by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 2, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat – In the first eye-witness account of what took place on the Turkish registered Mavi Marmara ship, Israeli MP Haneen Zoabi denies the Israeli assertion that the naval commando forces only began firing in self-defense after one of the activists...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 31, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
Vienna, Asharq Al-Awsat – Senior sources within the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] have informed Asharq Al-Awsat that IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano will release two new secret reports today on the latest developments in the Iranian and Syrian nuclear...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 29, 2010 | Interviews, Lifestyle & Culture
The “prince of laughter” and “king of satire,” the renowned writer and upright journalist Mahmoud El Saadani has departed our world. El Saadani was born in Bagour in the Al Menoufiya governorate in Egypt’s Nile Delta; his hometown is known to have produced...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 27, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat- The emergence at the forefront of the events of the youthful religious leader Ammar al-Hakim has not been a surprise. Today, Al-Hakim plays a prominent role in the political process through his leadership of the Iraqi National Alliance, the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 26, 2010 | Interviews, Lifestyle & Culture
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- The Prince of Wales attended the premiere of Arabia 3D on Monday evening along with numerous political and economic figures, celebrities and artists. The film looks at the history of the Arabian Peninsula, the cultural renaissance and...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 26, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat- So far, it seems that the Iraqi political blocs that have won in the last legislative elections at last have agreed on a single issue, namely to support the nomination by the Kurdistan Alliance of President Jalal Talabani for a second...
