by Nazir Majli | Nov 24, 2014 | Middle East
Tel Aviv and Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Israeli cabinet approved a draft bill on Sunday to officially recognize the country as a “Jewish state,” amid criticisms regarding the law discriminating against Arab residents in Israel, from both Israeli politicians and the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 15, 2013 | World
Qunu, South Africa, Reuters—South Africa buried Nelson Mandela on Sunday, closing one chapter in its tortured history and opening another in which the multi-racial democracy he founded will have to discover if it can thrive without its central pillar. The Nobel peace...
by Eyad Abu Shakra | Dec 12, 2013 | Opinion
On Tuesday, hundreds of politicians made their way to the huge FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city and the beating heart of the country’s economy. From the political left to the political right, from the least to the most senior official, from...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 6, 2013 | World
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Minutes after South African President Jacob Zuma announced the death of South Africa’s “greatest son,” political, economic and cultural figures around the world began to pay tribute to the former South African president, anti-apartheid activist...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 24, 2013 | World
Johannesburg, AP—Nelson Mandela’s condition in a Pretoria hospital remained critical for a second straight day Monday, said South Africa’s president who described the stricken anti-apartheid hero as being “asleep” when he visited Mandela the...
