Can the Arab East Move Past the Mess It’s In?
James Zogby Monday 29 Aug 2022 As someone who polls Arab public opinion, I’ve long been a fan of the 1919 King-Crane Commission created by President Woodrow Wilson to assess […]
Nations in the Maghreb must act to preserve precious water supplies
HAFED AL-GHWELL October 01, 2022 Short Url North African states and communities are no strangers to the need for careful water management and its relevance to effective governance in challenging […]
Middle East construction boom is about making history
AFSHIN MOLAVI September 29, 2022 Short Url A defining image across Asia over the past few decades has been the construction crane looming over a horizon of tall, box-style buildings, […]
Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Qaradawi dies at 96
By AFP – Sep 26,2022 – JORDAN TIMES In this file photo Egyptian Muslim scholar Sheikh Yusuf Al Qaradawi addresses Muslims at Al Azhar Mosque during the weekly Friday prayer in Cairo […]
Without a vision, the people perish
Sep 19,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby Here is a story I have never told before: I travelled to Tunisia in late 1993 to meet with PLO Chairman […]
On this day. Demise of Omar al Mukhtar, Libya
He was a Muslim scholar and a leader who led the opposition to the Italian occupation of Libya for nearly 20 years. Commonly known as the ‘the Lion of the […]
King Charles III’s Unique Relationship with Islam Could Bridge Divides
King Charles III, center left, stands with an Indian Muslim cleric at the Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai, India, on Nov. 11, 2013. Punit Paranjpe—Pool/AP BY H.A. HELLYER SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 […]
Green development is now the only option
Sep 12,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Alessio Terzi BRUSSSELS — In the run-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm Al Sheikh, this year’s energy crisis has […]
A noble defeat for Islam
BY MAHMUD EROL KILIÇ SEP 09, 2022 – 12:05 AM GMT+3 Illustration edited by Büşra Öztürk. ‘To say that Islam is backward would only be telling the truth. Because the […]
King Charles III: A friend of the Arab world
SPECIAL 1 / 7 Wearing traditional Arab robes, the former Prince Charles takes part in a Saudi sword dance known as ardah at the Janadriyah cultural festival near Riyadh in February […]
Imam Al-Shafii: Those who seek higher status must labour through the night
Amira Noshokaty , Tuesday 18 Aug 2020 Imam Al-Shafii (767-820 AD) was the founder of the eponymous Shafii school of Islamic jurisprudence, one of the four dominant schools in Sunni Islam […]
Egypt to penalise facilities that ban entry of veiled women
Ahram Online , Wednesday 7 Sep 2022 Egypt’s Chamber of Tourism Establishments (CTE) said that tourist venues that ban the entry of veiled women will be subject to penalties that include […]
East Mediterranean especially at risk as world heats up, report warns
With 4 million people, Alexandria is Egypt’s second-largest city and also one of the Middle East’s cities most at risk from rising sea levels due to global warming. (Reuters) Short […]
Türkiye hits back at Macron’s ‘unacceptable’ remarks in Algeria
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL AUG 28, 2022 – French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a meeting with members of the French community at the French ambassador to […]
As a dark force in the Middle East, the UAE hinders regional peace, democracy, freedom
BY NUR ÖZKAN ERBAY ANKARA JUN 18, 2020 – DAILY SABAH EDITED BY DILARA ASLAN In this July 22, 2017, file photo, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (R), Crown Prince of Abu […]
Libyan chaos could have been averted if world listened to Jibril
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB September 05, 2022 Short Url Libya last week witnessed its worst fighting in two years, when forces aligned with Fathi Bashagha failed to take the capital […]
Job well done. Destroy and Destabalize Libya
There is plenty of blame to go around in Libya HAFED AL-GHWELL September 03, 2022 Short Url For the third time this year, violence returned to the streets of the […]
Preventing future food security crises in the Arab world
TURKI FAISAL AL-RASHEED September 01, 2022 Short Url History repeats itself and, after more than a decade, food security is again at the top of the agenda of governments worldwide, […]
Ambitious new vision needed to fix Arab region’s inequalities
OSAMA AL-SHARIF August 30, 2022 Short Url The title of the latest report by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia on inequality in the Arab region is […]
How to avert Somalia’s impending famine and restore stability
DR. ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG August 29, 2022 Short Url Al-Qaeda, through its Al-Shabab affiliate, has had a strong presence in Somalia for some time, but this month’s attack on the […]