by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 13, 2009 | Business, Interviews
Abu Dhabi, Asharq Al-Awsat- Informed GCC sources have revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat the details of the GCC Monetary Union Agreement, which prohibits the GCC institutions and governmental departments from giving any instructions to the GCC Central Bank, and the national...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 12, 2009 | Features, Interviews
Mogadishu, Asharq Al-Awsat- Admiral Mohamed Omar Osman, leader of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), one of the most prominent armed groups that are opposed to the Ethiopian Government, believes that the issue of the Ogaden region is a forgotten Arab-Islamic...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 9, 2009 | Interviews, Lifestyle & Culture
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Despite the numerous articles I have written on the Pharaoh who looked after Prophet Moses and the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and the details of their lives in Egypt based on archaeological evidence, and despite that the holy books...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 8, 2009 | Business, Interviews
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- The “good loan” [al-Qard al-Hassan] is one of the gateways to social responsibility that Islam legislated, encourages and rewards. The “good loan” is mentioned in the Holy Quran on numerous occasions; “Who is it that...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 7, 2009 | Interviews, Media
Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat- The freedom offered by the world wide web has led some journalists to take advantage of online media in order to write without being subject to censorship, especially as online media is not subject to the Saudi Ministry of Culture and...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 7, 2009 | Features, Interviews
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- A group of Arab militants fly hijacked ‘planes into office buildings. A Kurdish immigrant cuts the throat of his “dishonored” daughter. An Iranian mullah issues a fatwa calling for the murder of a novelist he does not like....