FIFA’s hypocrisy in Palestine and the need to isolate apartheid Israel
Mar 08,2022 – JORDAN TIMES ‘ Ramzy Baroud Israel’s war on Palestinian sports is as old as the Israeli state itself. For Palestinians, sport is a critical aspect of their […]
While world focuses on plight of Ukraine’s children, endless trauma of Gaza’s children should not be ignored
Mar 09,2022 – JORDAN TIMES ‘ Michael Jansen More than two million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded that country. The majority have been women and children since men […]
A red card for the sporting world’s hypocrites
RAMZY BAROUD March 07, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/jybux Israel’s war on Palestinian sports is as old as the Israeli state itself. For Palestinians, sport is a critical aspect of their […]
Worshipers pray shoulder-to-shoulder at the Two Holy Mosques after COVID-19 restrictions lifted
Worshipers and Umrah pilgrims visiting the Grand Mosque in Makkah are no longer required to socially distance. (@ReasahAlharmain)Next Short Url https://arab.news/cj2zp TAREQ AL-THAQAFI March 07, 2022 Social distancing is gone, […]
How Ukraine conflict might affect the Middle East
DR. DIANA GALEEVA February 27, 202221:27 988 Follow @arabnews Short Url https://arab.news/z8w73 John Mearsheimer, the founder of offensive realism — a subdivision of the neorealism/structural realism school of thought within […]
Iraq’s multibillion-dollar wheat import bill: how war in Ukraine affects the wider world
Russia and its invaded neighbour produce about 20 per cent of world’s wheat supply Robert Tollast | Mina Aldroubi Feb 25, 2022 The war in Ukraine, one of the world’s major wheat producing regions, […]
Tech competition to improve Hajj, Umrah services opens registration
Hajjathon 2022 is part of a series of events accompanying the 21st Scientific Forum for Hajj, Umrah and Visit Research under the patronage of King Salman. (AN photo) Short Url […]
Jerusalem should be a beacon of peace, not the heart of conflict
DAOUD KUTTAB February 23, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/z9jp4 Anyone interested in understanding the roots of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict need only visit East Jerusalem. There you can see all the major […]
The legacy of the French mandate is a curse for Lebanon
BY FERHAT TUTKAL FEB 17, 2022 – Illustration by Shutterstock – edited by Büşra Öztürk. The French colonial record is precisely what’s behind the separation of the Arab states in […]
The next step in Palestine’s anti-apartheid struggle is the most difficult
Feb 22,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / RAMZY BAROUD When Nelson Mandela was freed from his Robben Island prison on February 11, 1991, my family, friends and neighbours followed the […]
To ultra-right-wing Israelis, Sheikh Jarrah is simply a spark for igniting conflict
YOSSI MEKELBERG February 19, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/9ck5p Less than a year ago, violence erupted in East Jerusalem that spread into Israel and eventually caused another round of hostilities between […]
Saudi Arabia: 28,000 women apply for 30 train driver jobs
Published14 hours agoShare A rail company recruiting 30 female train drivers in Saudi Arabia says it has received 28,000 applications. The successful candidates will drive high-speed trains between the holy […]
Closing the gap: Syrian refugees in Kurdistan deserve better work opportunities
Perspectives Caroline Zullo 15 Feb, 2022 While the KRG has established policies for Syrian refugees in Kurdistan to live and work legally, these provisions have not translated into sustainable livelihoods […]
Washington ignores Amnesty Israel ‘aparheid’ report at its peril
Trita Parsi 14 Feb, 2022 Failing to hold American partners to account for human rights abuses emboldens them to continue with bad behaviour, forcing Washington to defend them and ultimately […]
Valentine’s Day: Roses are red, violets are blue, let me make a perfume for you
Couples in Riyadh enjoying the first session of making perfume blends. (Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/24ss6 NADA HAMEED February 13, 2022 The world of perfume is full of memories and romance […]
Former Israeli Attorney General: ‘Israel is now an Apartheid Regime’
Prof. Michael Ben-Yair (Hebrew: מיכאל בן יאיר; born September 1, 1942) and raised in Sheikh Jarrah until 1948, is a former Attorney General of Israel from 1993 to 1996.[1] He is also a former acting Supreme Court of […]
Israel would be better off working with the UN than attacking it
YOSSI MEKELBERG February 12, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/j8h2e The ink had hardly dried on the shortlist for the highly crucial and equally sensitive post of the UN Office of the […]
France: Secular state to double funding to Christian schools in Middle East
Secular France is doubling its funding for Christian schools in the Middle East while pursuing a wide-scale crackdown against French Muslim communities which has led to Muslim schools being shut […]
200 Jordanian phones linked to Israeli hacking scandal
Shutterstock illustration image Short Url https://arab.news/wxvpw DAOUD KUTTAB February 10, 2022 Members of royal court, Olympic committee and journalists among those targeted, reports show ‘It is upsetting when you discover […]
Institutionalised discrimination
Feb 09,2022 – JORDAN TIMES The February 1st Amnesty International report on Israel’s treatment of Palestinians broke a new ground. Amnesty became the first major international human rights organisationto state […]