by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 18, 2009 | Interviews, Middle East
Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat- High-level sources in Fatah have asserted to Asharq Al-Awsat that a final decision has been made on a presidential decree [related to the upcoming elections] by the Palestinian president to be issued before 25 October, as Asharq Al-Awsat had...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 16, 2009 | Interviews, Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat- In a press conference following his release from prison on Tuesday, Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who infamously threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, has demanded that Iraqi Prime...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 15, 2009 | Interviews, Middle East
Najaf, Asharq Al-Awsat- Not far from the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf, through a number of old and narrow alleyways, one comes upon the house of the highest ranking Shiite marja in the world, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called for a press...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 14, 2009 | Interviews, Lifestyle & Culture
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Let us return to what I said in my previous article [Egypt: A Meeting Place for Prophets and Messengers] on Prophet Abraham – the Father of the Prophets – and his arrival in Egypt, which is something mentioned in the Torah. In order to confirm...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 14, 2009 | Interviews, Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- In a response to a letter from the United States Congress to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud urging the kingdom to make a dramatic gesture towards Israel as a confidence building measure to promote...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 13, 2009 | Interviews, Middle East
Q) What is the progress of the efforts to contain the crisis between Iraq and Syria, from the Iraqi presidency’s viewpoint? A) We held an open and frank four-way meeting in the presence of [Arab League Secretary General] Amr Musa and the foreign ministers of...
