Arabic calligraphy:Ancient craft,modern art
By Iain Akerman/Arab News The art of Arabic calligraphy has been enhanced and developed over the course of a millennia. It has written the word of God, helped preserve human […]
Double standards should have no place in international relations
Sep 27,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The verbal battle for Palestine erupted once again during the opening session of the UN General Assembly, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
What Netanyahu got wrong in his UN speech
OSAMA AL-SHARIF September 26, 2023 Benjamin Netanyahu, once the golden boy of the Israeli hard right, appears to have been stripped of his Midas touch. A sly orator, a populist […]
Ghosts of the past: For Israel, war on UNESCO is an existential battle
Sep 26,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud Jericho does not belong to the Palestinians alone. It belongs to the whole of humanity. For Israel, however, the recognition by UNESCO […]
How the US failed Oslo
Sep 25,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby The breakthrough of the Oslo Accords was not in its details, but rather in its opening sentences in which the Israeli […]
Should we borrow from other cultures? Of course we should, just as we always have
The ObserverCulture Yascha Mounk Cultural appropriation is the bogeyman of our time. Let’s celebrate the joy of cross-pollination Sun 24 Sep 2023 10.02 BST Human beings have, ever since they developed distinct cultures, always worried that their purity might soon be blemished. In ancient Greece, Therpandrus caused offence by adding […]
Saudi Arabia condemns provocative practices carried out by Israeli extremists at Al-Aqsa Mosque
A view of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and its Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem’s Old City. (File/AFP) ARAB NEWS September 24, 2023 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia condemned on Sunday continuous […]
A clarion call: King Abdullah’s Royal proclamation in New York
Sep 24,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Nedal El Batayneh In the midst of prevailing Arab neglect and inertia surrounding Palestine, His Majesty King Abdullah, with a voice steeped in resolve […]
Jordan condemns continued Israeli violations at Al Aqsa
By JT – Sep 24,2023 – JORDAN TIMES A general view shows the Dome of the Rock at Al Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem (AFP file photo) AMMAN […]
How Ancient Greek Knowledge Was Saved by the Islamic Golden Age
By Anna Wichmann September 23, 2023 The Islamic Golden Age was a period during which science, literature, geometry, astronomy, and other fields of knowledge flourished from the eighth to the […]
Tel Aviv’s losing brands: Israeli ‘coup’ and the death of false democracy
Sep 19,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud From its very onset, Israel has constructed a brand for itself, a powerful gimmick that was predicated on two main pillars: democracy […]
Abolishing Racism
khawasms Sep 23 Islam is a universal religion; its message is for all mankind. Under Islam, all men (a term inclusive of women) are equal regardless of their race or […]
Mideast faces prospect of ‘environmental catastrophe’: Iraqi PM
Prime Minister of Iraq Mohammed Shia Al Sudani addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, US, September 22, 2023. (REUTERS) Updated 11 sec ago […]
Muslims and Jews must join forces to fight climate change
RABBI MARC SCHNEIER September 22, 2023 Follow We have just entered the month-long season of the Jewish High Holy Days, which began with the onset of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, to be followed by Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which is the principle Jewish day of fasting. […]
Palestine must not be marginalized on international agenda, UN Permanent Observer Riyad Mansour tells Arab News
Riyad Mansour 0 seconds of 1 minute, 52 secondsVolume 40% More Videos Riyad Mansour Riyad Mansour Riyad Mansour Updated 22 September 2023 EPHREM KOSSAIFY September 22, 202310:33 NEW YORK CITY: Riyad […]
‘A hidden universe of suffering’: the Palestinian children sent to jail
Palestinian children throwing stones at an Israeli tank in the West Bank in 2003. Photograph: Mohammed Ballas/AP The long read One night in 2005, Israeli soldiers came for Huda Dahbour’s […]
Jordanian Crown Prince meets UK minister of state for Mideast in New York
Royal Court last updated: 10 h ago NEW YORK — HRH Crown Prince Hussein on Wednesday, met with the United Kingdom’s minister of state for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia […]
Leaders of Muslim world slam West at UN over Quran desecrations
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL SEP 20, 2023 – A protester holds the Quran during a rally in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 21, 2023. (AP Photo) Leaders of the Muslim […]
Why major powers’ description of Israel as a democracy is wrong
CHRIS DOYLE September 19, 2023 An obstinate lexicon of cliches garnishes every Western political figure’s discourse on Israel-Palestine. Most of them bear little relationship to the reality on the ground […]
Israel’s settlement expansion project will have an ugly ending
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB September 19, 2023 Jerusalem’s District Planning Committee last week approved two statutory plans that will allow the construction of almost 4,000 residential settlement units in East […]