by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | May 12, 2016 | Middle East
Manama- Bahrain on Wednesday confirmed its commitment on proceeding with the Kingdom’s reform project outlined by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. The government stressed that executing recommendations given by the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 9, 2016 | Business
Pakistan must get a move on reform of the energy sector and attract more women into the labor force if it wants to boost economic growth that lags far behind regional peers, the World Bank’s country representative said on Monday. According to the World Bank...
by Hamza Mustafa | Apr 15, 2016 | Middle East
Baghdad-For the first time in 13 years, 171 lawmakers protested to end sectarian and ethnic quotas within the country’s institutions. They sacked the Parliament’s Speaker, Salim al-Jubouri, and his two deputies, the Shiite Humam Hamoudi and the Kurdish Aram Sheikh...
by Amir Taheri | Mar 4, 2016 | Opinion
To the Cartesian mentality of the west every question can have only two answers: “yes” or “no”. Further east, however, other possibilities emerge. Arabs might answer a question with a curt “God knows best.” The Iranians have their own word for escaping the “yes” or...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 8, 2016 | Opinion
Singling out one reason for extremism involves exaggeration. However, the main cause of extremism is education curricula on the basis that they establish thought. When curricula teach radicalism, they produce militants. In addition to this, education is a huge area...
