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Mashari Althaydi
Mashari Althaydi

Saudi journalist Mashari Althaydi presents Al Arabiya News Channel’s “views on the news” daily show “Maraya.” He has previously held the position of a managing senior editor for Saudi Arabia & Gulf region at pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat. Althaydi has published several papers on political Islam and social history of Saudi Arabia. He appears as a guest on several radio and television programs to discuss the ideologies of extremist groups and terrorists. He tweets under @MAlthaydy

Trump and the TRUTH social media application

Former US President Donald Trump has announced the launch of his own social media application, named ‘TRUTH Social’, pointing out that it will pose a challenge to the mega social media companies such...

 Whom should the Facebook slap awaken?

The outage of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram services which lasted for several hours last Monday was an unprecedented incidence on a global level, and a serious and dangerous ‘alarm ring’ on...

 Osama bin Laden in western leftist eyes

On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, British newspaper The Independent republished its famous interview with Osama bin Laden, conducted by the late leftist British journalist, Robert Fisk.In...

 What does Washington really want?

We must believe that even a major power such as the United States may slip into foolish policies and approaches that prove disastrous for itself and for others, thus destroying its obligations as...

 Blinken’s verbal missiles

Sometimes you wonder whether you’re the only one who sees things for what they really are, but then this doubt disappears when you see that others also understand the reality of things. This is how I...

 Afghanistan: Who is more dangerous, ISIS or al-Qaeda?

I asked a senior Arab security officer about the most dangerous group in his view, ISIS or al-Qaeda, and he replied without hesitating, “al-Qaeda without a doubt.”The reason why is because of...

 Will Afghanistan become an emirate, caliphate, republic, or state?

The Taliban’s success in gaining full and everlasting control of the Afghan territory, ethnicities, sects, and various social segments that live there is a matter of great significance. However, more...

 Taliban: back to square one

After year-long negotiations and talks behind closed doors in many world capitals, one cannot readily accept that what happened in Afghanistan was not a largely mysterious prior arrangement. This is...