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The CNN’s Peter Bergen meets with Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in the mountains of Tora Bora, Afghanistan, on 30 March 1997.
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 13, 2010 | Interviews, Media
London, Asharq Al-Awsat – Peter Bergen is a journalist and academic, he is a senior fellow at the New America foundation in Washington D.C. and CNN’s national security analyst. He is a true expert on terrorism, and the first western journalist to meet Osama bin...
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File photo shows the handwriting of Queen Cleopatra, reading “it will be so” is seen on a piece of papyrus discovered in Berlin’s Egyptian museum. (R)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 12, 2010 | Interviews, Lifestyle & Culture
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- I still dream of Cleopatra, the last Egyptian Queen of the Ptolemy Dynasty. I dream about discovering her tomb, I dream about uncovering her tomb for the first time, should it be my fate to discover this one day. The discussion surrounding this...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 12, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- Dr. Adel Abdel Mahdi, Iraqi Vice President and a senior member of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, deals with the political events and issues in Iraq in a methodical and precise manner, personally viewing the situation from a purely...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 12, 2010 | Business, Interviews
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- Ever since the Islamic Banking system survived the global financial crisis it has become the focus of the financial world with regards to university and research studies to traditional media coverage. Islamic Banking is on the verge of being a...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 9, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat- Ahmed Qurei, who is also known by his Arabic Kunya Abu Alaa, is a former Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, and a veteran negotiator. In 1968 he joined the Fatah political party, and lived in exile with its founder, Yasser Arafat....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 9, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat- Abu-Ahmad, one of the most prominent leading figures in the Al-Quds Brigades, armed wing of the Islamic Jihad in Palestine, and its official spokesman, said it is likely that Israel will carry out assassinations and limited operations in the...