by Hussein Shobokshi | Mar 15, 2016 | Opinion
What is happening in Saudi Arabia? This is a question that is repeated by many observers of Saudi affairs around the world due to the new and different developments there that are atypical of Saudi policy. For decades, Saudi Arabia has been known to manage crises...
by Hussein Shobokshi | Dec 30, 2015 | Opinion
The most important event these days in Saudi Arabia, the most important country economically in the Middle East, is the announcement of the general budget for the new financial year. Saudis receive news of the new budget whilst knowing that the economic situation of...
by Hussein Shobokshi | Jun 27, 2015 | Opinion
Amid the turmoil in the region and the growing sectarian Sunni–Shi’ite clashes whose signs are becoming evident in several countries, as well as tensions among tribes, it seems pretty obvious that citizenship, in its broad sense, should act as a lifeline in the face...
by Hussein Shobokshi | May 12, 2015 | Opinion
After a long flight, I always rush to purchase a newspaper or two to check out what has been happening in my absence, and to take a look at the more local news at my destination. This is precisely what I did on my arrival in New York a few days ago. The US newspapers...
by Hussein Shobokshi | Feb 12, 2015 | Opinion
The Syrian people are being oppressed, humiliated and killed by a criminal and tyrannical regime. This is the only view that any rational, objective and just person can have of the Syrian revolution, and this is the right view. Syria is being ruled by a criminal gang...
