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No US carriers are affected, but the ban hits passengers on approximately 50 flights per day from the busiest hubs in the Arab world. | Source: Reuters

Electronic Devices Ban in Effect, US-Bound Passengers React Differently

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 26, 2017 | World

Dubai – The United States ban on boarding portable electronic devices onto outbound flights from seven Arab states and Turkey went into effect on March 25. International passengers reacted differently to the ban. A British citizen residing in Qatar, which makes...

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Travelers wait to check in at an Egypt Air counter at JFK International Airport in New York, US, March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Reuters

Ban of Electronics on Flights Bewilders Companies, Travelers

by Jocelyn Elia | Mar 23, 2017 | World

London- The ban of laptops and electronic devices, which are bigger than mobile phones in size, on airplanes heading to the US from airports of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Cairo, Jeddah, Riyadh, Kuwait, Doha, Amman, Istanbul and Casablanca has caused confusion among travelers...

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Riot police clash with demonstrators in the streets near the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam in the early hours of Sunday. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

Netherlands Closes its Doors Facing Turks

by Said Abdul Razzak | Mar 12, 2017 | Middle East, World

Ankara – The Netherlands decided to close its doors in front of Turkish officials visiting the country for political campaigning among Turkish émigrés. Dutch authorities canceled Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s flight permit and blocked Family...

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Opinion: Trump, Iran and Mixing Issues

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 1, 2017 | Opinion

We have wasted many years by not differentiating between our interests and those of Iran and by not differentiating between true causes and fake ones. Iran’s regime has succeeded in exploiting our issues; the Palestinian issue and Arab and Muslim issues, and it...

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Protesters demonstrate against France’s ban of the burkini, outside the French Embassy in London. REUTERS/Neil Hall

The “Burkini” Debate in France

by Michel Abu Najm | Jan 4, 2017 | Features

Paris- France’s last summer was different after it witnessed many hot political and social incidents. Following the Nice attack, celebrations of the National Day turned into a disaster. Again, the term of “Islamic terrorism” and differences between this religion and...