov 2009 17:25:45 GMT 1 http://www.aawsat.com/english http://www.aawsat.com/english/images/aaaeng.gif 144 33 Asharq-e delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest stories, weather, entertainment, politics in the Middle East http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18724 It does not make sense for anyone who understands the violence taking place in Iraq to attribute this solely to terrorism, occupation, and politics. In more than a few cases, such violence is nothing Sat, 06 Nov 2009 17:25:45 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18719 Every Afghan ruler has one fear and one hope, and Hamid Karzai, just confirmed as President of Afghanistan for a second term, is no exception. The fear is that of ending up as Shah Shujaa. The hope Sat, 06 Nov 2009 17:25:45 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18711 In the opinion of Prince Khalid Al Faisal, the President of the Arab Thought Foundation [ATF] and the Arab intellectuals who were acting on his behalf and who met at the ATF's most recent conference Fri, 05 Nov 2009 17:25:45 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18707 After approximately 30 years, everything has changed in Iran except the regime. What has happened in Tehran 30 years later? Public repentance has come over the architects of the old era. Many of Fri, 05 Nov 2009 17:25:45 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18704 When you read a news story saying that “the United Nations called on Israel to stop demolishing Palestinian homes and put an end to the policy of forced evictions in East Jerusalem, warning that there Fri, 05 Nov 2009 17:25:45 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18695 During the Saudi-Syrian summit that took place in Damascus at the beginning of last October, I was asked in Damascus about what the summit might result in and the possibility of it resulting in the Thu, 04 Nov 2009 17:25:45 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18694 The London-based Iranian conference which raises the slogan of Islamic unity "will be nothing more than a means to communicate destructive sectarian ideas to Islamic countries that are not aware of Thu, 04 Nov 2009 17:25:45 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18685 The biggest mistake that the Iranian leadership can commit would be to seek a confrontation at the coming pilgrimage season which is less than one month away. The statements they issue suggest that Wed, 03 Nov 2009 17:25:45 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18681 What would happen if the internet suddenly collapsed, utilizing it became impossible, and it was something consigned forever into memory? What would happen if satellites stopped working, no longer Wed, 03 Nov 2009 17:25:45 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18686 Egypt is not just for the Egyptians, but for all the Arabs, as Egypt continues to play an influential role [in the region] from politics to literature, and art to economics. This influence waxes Wed, 03 Nov 2009 17:25:45 GMT