Israeli police prevent Dome of the Rock repairs
This picture shows the Dome of the Rock at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Jerusalem’s Old City on July 27, 2018, after the site was reopened. (AFP) Short Url […]
Over half of Syria’s children deprived of education — UN
By AFP – Jan 24,2021 – JORDAN TIMES This handout photo released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on Friday, shows an injured child lying in a hospital […]
Gulf war 30th anniversary: Non-stop consequences
Jan 24,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh On January 16, we marked 30 years since the outbreak of the first Gulf War, in which the international coalition attacked […]
Triple challenge facing Biden in this region
Author HAFED AL-GHWELL January 23, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/72bjp The US has played an active role in the Middle East for the past 70 years, with significant investments of military, […]
A new glimmer of hope for Middle East peace
Author YOSSI MEKELBERG January 23, 2021 Palestinian men rest at an aid distribution centre of UNRWA in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. (File/AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/br7bd Any mention of a comprehensive peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians any time soon is bound to raise eyebrows. For nearly 20 […]
Madinah joins world’s healthiest cities
Madinah is believed to be the first city with a population of more than 2 million to be recognized under the organization’s healthy cities program. (SPA) Short Url https://arab.news/jztfh The […]
UN adopts resolution to combat sectarian hate and protect holy sites
It urges member states to take steps to counter hate speech, incitement to violence, negative stereotyping based on religion or belief, intolerance and other acts of violence, including the desecration […]
The eternal promise of the Arab Spring
Jan 20,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – Mohamed ElBaradei VIENNA — The Arab Spring that erupted a decade ago was a quest for human dignity whose protagonists sought to overcome decades […]
‘Agony’ ends as Michigan Muslims cheer end of travel ban
Niraj Warikoo Detroit Free Press Muslims and Arab Americans in metro Detroit cheered the repeal of the Muslim travel ban Wednesday by the administration of President Joe Biden, a move they hope will signal a change in how the U.S. government deals with their communities. “It’s long overdue,” said Abdulhakem […]
Saudi Arabia Redefines Role as World’s Defender of Muslims
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is promoting more secular national interests at a critical juncture for the kingdom. By Donna Abu-Nasr 21. Januar 2021, 06:00 MEZ Muslim pilgrims wear masks […]
The Biden era: What do Arabs expect?
Source: Arab News YouGov pan-Arab poll commissioned by Arab News late last year had shown Joe Biden as the favored presidential candidate Biden’s advisers would be well advised to heed […]
Israel refuses to take responsibility for West Bankers, Gazans suffering COVID infections, deaths
Jan 20,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Despite appeals from the UN and human rights organisations, Israel continues to dismiss calls to vaccinate against COVID or provide vaccines to Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israel has so far inoculated 2 million Israelis, including members […]
‘True Love’ and the ‘Perfect’ Life Partner…?
A SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH THE WORLDWIDE HEAD OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY Amer Safir, London, UK, Review of Religions, 8 April 2020 For some, it happens in college or university. […]
Don’t fall for COVID-19 vaccine conspiracies, warns Muslim scholar
A protester holds up a placard at a demonstration in London in October against mandatory vaccinations. A leading Muslim scholar in Canada warned people not to believe conspiracy theories about […]
France’s reckoning with colonial past reviewed in Algeria report
By AFP – Jan 19,2021 – JORDAN TIMES In this file photo taken in 1957, Algerian fighters from ALN (National Liberation Army), armed wing of the nationalist National Liberation Front […]
Biden appoints staunch Turkey critic Brett McGurk to National Security Council
Turkish official says McGurk, who served as envoy to anti-IS coalition, ‘harmed Turkish-American relations’ Brett McGurk resigned from Trump administration late in 2018 in protest against decision to pull US […]
Last heir to Ottoman throne passes away at 90
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL TURKEY JAN 19, 2021 The late Dündar Abdülkerim Osmanoğlu is seen in this undated photo shared by family member Orhan Osmanoğlu on Jan. 19, 2021 (Photo […]
Biden’s foreign policies in the world and the Middle East
Jan 18,2021 – JORDAN TIMES It is commonly anticipated that any new American administration, whether a democratic or republican president, will embark on introducing a set of changes in the […]
‘I’m being punished’: Guantanamo’s ‘most tortured detainee’ still can’t leave Mauritania
Amandla Thomas-Johnson 22 August 2019 Mohamedou Salahi says he is being blocked from having a passport as US does not want him to travel the world and recount his 14 […]
Israel: Converts to Islam on the rise as Jewish group vows to show ‘a way out’
Source: Middle East Monitor Palestinian Muslims pray during the first Friday Prayer of Islamic holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque after Israeli authorities allowed. An Israeli organisation which […]