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Tunisia’s police and demonstrators clash in third night of protests
Clashes erupted on Monday between protesters and Tunisian police who fired tear gas to disperse them in the southern town of Jelma, the third ... North Africa -
The ‘big battle’ never happened in Syria
Syria’s internal war or other proxy wars that were launched on its territory have stolen the world’s attention for years. This is not ... Middle East -
Sudan has two economic options: Quick fixes or lasting reform
I am afraid that what is currently happening in Sudan might be the second wave of what is called the ‘Arab Spring’. This supposed spring ... Middle East -
Tunisia between two fires
On December 17, a street vendor set himself on fire in a square in Sidi Bouzid, south of Tunisia, to protest the livelihood conditions and voice anger ... Middle East -
Clashes in western Tunisia after self-immolation of journalist
Clashes erupted on Monday between Tunisian protesters and security forces in the western city of Kasserine following the self-immolation of a Tunisian ... North Africa -
Telescoping 2019: More troubles, fewer breakthroughs
The situation in the Middle East will throw up more challenges in 2019. Based on the major trends of 2018, the decreasing role of the international ... Middle East -
The Arab project gives wings to bright ideas
There are frequent claims by the hasty stipulating that terrorism has ended, fundamentalism has been defeated and extremism has been eliminated. These ... Middle East -
Nation building through state building
To diagnose Arab issues, one should first address two concepts: nation-building and state-building. For more than 80 years, Arabs have lost their real ... Middle East -
Wars of chaos against Egypt and Saudi Arabia
During the ceremony that the Egyptian armed forces held for the 45th anniversary of their October 6 war victory, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah ... Middle East -
Kuwait’s highest court sentences lawmakers to prison
Kuwait’s highest court on Sunday ordered an opposition leader and several lawmakers imprisoned for three and-a-half years over the 2011 storming ... Gulf -
June 30: Egypt after five years
The future in Egypt and in the Arab world has changed after the grand failure of the Spring of chaos, fundamentalism and terrorism which came to be ... Middle East -
The phenomenon of violence and unfounded explanations
I was recently drawn to an Arab intellectual who was delivering a lecture on violence. During his speech, he acquitted Muslims of any responsibility ... Middle East -
Amr Khaled and the spiritual chicken
Egyptian television “star” Amr Khaled, who has mastered religious preaching using an interesting approach in form and content, has once ... Middle East -
IMF says Egypt must deepen reforms to catch window of global growth
Egypt will have to deepen its IMF-backed reforms and better encourage private sector growth if it wants to cash in on a wave of global expansion that ... Economy -
British ambassador attests to Saudi counter-terrorism efforts in Awamiya
The years between 2011 and 2018 have witnessed the spark of terrorism in Awamiya village, east of Saudi Arabia, where crimes, drug trafficking, arms ... Middle East -
The Russian ambassador and Qaradawi
While recalling his memories as a diplomat, former Russian ambassador to Qatar Vladimir Titorenko spoke about his experience in Qatar and narrated an ... Middle East -
Qatar: Is the wheel of compromise turning?
Qataris have for the first time released a terror list, which includes the names of individuals and groups whom Doha had funded and issued passports ... Middle East -
Rise of kingdoms and the collapse of states
The revolutions, protests and bloody conflicts that swept through the Arab world since 2011 have managed to overthrow some Arab republics, while all ... Middle East -
Tunisia regains total calm after three nights of unrest
Friday was totally quiet, in Tunisia, after three nights of unrest. On Thursday, unrest was limited to sporadic clashes in very few cities and Friday ... North Africa -
Is the Arab spring coming to Iran?
This is not how things were supposed to go in Iran. Iranians went to the polls in 2013 and elected Hassan Rouhani to serve as President of the Islamic ... Middle East -
UAE minister: Limited Arab response to Jerusalem crisis is effect of Arab Spring
The UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash, tweeted on Sunday that Arab countries options are very limited in the face of the ... Gulf -
Has ‘Sahwa’ ended in Saudi Arabia?
I’ve noticed “early” celebrations for the end of the era of Sahwa, i.e.awakening, in Arab Muslim countries and particularly in Saudi ... Middle East -
Tunisia pardons thousands with corrupt pasts, amid protest
Tunisia’s Parliament has adopted a hotly disputed law giving amnesty to thousands of people linked to corruption under its former authoritarian ... North Africa -
Why did the Red Sea Project provoke this academic?
It seems that prominent translator and academic Abou Yaareb Marzouki who is into philosophy and logic and its methods has been unfortunately destroyed ... Middle East -
How Tunisia’s Marzouki defended Qatar
A complex network is currently active in the media, which is defending the Qatari propaganda and attacking its rivals. It is not just a regional or a ... Middle East -
Muslim Brotherhood’s review exposes ‘undercover operations’
Muslim Brotherhood has lived through its worst crises since mid-2006. The group has been at the receiving end of criticism and has suffered from ... Middle East -
Yemen and two years of confronting Iran
The Houthis and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh’s takeover of the Yemeni capital Sanaa through the power of arms marked the end of the ... Middle East -
Fate likely to be unraveled by grudges of post-revolution generations
While sitting at a café recently, I accidently overheard two Syrian girls talk about the war in their country. I can tell from their ... Middle East -
Where are the stars of the Arab Spring?
In his most recent piece for Kuwaiti Newspaper Ayyam, marking 6th anniversary of the so-called Arab Spring, writer and researcher Khalil Ali Haidar ... Middle East -
Bahrain will not lose faith in democracy
Following the 2011 developments, in what was named the Arab Spring, the Kingdom of Bahrain, which is a new constitutional monarchy, could have ... Middle East