by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 26, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat- I could not meet the International Quartet Envoy Tony Blair at his headquarters in occupied Jerusalem, as Palestinian journalists and non-journalists in the West Bank like me are not allowed to enter the Holy City because of Israeli security...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 24, 2010 | Interviews, Lifestyle & Culture
There can be no doubt that the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty is considered one of the most important eras of Egyptian history. This dynasty lasted for nearly 300 years, and the early Ptolemaic rulers put in place the foundations and rules by which to govern the country....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 24, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Sanaa, Asharq Al-Awsat – Armed confrontation has resumed in northern Yemen between tribesmen and Huuthi rebels, resulting in the deaths of more than 50 people in a battle that has raged for 4 days in Harf Sufyan, Amran province. The Yemeni authorities have also...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 22, 2010 | Business, Interviews
At the beginning of the Islamic banking experience, there were only exclusive Islamic Banks, there was no such thing as “Islamic Windows” as conventional banks had yet to realize the size of the opponent that had entered the banking industry. They thought...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 20, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Al-Qassim, Asharq Al-Awsat – Asharq Al-Awsat’s search for information about Haylah al-Qassir or “Mrs. Al Qaeda” as she later became known, was something of a mission impossible. Al Qaeda went in search of information about Mrs. Al Qaeda, in her...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 18, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat – Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the second son of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, and president of the Gaddafi Foundation revealed that a deal has been struck with Israel to allow previously banned building material and pre-fabricated houses, in...
