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

Twitter and Facebook, the monopoly of opinions

Twitter is playing the guardian over people’s opinions, including heads of state. For instance, Twitter recently deleted a tweet it deemed inappropriate by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. Nigeria...

Yes to Palestine, no to Hamas

Lest we forget, the current crisis in Palestine started on May 3 in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem. At the time, there was much support for the Palestinian position -- and the Arab,...

Who are we? An interview with Mohammed bin Salman

An important talk in a substantial matter, this is how one can describe the talk of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the architect of the new Saudi vision and the supervisor over its execution.In the...

Washington and Tehran: Why try again?

Yesterday, a long-awaited round of negotiations began in Vienna between the Iranian regime and the Biden administration after much back-and-forth and many hesitant moves. The endeavors to revive the...

Does the media miss Trump?

In his first speech at CPAC following his tumultuous departure from the White House, former President Donald Trump opened with, “Do you miss me yet? Do you miss me?”The most unexpected answer the...

Attacking Meghan Markle is red line

It could be argued that the latest racism allegations leveled by Meghan Markle and her husband Harry against the British royal family are not the main takeaway of their explosive interview with Oprah...

Long live digital independence!

It wasn't too long ago that the political, national and historical meaning of the word “independence” referred to the notion of liberating the land - in the geological and demographic sense, as in...

Who is Putin's favorite philosopher?

Aleksandr Nazarov wrote an intriguing piece in Russia Today on strategic Russian thinking in the current era and how Russian politicians perceive danger in the world.Russian President Vladimir Putin...