by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 11, 2011 | Features, Interviews
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- In November 2010, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood achieved a ‘zero result’ in the country’s parliamentary elections, having previously held 88 national seats. As a result, the Brotherhood boycotted the subsequent electoral rounds, citing...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 10, 2011 | Interviews, Lifestyle & Culture
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Let me tell you the story of Lord Carnarvon, the man who financed the Tutankhamen tomb excavation. Lord Carnarvon travelled to Egypt for the first time in 1898, following Victor Loret’s discovery of a second crypt to the tomb of King Amenhotep...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 9, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat – Saudi Arabia yesterday revealed new information about the progress of terror trials within the kingdom, with a group of 991 defendants accused of having ties to the Al Qaeda organization and attempting to circumvent the security of the state....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 7, 2011 | Features, Interviews
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- Sudan People’s Liberation Movement [SPLM] Deputy Secretary General Yasser Arman, the influential leading member of the ruling party in South Sudan, has said that the North Sudan State will need new constitutional arrangements if the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 6, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
London, Asharq Al- Awsat – The family of Abdul Majid al-Khoei, the former secretary-general of the Imam al-Khoei Foundation in London who was assassinated in 2003 in Najaf has threatened to internationalize this case if the Iraqi judiciary fails to take legal action...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 6, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
Rabat, Asharq Al-Awsat – Moroccan political analyst Dr. Mohamed Darif, who specializes in studying Islamist groups, told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Moroccan authorities have dismantled dozens of terrorist cells since 2002 thanks to the pre-emptive security approach...
