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Saudi Arabia women arrive to a rally to celebrate the 87th annual National Day of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia September 23, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

How Saudis Refused to Suppress Patriotic Joy

by Salman Al-dossary | Sep 24, 2017 | Opinion

In 2005, Saudi Arabia’s late King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz acknowledged that as of the 75th National Day, the occasion will become a national holiday celebrated annually. The Saudi National Day is celebrated on every September 23 to commemorate the establishment of the...

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Kurdish people attend a rally to show their support for the upcoming September 25th independence referendum in Duhuk, Iraq September 16, 2017.

Kurdish Referendum : Thinking, Not Threats

by Robert Ford | Sep 23, 2017 | Opinion

I was the head of the political office at the American Embassy in Baghdad in 2005 during the long, difficult negotiations between Iraqi political leaders about the new Iraqi constitution. The negotiations centered on issues like decentralization, accountability and...

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Saudi Students in a class (AFP)

Video Learning for 50 Million Students

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Sep 22, 2017 | Opinion

It is not strange that the most distinguished science and mathematics students are from the most developed countries in the world: South Korea, Singapore, Japan and other major industrial countries. It is also no secret that development and advancement are linked to...

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Kurdish people attend a rally to show their support for the upcoming September 25th independence referendum in Duhuk, Iraq September 16, 2017. REUTERS/Ari Jalal

The Kurdish Referendum Imbroglio

by Amir Taheri | Sep 22, 2017 | Opinion

What is the first thing you should do when you have dug yourself into a hole? The obvious answer is: stop digging. This is the advice that those involved in the imbroglio over the so-called independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan, due to be held next Monday. But...

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An Iraqi soldier looks on as smoke rises from oil wells in the Ajil field east of the city of Tikrit in the Salahuddin province, March 4, 2015. REUTERS/ Mahmoud Raouf

The Near East’s Costly Wrong Bets

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Sep 21, 2017 | Opinion

As uncertainty engulfs a bleeding Near East, besieged by regional and global powers each pursuing its own agenda, dormant ambitions and sensitivities are waking up and finding the current situation suitable to express themselves. To begin, such dormant ambitions and...

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The Doha City Center shopping mall in the Qatari capital, Doha, November 24, 2015. (Photo by AFP Photo/STR)

The Tale of Saudi-Emirati Invasion of Qatar

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Sep 21, 2017 | Opinion

A news agency has quoted the White House as saying that US President Donald Trump succeeded in preventing a Saudi-Emirati military attack on Qatar. Barely an hour later, the US President issued a statement denying the news. Then, another report surfaced saying Trump...