by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 17, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Sanaa, Asharq Al-Awsat- Was it mere coincidence that brought together the troubled young Nigerian Omar Farouk Abdulmutallab and the Yemeni hard-line cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, or was it a bigger plot that gathered these two individuals whose only similarities seems to be...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 15, 2010 | Interviews, Lifestyle & Culture
Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat- There are between 700 and 1000 requests from internet users to block websites in Saudi Arabia per day, a source at the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) told Asharq Al-Awsat. An average of 850 requests per day means...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 15, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Q) The current Parliament is now four years old, what are its achievements? A) When we speak about the achievements of this Parliament, it has achieved a number of important things. We can say that some of the legislation has been very important and legislations...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 14, 2010 | Business, Interviews
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- Islam honors women, enhancing their standing [in society] and granting them their full unabridged rights, and in the process solidifying this view in the hearts of Muslim believers. This can be seen in the fact that one of the surras...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 13, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- In a telephone interview with Asharq Al-Awsat from his headquarters in Damascus, Abu Marzuq Deputy Chairman of the Hamas politburo talks about Khaled Mishal’s recent visit to Riyadh, the issue of reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah and...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 13, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- At a time when Saudi student Hani Bokhari was close to achieving his childhood dream of joining a flying school, he was unaware that the pilot’s uniform that he was wearing when he went to meet his father at a Filipino airport would cause his...
