by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 23, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- A new fatwa issued by the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Ali Gomaa, has fuelled controversy among Muslim scholars, dividing them into supporters and opponents of this religious ruling. The Fatwa calls for Muslims not to use Quranic verses or the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 23, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, United Nations General Assembly [UNGA] President Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki has stressed that it is important to reform the institutions of the United Nations and said that there is an international...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 22, 2010 | Interviews, Media
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- Asharq Al-Awsat sits down with the New Yorker magazine’s George Packer, an award-winning writer, journalist, and playwright. Packer became famous for his articles on the US war in Iraq, as well as his coverage of the civil war in Sierra...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 21, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat-An informed Afghan source familiar with the Afghan reconciliation issue has stated to Asharq Al Awsat that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the second highest-ranking member of the Taliban Movement who was arrested in Pakistan last week, was a...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 20, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Nassir bin Abdulaziz al Saud: The Royal Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been advised that it cannot comment on the details of this case beyond stating that Prince Saud strongly denies the charges relating to the tragic death of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 20, 2010 | Interviews, Lifestyle & Culture
At a press conference for international media figures held by the Supreme Council of Antiquities last Wednesday at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, I announced that important [archeological] discoveries had been made that shed more light on the dynasty of the golden...
