Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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A protester opposing Egyptian President Mursi climbs on top of an electric pole during a protest in Cairo. (Reuters/ Amr Abdullah Dalsh)

Opinion: Keeping Egypt’s Lights On

by Abdel Monem Said | Apr 17, 2014 | Opinion

In the days of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the perpetual complaint was that the faces in government never changed. Some ministers held on to their seats for more than two decades. Some editors-in-chief of state newspapers and directors and board members...

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Fathallah Sijilmassi. (Courtesy of the Union for the Mediterranean)

UfM Secretary-General: The View from the Mediterranean

by Michel Abu Najm | Sep 29, 2013 | Interviews

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Policy-makers from the Mediterranean region have been busy over the past few weeks, first attending a Paris conference on strengthening the role of women in society before heading to Tunis for the Mediterranean Economic Conference. Amid that...

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File photo of Qatar’s Minister of State for Interior AffairsSheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani (R). (Reuters/Hamad I Mohammed)

Qatar’s new prime minister reports for duty

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Jul 16, 2013 | Profiles

Doha, Asharq Al-Awsat—If sports seeks to entrench the principles of teamwork and cooperation in young people, then a military education must surely encourage discipline. This is an attribute that characterizes Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Thani, the man...

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Supporters of the Shi’ite Houthi rebel group march during a demonstration against a military shake-up, carried out by Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, in Sana’a on April 12, 2013. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

Yemen: Tensions between Houthis, government hinder National Dialogue

by Arafat Madabish | Jun 15, 2013 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tensions between Yemen’s Houthi rebels and the government are hindering the National Dialogue following controversy surrounding the alleged attempted storming of the country’s National Security Bureau [NSB] headquarters...