by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 25, 2010 | Business, Interviews
Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat- President Obama is set to meet a number of entrepreneurs and investors from the Islamic World during the “Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship” which is set to take place on Monday and Tuesday. US officials have said that...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 24, 2010 | Business, Interviews
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat – When a financial institution is claiming that all its activities are compliant with Islamic Sharia and that it has appointed its own Sharia body to determine whether or not its products and contracts are Sharia compliant and to observe...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 23, 2010 | Interviews, Lifestyle & Culture
I visited the city of San Francisco last month to give a lecture on my discoveries or as the US press described it “my adventures in the world of antiquities.” The person responsible for organizing the lecture, Mrs. Jacquelyn, was waiting for me at the airport and as...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 22, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
Sanaa, Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat- The US Department of Defense informed the Congress of its intention to extend additional aid to the Yemeni Special Forces to help them confront the Al-Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula. The Congress is currently...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 21, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- The Saudi Interior Ministry yesterday announced that authorities had arrested 195 individuals on charges of smuggling drugs into Saudi Arabia in what was one of the largest anti-drug smuggling operations in Saudi Arabian history. Saudi...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 21, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Arab League Secretary General Amr Musa has affirmed that the Arabs have a clear vision of how to achieve the desired progress in the peace process. He added that withdrawing or threatening to withdraw the Arab peace initiative is out of the...