by Eyad Abu Shakra | Oct 11, 2017 | Opinion
It was really significant that the coffin of Jalal Talebani, the ex-Iraqi president, was wrapped by the national flag of Kurdistan rather the flag of Iraq, during his funeral in his hometown As-Suleimanyyah. What we are now witnessing is a virtual ‘divorce’ between...
by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Sep 26, 2017 | World
Cairo- Arab League Chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj agreed on the importance of strengthening cooperation between Arab states and India in political, economic and cultural fields. In this context, AL Secretary-General Aboul Gheit...
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...
by Ghassan Charbel | Aug 14, 2017 | Opinion
For years, he used to sit at the cafe near his home. He would sit with his book, newspaper and coffee cup before leaving. In the early 1980s, all that remained was eluding time, being wary of weather changes, wisely spending his pension, listening to doctors’ orders...
by Kifah Ziboun | Jun 6, 2017 | Middle East
Ramallah – The Arab decision to cut ties with Qatar on Monday increased the pressure on Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, after Doha tightened the noose on the Islamic movement in an attempt to avoid Arab and Western criticism for supporting the Muslim...
