Trump to wade into Middle East politics on first foreign trip
Reuters International MAY 4, 2017 – U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence attend a National Day of Prayer event at the Rose Garden of the White House […]
Will Israel reciprocate Hamas’ gesture?
May 04,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri I was in Doha, Qatar, Monday evening when Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, issued a new policy statement that amended some of the long-standing hardline positions on Israel in its charter. The next day I also took part in a public panel […]
Russia, Turkey, Iran ink deal on safe zones in Syria
By AFP – May 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Russian mediator Alexander Lavrentiev, Iranian deputy foreign minister, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov and UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura attend the signing of a memorandum on creating safe zones in Syria during the fourth round […]
Four Medieval Hospitals in Syria
by: Nasim Hasan Naqvi The creation of hospitals as institutions for the care of sick people was developed during the early Islamic era. Over time, hospitals were found in all […]
Preemptive hate and the Arab-American relationship
Dr. Amal Mudallali | Published — Wednesday 3 May 2017 Upon reviewing the results of the Arab News/YouGov poll “The Arab Image in the US” in which 2,057 US citizens were surveyed, I recalled something that happened to me when I was a student taking a public transportation bus to […]
Jordan welcomes UNESCO vote in favour of Palestine
By Mohammad Ghazal – May 03,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – AMMAN — Jordan on Wednesday said UNESCO’s vote in favour of a Jerusalem item in the draft resolution “Occupied […]
The Arab Prince Standing Up to Trump
Prince Zeid Raad al-Hussein has emerged as the Middle East’s most prominent defender of human rights — both in the region of his birth, and the United States. BY KIM […]
Pride or shame in Balfour
Chris Doyle | Published — Monday 1 May 2017 British Prime Minister Theresa May expects the British public to be proud of one of their most terrible colonial disgraces and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Balfour Declaration. The then British government promised to support a national home […]
OIC wraps up workshop on NGO responses to crises
RODOLFO C. ESTIMO JR. | Published — Sunday 30 April 2017 RIYADH: A five-day workshop initiated by the Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to respond […]
Poll: 81% of Americans cannot identify Arab world on map
Ben Flanagan | Published — Tuesday 2 May 2017 DUBAI: Most Americans have scant knowledge of the Arab world, with eight in 10 unable to point out the region on a map, a wide-ranging Arab News/YouGov poll has found. The survey of 2,057 people in the US revealed an alarmingly […]
Angela Merkel arrives without headscarf in Saudi Arabia for talks with King Salman
Theresa May also eschewed the strict dress code for women when she arrived in Riyadh Samuel Osborne @SamuelOsborne93 17 hours ago 162 comments Angela Merkel was greeted by King Salman […]
Abu al-Qasim Al-Zahrawi the Great Surgeon
by: Ibrahim Shaikh Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi (936-1013 CE), also known in the West as Albucasis, was an Andalusian physician. He is considered as the greatest surgeon in […]
Fateful decisions from Saudi-Egyptian summitry
Apr 27,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – It is bizarre but telling of the modRami G. Khouriern Arab world that one of the most important meetings that could shape the future condition of hundreds of millions of Arabs and others in this region — the two-day Egyptian-Saudi Arabian summit in Riyadh […]
Exclusive – Trump complains Saudis not paying fair share for U.S. defence
Reuters International APR 28, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (reuters_tickers) By Stephen J. Adler, Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump complained on Thursday […]
Christians are under attack in the Middle East – and not even a visit from the Pope can convince them to stay
Source: Independent In the British mandate of Palestine, the Christian population was 9.6 per cent of the population. By 1999, it was 2.9 per cent. Meanwhile, 35 per cent of […]
Three Isis fighters ‘mauled to death by wild boars in Iraq’
Members ‘took revenge on the pigs’ after the fatal attack occurred, a source claimed Lucy Pasha-Robinson @lucypasha Militants had been trying to remove the animals (not pictured) near Kirkuk when they […]
Why French elections should matter to Arabs
Apr 25,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Osama Al Sharif It is a new era for French politics following the outcome of the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, which, as most polls had predicted, was won by independent centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron, followed by far right leader Marine Le Pen. […]
Palestinian, Jewish voices jointly challenge Israel’s past
Apr 25,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud Israel has resorted to three main strategies to suppress Palestinian calls for justice and human rights, including the right of return for refugees. One is dedicated to rewriting history; another attempts to distract from present realities altogether and a third aims at reclaiming […]
Important in calculating the risk of Daesh
JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh Since the appearance of Daesh in Iraq and Syria, over the last few years, journalists have been analysing the situation, but much of the coverage has focused on the number of fighters and their nationalities, which suggests a misunderstanding of the region and its […]