by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 2, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
Gaza, Asharq Al-Awsat – Sunday, 30 January 2011 proved to be one of the longest days in the life of Mutasim Quqa, one of the Palestinians being detained in Egypt’s “Abu Zaabal” prison. Quqa managed to escape from the prison – along with a group of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 1, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat – A number of Islamists in Britain have demanded that the Egyptian army side with the people regarding the ongoing protests in the country against the Hosni Mubarak regime. Yasser al-Sirri, Director of the “Islamic Observation Centre”, a body...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 31, 2011 | Interviews, Media
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- Islam Channel, which was launched in 2004, broadcasts in English from London to all parts of Europe and the continent of Africa. With 24-hour coverage via seven satellites, the channel offers programs dealing with current affairs and...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 30, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- General Omar Suleiman, Egypt’s Intelligence Chief for nearly two decades, is one of the most powerful intelligence directors in the world, according to Western reports, and has also been described as “the fixer in the shadows” [Daily Telegraph,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 29, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat – Former senior member of the Sadrist trend, Salam al-Maliki, has spoken to Asharq Al-Awsat about the talks he mediated between al-Maliki’s government and the Asaib Ahl al-Haq group in 2009. Al-Maliki, who was Iraqi Minister of Transport...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 28, 2011 | Features, Interviews
Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat – Despite the warnings issued by the Saudi Arabian Civil Defense, which called for Jeddah residents to stay in their homes and avoid any unnecessary journeys in light of the torrential rainfall that flooded parts of the city earlier this week,...
