by Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban | Oct 7, 2010 | Opinion
The United Nations Human Rights Council this week adopted a resolution condemning Israel for its attack on the aid flotilla on May 31. The report said that there was evidence which justifies prosecuting Israel for the “willful killing, torture, inhuman treatment and...
by Hussein Shobokshi | Oct 6, 2010 | Opinion
From early childhood, Arabs have always been fond of “planning”, or at least the concept of planning as they understand it. Adults have always taken children by surprise, asking them the notorious question “What do you want to become when you grow...
by Tariq Alhomayed | Oct 6, 2010 | Opinion
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri described the arrest warrants issued by Syria against 33 Lebanese figures – including figures affiliated to the March 14 alliance and close associates of al-Hariri himself – following a complaint made by Major General Jamil Sayyed...
by Ali Ibrahim | Oct 6, 2010 | Opinion
The recent controversy in Egypt has taken an ugly turn, and suddenly appeared without warning. It concerns ‘who is the guest of the other’ in the country, and it shows that no one in the region is immune from this cancer-like sectarian virus. For if this disease is...
by Tariq Alhomayed | Oct 5, 2010 | Opinion
The story revealed by our newspaper yesterday on the new conditions proposed by the Israeli Prime Minister to the US administration for a freeze on settlement construction for a specific period of time – thus leading to a resumption of the peace talks – demonstrates...
by Adel Al Toraifi | Oct 5, 2010 | Opinion
The “Friends of Yemen” meeting that took place on the sidelines of the UN annual conference has come to an end. The meeting which was held in New York came eight months after the London meeting, and over four years after the 2006 Donors Conference had...
