by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 17, 2010 | Business, Interviews
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat – Three years ago, there was fierce competition between the Gulf region, Dubai in particular, and Malaysia over the sukuk market. The competition caused a rapid growth in this new kind of Islamic tool, as the Dubai government and its...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 16, 2010 | Interviews, Lifestyle & Culture
Around forty years ago, the Egyptian government approved sending 55 of some of the rarest artefacts belonging to the boy king Tutankhamun [to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the US] that were discovered by the British archaeologist Hayward Carter on November 4,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 14, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar, Dr. Ahmed al-Tayeb is the former Grand Mufti of Egypt and the former President of al-Azhar University. Al-Tayeb, who is known for his moderate interpretation of Islam, took over as head of al-Azhar from late Grand...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 13, 2010 | Interviews, Lifestyle & Culture
Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat – The uproar surrounding the Sudanese elections did not prevent the emergence of unique phenomena, and in the midst of it all these two Saudi women marked a new chapter in their lives and in the history of Saudi women. Jehan Falamban...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 13, 2010 | Interviews, Lifestyle & Culture
Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat – The Al Mawaddah Social Center for Reform and Family Guidance in the Jeddah governorate announced that it is attempting to develop the family counselling skills of marriage officials and counsellors by concluding a cooperation agreement...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 12, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- Saudi Arabia’s Senior Ulema Council is currently holding closed-door sessions to discuss two important issues affecting the kingdom; the financing of terrorism, and Takfiri fatwas. Last week, another closed-door session held by the Saudi...
