Israel deserves better than this prophet of doom
JASON D. GREENBLATT November 11, 2022 Short Url As the lighthearted expression goes, the future is one of the hardest things to predict. That did not stop columnist Thomas L. […]
Countries Where Polygamy is Legal 2022: Top 10
Countries Where Polygamy is Legal: Polygamy is the practice of a person marrying multiple people simultaneously, most typically a male to multiple women. Polygamy is frequently founded on religious beliefs or […]
Migrant charity ship spurned by Italy heads to France
November 8, 2022 By Alvise Armellini and Angelo Amante 0 seconds of 0 secondsVolume 0% Italy lets in NGO ship’s migrants, other vessels in limbo ROME, Nov 8 (Reuters) – A migrant […]
The Mediterranean: An unheard tale of climate, threats, hopes
Nov 05,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Nasser Kamel For the first time in the history of climate negotiations, there will be a Mediterranean voice at the table. A diverse coalition […]
COP27 Blog: Interfaith responses to the climate crisis
Interfaith prayer before COP26, Glasgow. PHOTO: Albin Hillert/LWF By Bishop Philip Huggins Our Australian diplomats and negotiators recently gave briefings to those of us going to COP27. We have a […]
Algiers summit fails to paper over the cracks in Arab unity
HAFED AL-GHWELL November 06, 2022 Short Url The 31st Arab League summit concluded in Algiers this week in a manner expected of a hopeless gathering strangely touted as a great […]
The Mediterranean: An unheard tale of climate, threats, hopes
Nov 05,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Nasser Kamel For the first time in the history of climate negotiations, there will be a Mediterranean voice at the table. A diverse coalition […]
As pope visits, leading Muslim cleric urges intra-Muslim dialogue
Issued on: 04/11/2022 Awali (Bahrain) (AFP) – One of the world’s leading Islamic clerics on Friday called for dialogue between the faith’s two main currents to settle sectarian differences, in an address […]
Algeria president urges Arab unity to confront ‘tensions and crises’
Family photo of leaders and head of delegations participating in the Arab League Summit in Algiers, Algeria November 1, 2022. (Reuters) Short Url AFP November 01, 2022 ALGIERS: Algeria’s president […]
Adding insult to injury
Oct 31,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby This past week, a major US daily paper ran a lengthy feature article reporting on France’s repatriating to Algeria 24 skulls […]
King Charles should attend climate summit says US envoy
By Justin Rowlatt Climate editor King Charles should reconsider his decision not to go to the UN climate conference in Egypt, President Biden’s climate envoy has told the BBC. John […]
Amid global uncertainty, Africa bristles with opportunity
ZAID M. BELBAGI October 22, 2022 Short Url The “worst is yet to come” warning from the International Monetary Fund this month could not have been more ominous. The annual […]
As French influence rapidly declines, are we witnessing the end of Francafrique?
HAFED AL-GHWELL October 22, 2022 Short Url Anti-French sentiment has sharply increased in Sahelian and North African countries, driven mostly by enduring animosity toward the contributions of Paris to the […]
World halal market projected to reach $10 trillion in 5 years
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL OCT 20, 2022 The runway at the Modanisa Modest Fashion Week at Zorlu Center, Istanbul, Türkiye, April 21, 2019. The size of the world halal market, which […]
Food insecurity threatens the Middle East
BY IRFAN ASHRAF OCT 14, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Illustration by Reuters. RECOMMENDED What’s happening in climate change negotiations? CLIMATE-CHANGE The Middle East is beatified with the highest rate of […]
Cracking the Rosetta code: How a black slab of stone unlocked a world to an ancient Egyptian civilization
SPECIAL A new British Museum exhibition marks 200 years since scholars cracked the code of the Rosetta Stone, pictured. (© The Trustees of the British Museum) Short Url Updated 14 […]
Is this the end of the Muslim Brotherhood?
Muslim Brotherhood flag. (Stock photo) Abdulrahman al-Rashed Published: 29 September , 2022 With the passing of yet another Muslim Brotherhood symbol, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the movement loses one of its key propagandists. […]
UN condemns ‘heinous killing’ of migrants in Libya
Migrants and refugees, sailing adrift on an overcrowded rubber boat, receive life jackets from aid workers in the Mediterranean Sea. (File/AP) Short Url AFP REUTERS October 10, 2022 TRIPOLI: The UN […]
Jason Greenblatt’s ‘In the Path of Abraham’ offers an inside track on the Middle East peace process
Previous SPECIAL 1 / 6 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pose for a picture with the foreign ministers of Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Morocco and the UAE following their meeting in […]
Why blocking King Charles from COP27 in Egypt is a mistake
FAISAL J. ABBAS October 04, 2022 Short Url With Britain having acquired a new head of state and a new head of government in a matter of days last month, […]