FIFA World Cup: Football unites despite controversy
BY ABDENNOUR TOUMI NOV 24, 2022 – DAILY SABAH A girl waves a Qatari flag at a fan zone during the opening ceremony for the World Cup, prior to the […]
Qatar World Cup: Emmanuel Macron makes tone-deaf comments about ‘not politicising sport’
CHANTELLE BILLSON NOVEMBER 18, 2022 French president Emmanuel Macron. (ERIC GAILLARD/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) French president Emmanuel Macron has said the Qatar World Cup shouldn’t be a forum for raising political […]
World Cup 2022: Iran’s Ehsan Hajsafi speaks out over conditions in his home country
Last updated on20 November 2022 Iran captain Ehsan Hajsafi spoke out against the situation in his home country before his nation’s opening game against England at the World Cup. Violent […]
World Cup 2022: What’s behind the sustained condemnation of Qatar?
Imran Mulla , Peter Oborne 18 November 2022 It is right that Qatar is scrutinised for its treatment of migrant workers and the LGBTQ+ community. But criticism must be based on […]
EXPLAINER: Islam’s ban on alcohol and how it’s applied
The last-minute decision to ban the sale of beer at World Cup stadiums in Qatar is the latest example of some of the tensions that have played out ahead of […]
Fact check: 11 eye-catching lines from Gianni Infantino’s speech in Qatar
Fifa’s president told the world he feels Arab, African, gay and disabled, while the media are racist hypocrites. So how accurate was his World Cup monologue? Source: The Guardian By […]
FIFA chief blasts ‘hypocrisy’ of Western nations on eve of World Cup
By AFP – Nov 19,2022 – Giant replicas of the football are installed on a hotel in Doha on Saturday, ahead of the Qatar 2022 World Cup football tournament (AFP photo) DOHA […]
World Cup 2022: Fifa president Gianni Infantino accuses West of ‘hypocrisy’
By Shamoon Hafez & Emma SandersBBC Sport in Doha Fifa World Cup Host nation: Qatar Dates: 20 November-18 December Coverage: Live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio […]
‘I feel like a migrant worker’: Gianni Infantino hits out at World Cup criticism
World Cup 2022 PA MediaSat 19 Nov 2022 The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, has hit back at criticism of Qatar from Europe in a press conference on the eve of the […]
Frankly Speaking: Afghan scenes of defiance similar to Iran imminent, says former Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib
01 Dr. Hamdullah Mohib on Mahsa Amini protests Short Url Updated 28 sec ago ARAB NEWS October 09, 2022 RIYADH: More than a year after the Taliban returned to power […]
Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Qaradawi dies at 96
By AFP – Sep 26,2022 – JORDAN TIMES In this file photo Egyptian Muslim scholar Sheikh Yusuf Al Qaradawi addresses Muslims at Al Azhar Mosque during the weekly Friday prayer in Cairo […]
Qatar’s revamped Museum of Islamic Art to reopen in October
The museum will reopen in October. (Supplied) Short Url Updated 04 September 2022 REBECCA ANNE PROCTOR September 04, 2022 DUBAI: Designed by famed Chinese American architect I.M. Pei, Qatar’s Museum […]
Jordan ranks 3rd in divorce rates in Arab world — report
By Batool Ghaith – Jul 20,2022 – JORDAN TIMES AFP file photo AMMAN — Jordan has the third highest divorce rate out of the Arab countries, according to a report issued by […]
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 […]
Emergence of new conflicts cannot erase the old ones
OSAMA AL-SHARIF March 29, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/bzggr It has been an extraordinary week of regional summits and high-level meetings that spell out an evolving “new Middle East,” to borrow […]
GCC holds first meeting with Afghanistan’s de facto rulers
DR. ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG February 16, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/4tx58 A Gulf Cooperation Council delegation on Monday met for the first time with representatives from the de facto authorities in […]
Political correctness in the Gulf. Qatar’s textbook spring-clean
With World Cup 2022 around the corner, Qatar has embarked on a campaign to clean up its school system. Distracting from grievous shortcomings in other areas by highlighting a willingness […]
The world in 2022: another year of living dangerously
The climate, pandemic and tensions between states means the year ahead is likely to be as tumultuous as the last 12 months Simon Tisdall Wed 29 Dec 2021 On the […]
‘Turkey, Qatar, UAE may operate Kabul airport trilaterally’
BY DILARA ASLAN ANKARA DEC 27, 2021 – 1:45 PM GMT+3In this file photo taken on August 30, 2021, an US Air Force aircraft takes off from the airport in Kabul. […]
ExxonMobil, Qatar sign Cyprus gas deal despite Turkey opposition
AFP , Saturday 11 Dec 2021 US giant ExxonMobil and Qatar Energy signed a contract Friday for oil and gas exploration and production-sharing off the divided island of Cyprus despite Turkey’s […]