by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Jul 1, 2017 | Middle East
Cairo- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Friday that “the June 30 Revolution” foiled the plans of foreign forces that sought to produce chaos in the region by financing and sponsoring terrorism. In a televised speech delivered on the fourth anniversary...
by Saeed Abdelrazek | Oct 26, 2016 | World
Ankara urged the United Nations to play a more effective role in strengthening international solidarity in the fight against terrorism. The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed hopes that the international organisation will play a leading part in...
by Amir Taheri | Feb 12, 2016 | Opinion
At this time every year I am bombarded by demands from the media across the globe to take part in programs on the anniversary of the 1979 Khomeinist Revolution in Iran. Since I cannot hide my feelings, everyone knows that I always spoke about the event in anger. I was...
by Amir Taheri | Jun 4, 2013 | Lifestyle & Culture
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—If each month could have a different name, what would be a more suitable name for the month of May? To those interested in modernism, it might be the “Rite of Spring.” A hundred years ago, the first performance of The Rite of Spring...
by Amir Taheri | Mar 15, 2013 | Opinion
Almost a decade ago a four letter word divided political opinion across the board. The word was “Iraq” whose regime had acted as a rogue state since the late 1960s. The debate that caused the division achieved new intensity when a “coalition of the willing” led by the...
