The global hunger crisis is here
May 22,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Seta Tutundjian DUBAI — Global food prices are soaring. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Food Price Index, which covers a basket of […]
Arab world’s top climate priority must be water security
HAFED AL-GHWELL May 21, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/8vk64 The Middle East and North Africa will host the next two climate summits, which will take place in Sharm El-Sheikh this year […]
Rich Lebanese buy ‘island passports’ as crisis bites
A view of Nevis island from the southeastern peninsula of Saint Kitts. (Wikimedia Commons) Short Url https://arab.news/2uj83 Updated 8 sec ago AFP May 22, 2022 Wealthy Lebanese, mostly living in […]
Umrah season for foreign pilgrims to end May 31
The current Umrah season for Muslims traveling to Saudi Arabia from outside the Kingdom will end on May 31. (SPA) Short Url https://arab.news/9qzcj Updated 06 May 2022 RASHID HASSAN May […]
Israel arrests Shireen Abu Akleh pallbearer
By AFP – May 20,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Amro Abu Khudeir (gray shirt) covers his head as he carries the casket of slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh out of a hospital […]
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, traveler, Orientalist, Muslim?
Editor’s Note. There is some argument whether Johann Ludwig Burckhardt alias Sheikh Ibrahim Ibn Abdallah genuinely converted to Islam. Personally I think it is difficult to ‘fake’ a conversion. A […]
How Palestinians became a factor in Israeli politics
May 17,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud Israel’s coalition government of right-wing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is on the verge of collapse, which is unsurprising. Israeli politics, after all, […]
Lebanon’s last chance?
May 18,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby The Lebanese people go to the polls in a few weeks. Without exaggeration, this election will decide the country’s chances of […]
Senior Jerusalem Catholics condemn behavior of Israeli police at journalist’s funeral
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa speaks to journalists concerning the violence surrounding the funeral of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, Jerusalem, May 16, 2022. (Reuters) Short Url […]
Israeli forces use heavy hand at another Palestinian funeral
Walid Al Sharif, 23, died of wounds suffered from confrontations with Israeli forces By AFP – May 17,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinians mourners carry the body of Walid Al Sharif, 23, who […]
World faith leaders convene in Saudi Arabia for first time in ground-breaking conference to build bridges with Muslim leaders
NEWS PROVIDED BY The Muslim World League May 13, 2022 RIYADH, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Muslim World League (MWL) – the world’s largest Islamic NGO – has concluded the Forum on Common […]
Shireen Abu Akleh: A martyr to the truth of Israeli inhumanity
BARIA ALAMUDDIN May 16, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/p8qgg I did not know Shireen Abu Akleh, but I mourn her as a friend. For millions of us, she was our heartfelt […]
Change in Saudi Arabia is ‘profound’, Princess Reema tells Arab Women Forum
Short Url https://arab.news/y9zce JASMINE BAGER May 17, 2022 Arab Women Forum and Top CEO Conference and Awards bring together top business leaders The two-day event this week makes a return […]
Shireen Abu Akleh: A martyr to the truth of Israeli inhumanity
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32) Source: Arab News By Baria Alamuddin, who is an award-winning journalist […]
Irresponsible Israeli, Palestinian politicians fanning the flames
YOSSI MEKELBERG May 14, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/wwk28 It has been a year since the most recent war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza broke out. It was preceded by […]
Beating of Palestinian mourners recalls apartheid: Tutu foundation
Family and friends carry the coffin of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh as clashes erupted with Israeli security forces during her funeral in Jerusalem, May 13, 2022. (REUTERS) Short […]
Israel is unable to use lies to hide its latest crime against Palestinians
May 13, 2022 Middle East Monitor Iraqi journalists holding the photos of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh after she was killed while covering an Israeli raid in West […]
Israel’s assassination of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was not the first, nor will it be the last
May 13, 2022 Middle East Monitor Palestinians in Gaza condemn Israel’s targeting is Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on 10 May 2022 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor] Dr Adnan Abu […]
Israeli forces attack mourners at Abu Akleh’s funeral in East Jerusalem
BY AGENCIES MAY 13, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Family and friends carry the coffin of Al-Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during an Israeli raid in Jenin in […]
Biden’s Middle East policy is pragmatic but incomplete
MARIA MAALOUF May 13, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/44pf7 US President Joe Biden’s Middle East policy is based on pragmatism. He does not want to have a comprehensive Middle East strategy […]