by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 2, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat- Well-informed official French sources have revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat that US Envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, has called for French and European officials to pressure Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to return to the negotiating...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 1, 2010 | Interviews, Lifestyle & Culture
Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat- The Charitable Society for Encouraging Youth Marriage and Family Direction has received a record number of requests from young people looking to find marriage partners. This has forced the Society to launch a department specializing in...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 31, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
Ramallah, Gaza, Asharq Al-Awsat- Fayek al-Mabhouh, the brother of senior al-Qassam Brigade figure, Mahmoud a-Mabhouh who was assassinated in Dubai more than ten days ago, told Asharq Al-Awsat that Hamas has given the al-Mabhouh family a medical report confirming that...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 28, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat- US Ambassador to Lebanon, Michelle Sison, is a career member of the United States Senior Foreign Service. She has a BA in Political Science from Wellesley College and also studied at the London School of Economics. She previously served as US...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 26, 2010 | Interviews, Lifestyle & Culture
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- With all its history and glory, Egypt owes [a great deal to] the black basalt slab called the Rosetta Stone that unravelled the mysteries of Pharoanic scripture engraved on temples, graves, obelisks and the pyramids. Before the stone was...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 25, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- Ayad Allawi, leader of the Iraqi List and the first Iraqi Prime Minister after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, considers the Accountability and Justice Commission “illegal, unconstitutional, illogical and does not reflect...