by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 7, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat – Dr. Ziad Memish, Assistant Deputy Minister of Health for Preventative Medicine, informed Asharq Al-Awsat that 1,287 new cases of HIV/AIDS were reported in Saudi Arabia last year. This raises the total number of HIV/AIDS cases in Saudi Arabia...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 7, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- Sheikh Abdullah al-Suwailem, who is part of the Saudi Arabian Munasaha program that aims to rehabilitate Al Qaeda members held in prison, told Asharq Al-Awsat about a 90 minute meeting he had with Haylah al Qassir, the Al Qaeda woman who was...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 5, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Dr Isam al-Iryan, member of the Guidance Bureau of the Muslim Brotherhood group, and the press spokesman for the group, considered that the political scene in Egypt is murky and portends of danger. He said that what some of the opposition in...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 4, 2010 | Business, Interviews
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat – The investment landscape of Saudi Arabia’s Islamic banking system reveals a lack of safe investment funds that provide investors with regular revenue and dividends, where the majority of investment funds only provide dividends on...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 3, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat – Interior Ministry Security spokesman Major General Mansour al Turki put aside his military persona to speak frankly about almost losing his only son to Jihadist propaganda, warning of the dangers of the absence of family guidance in ensuring...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 2, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat – A US official said that he believes that Al Qaeda’s No 3 Sheikh Said al-Masri who was also known as Mustafa Abu al-Yazid was killed recently in a missile attack in the Pakistani tribal region. Abu al-Yazid’s responsibilities...