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Salman Shaikh, director of Brookings Doha Center (AAA)

Brookings Doha boss on Qatar’s transition

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Jun 25, 2013 | Interviews

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—After weeks of growing speculation, the recent news that Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has decided to cede power to his 33-year-old son, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has prompted fresh questions about the direction of...

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Iranian youth ride their bicycles past campaign posters of Mohsen Rezaei, conservative presidential candidate and former chief of the Revolutionary Guards, and candidates for the municipality election in downtown Tehran on June 13, 2013 a day ahead of Iran’s presidential election (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)

Iran’s first-timers

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 14, 2013 | Features

Tehran, Asharq Al-Awsat—Schools in Iran are closed for the election. Like teenagers everywhere when given time to themselves, Iran’s boisterous young students gather around public spaces in scattered groups. When approached about whether or not they will be voting for...

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Iraqi security force members and civilians gather at the site of a car bomb attack in front of a crowded popular restaurant in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013 (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)

Opinion: Franchising terrorism

by Hussein Shobokshi | Jun 3, 2013 | Opinion

Two days ago, the Nigerian authorities announced the arrest of a terrorist cell affiliated with the militias of the Lebanese Hezbollah party. According to the authorities, the cell was prepared to carry out a series of bombings there. It is not odd anymore that we see...

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Firemen extinguish a blaze at a nursery school in the Stockholm suburb of Kista after youths rioted in several different suburbs around Stockholm, Sweden for a fourth consecutive night on May 24, 2013. (AFP/Jonathan Nackstand)

Stockholm calmer but violence spreads outside Swedish capital

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 25, 2013 | World

Stockholm, Reuters—A nearly week-long spate of rioting spread outside Stockholm on Friday but authorities said police reinforcements sent to the Swedish capital had reduced the violence there, even though dozens of youths set cars and a recycling station ablaze. The...

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Poll: Young Arabs Remain Optimistic

by Alex Edwards | Apr 11, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Despite widespread economic problems and political instability, the youth of the Arab world are still optimistic about the future, according to the results of a new poll. The annual Arab Youth Survey, conducted by the Dubai-based ASDA’A...