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A masked student of Al-Azhar University throws a Molotov cocktail at riot police and residents during clashes outside the university campus in Cairo’s Nasr City district on December 27, 2013. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

Opinion: The Muslim Brotherhood will never change

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Feb 15, 2015 | Opinion

In March 2014 Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior issued a list of groups banned from operating within the Kingdom. The list, which was issued as part of a royal order, included groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS,) Al-Qaeda, the Al-Nusra Front,...

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Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi speaks during a news conference with Cyprus’ President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (unseen) after their summit in Cairo, on November 8, 2014. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

Opinion: Targeting Egypt–Saudi Ties

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Feb 11, 2015 | Opinion

During his historic visit to Egypt in 1946, the founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz Al Saud was received with unprecedented warmth by the people, monarch, politicians and intellectuals of Egypt. King Abduaziz concluded that visit with a speech he...

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Opinion: Saudi Arabia’s New Blood

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Feb 1, 2015 | Opinion

In a vitally important and effective step, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz has brought in new blood to Saudi Arabia’s government and ministries. This represents a comprehensive and formidable government, combining the vitality of youth and the wisdom of age. This government...

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In this photo provided by the Saudi Press Agency, Saudi’s newly enthroned King Salman, center, receives oaths of loyalty in a traditional Islamic investiture ceremony that bestows his legitimacy, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. World leaders and top dignitaries began arriving in Saudi Arabia on Saturday to give their condolences following the death of King Abdullah, […]

Opinion: The Saudi Succession

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Jan 25, 2015 | Opinion

It is only natural that the death of King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz would be greeted with such an outpouring of grief due to his status as a unique and visionary world leader. The King of Saudi Arabia; Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques; an icon for Arabs and Muslims; the...

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Member of the Shi’ite Houthi militia stand guard on a wall surrounding the old city of Sana’a, Yemen, on 01 January 2015. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)

Opinion: Will Yemen become a Houthi republic?

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Jan 22, 2015 | Opinion

What the Houthi militia—or Ansar Allah as they like to call themselves—has done in Yemen amounts to a fully-fledged coup d’état. It is a coup against Yemen’s constitution and people; above all, it is a coup against the historical and cultural identity of...