by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 18, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat – Bolivia is the latest country to recognize the State of Palestine after it officially announced yesterday that it recognized a sovereign Palestinian State along its 1967 borders. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday welcomed...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 18, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Since we first celebrated Orphans Day on 2 April 2010 with a charity gala in the gardens of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, I have been feeling a bit guilty about not dedicating an article to Egypt’s Orphans Day and the Supreme Council of Antiquities contribution...
Asharq Al-Awsat’s Arafat Mudabish (L) with Al Qaeda Commander Fahd Al-Quso (R) in Shabwa, Yemen.
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 16, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
Shabwa, Asharq Al-Awsat – Asharq Al-Awsat met with Al Qaeda commander Fahd Mohammed Ahmed Al-Quso AKA Abu Huthaifah Al-Yemeni in the mountainous Shabwa governorate in south-east Yemen. An Al Qaeda commander, Al-Quso is the third most wanted terrorist by the US, behind...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 15, 2010 | Interviews, Lifestyle & Culture
Doha, Asharq Al-Awsat – World renowned heart surgeon, Sir Magdi Yacoub told Asharq Al-Awsat that people in the Gulf region and Middle East suffer from different types of heart disease, caused either by the environment or genetic heart defects. He said that heart...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 14, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat – Asharq Al-Awsat spoke with Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement [SPLM] Secretary-General Pagan Amum earlier this week in Washington in the run-up to the southern Sudanese self-determination referendum that is scheduled to take...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 13, 2010 | Features, Interviews
TUNIS, Asharq Al-Awsat – Asharq Al-Awsat spoke with Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara on the sidelines of the 2nd Arab – Japan Economic Forum which was held earlier this week in Tunis. The Japan-Arab Economic Forum was first established in 2009 through...
