Cry, For My Son, For His Freedom
On August 14, 2009 he wrote: “I am trying to stay strong. Ma, today I talk to you…
In The Line of Duty
On the surface of it, the suffrage of Saudi women hits all the right notes: Gender, votes, power,…
Captive Syria
No sunlight enters the dingy, oxygen-less cell. Six by ten meters in length, each identical to the other two dozen,…
Americans Elect Trump President – HOW?!
What started as a joke for many, when Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the presidency of the…
UAE: Meet the World’s Youngest Minister
EARLIER this year in February, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Vice President and Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin…
Weaponizing Global Finance
Looking back at the American-led response to the 9/11 attacks, it is difficult to find clear-cut successes tied…
Education: Is It Just A Business?
In a bustling emirate that has unquestionably turned into the Middle East’s main business hub over the past…
MENA Soft Power
Germany, Europe’s largest economy, is led by a woman—Angela Merkel. The United States may just elect its first…
How The Settlers Won
Har Bracha is a Jewish business situated near Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Established in 2004, its…
In the Line of Duty
Sometime ago, before writing an article on civil-military relations, I decided to do a simple experiment. I asked…
Qatar Airways CEO: Building A Dream
Time is in short order when you are pushing your country’s national carrier forward in a fiercely competitive,…
Islamophobia: The Outsiders
In the time it takes you to read this piece, it is possible that another anti-Muslim incident might…
Dial 9-11 For JASTA
Justice and security are on the minds of many Americans commemorating September 11 this week, as newly de-classified…
Debtors Shall Not Go to Jail, Unless…
Mature economies have proven the need to implement a modern bankruptcy law in each country that wishes to…
Seeking Peace: GCC States on Regional Conflicts
Their voices were calm and measured, but as Gulf leaders addressed the U.N. General Assembly in New York…
A Crisis At Hand
Mohammed, a Lebanese man in his thirties, spends his days worrying about how he will repay the loans…
Modi’s 56-Inch Chest Bind
In the run-up to the 2014 national elections in India, one of the metaphors Narendra Modi, the Bharatya…
The Battle Within
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored…
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with UAE’s Minister of Tolerance
“Sometimes I think it is mindboggling… when all of a sudden you find a teenager who left home…
Narendra Modi’s Black Money Move
India is either in the throes of a man-made cash crisis or on the verge of a new…
Haya Bint Al Hussein: A Princess on a Mission
I feel good when we are able t0 bring in the aid to those in need says HRH…
Turkey: The Night the Soldiers Came
I was in a cafĂ© on the Anatolian side of Istanbul with two Turkish friends when they both…
Turkey: Gagged
Right now Turkey’s global importance as a democratic power is on shaky ground. Any media that are deemed…
Somalia: Hope Springs
Fatima Jibrell’s bleak outlook is evident. “We have no drinking water in Badhan today.” For the pastoralists of…
Instagram Attracting More Advertising than Twitter: Survey
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10 – Advertising agencies are for the first time turning to Instagram more frequently than…
Our Man In London?
For a site that has served as a historical symbol of christian influence for over a thousand years,…
Palestine: Childhood Lost
It took 12-year-old Dima Al Wawi’s parents some serious persuasion to get their daughter to talk. But even…
Yemen: War-Zone Babies
One Thursday in February, Rasha Al Shwafi began to feel sick. Heavily pregnant with twins, she initially passed…
Yemen: The Abandoned Animals of Taiz
THE citizens of Yemen’s Taiz city have been dealt many blows in recent months. Conflict, hunger, isolation and…
Saudi Arabia: The End of Oil
“The wake-up call has arrived. The politics of waste must end,” Khaled Al Maeena says in his 27th…