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Turkish lira hits new record low amid political crisis
Turkey’s financial markets tumbled due to political instability as a corruption probe targeted several key allies Economy -
The Egyptian international lobby: an inevitability
In August 2013, the King of Sweden, Carl Gustaf, and his wife Queen Silvia, were visiting a museum when a Palestinian and his wife asked the royal ... Middle East -
Analysis: Genuine reforms key to Jordan’s stability
Jordan has thus far followed the flawed reform model of other imperiled or extinct Arab regimes Analysis -
Can the subaltern segregate? Space for sexual apartheid
Secularism emerged in part to prevent religious majorities from politically enforcing their norms on others Middle East -
What Arab lobby?
I was invited to participate in the first Al Arabiya News Global Discussion forum in Dubai last week. The theme was ‘bridging the communication ... Middle East -
Mauritania holds elections despite opposition boycott
The elections are the first parliamentary and local polls since 2006 Africa -
Why Hezbollah is scared of satire
Satire in Lebanon is submissive to the calculations of politics and the media Middle East -
Bassem Youssef breaks with private Egyptian station
Satirist’s production company leaves TV station that took controversial show off air Television & Radio -
Algeria’s Bouteflika, a survivor despite ailing health
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, designated Saturday by the ruling National Liberation Front to stand for a fourth term in 2014, helped end ... Profiles -
The Moroccan Justice and Development Party: What keeps it alive?
While political fiasco continues to reshape the region with a full-fledged civil war in Syria, military ouster in Egypt and a lawless state in Libya, ... Analysis -
We must prepare Arab youth to be effective leaders
It is impossible to fix the future without reconciling it with the past. How can the Arab societies that have witnessed civil wars or entered into ... Middle East -
Fitch downgrades Tunisia, cites delayed political transition
Fitch on Wednesday cut Tunisia’s sovereign rating two notches and warned it could cut further on political uncertainty and its potential ... Economy -
Raw emotions in Israel after the death of a divisive rabbi
The surreal sight of a funeral taking place in the middle of the night is not uncommon in Jerusalem. The Jewish tradition requires that the deceased ... Middle East -
Bassem Youssef: Egypt’s third movement
Bassem Youssef did it. He trespassed the boundaries of what is prohibited and criticized even those whom the people were about to make sacred. Bassem ... Middle East -
What do tomorrow’s Arabs really want?
I do not know to what extent the authorities in the Arab world are up-to-date on the thinking of future generations about several topics such as the ... Middle East -
Top TV satirist Bassem Youssef returns in a changed Egypt
“Welcome to The Program!” Every week Egyptians obsessively tuned in to hear that slogan and watch groundbreaking TV political satirist ... Television & Radio -
Welcome back to my show
“So who will you talk about now? “ Are you wondering how many times I’ve heard this since Mohammad Mursi was ousted? A lot! Many ... Media -
Media Watch: The battle of television’s ‘experts’ and talking heads
A recent study from the Public Accountability Initiative in the United States revealed that 22 different commentators on Syria had connections to the ... Television & Radio -
How democratic is Turkey?
“The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of bourgeois stupidity” Gustave Flaubert complained in his letter ... World -
Morocco's King Mohammad VI appoints new government
Morocco's King Mohammad VI named on Thursday 19 new ministers after the Islamist prime minister reached a deal to form a new coalition and end months ... News -
Egypt is taking a toll on Turkish-Gulf ties
The deepening political standoff in Egypt has taken a toll on Turkey’s relations with Gulf nations, who quickly pledged generous financial aid ... Middle East -
Rowhani needs willing foreign partners
Iran's new president, Hassan Rowhani, was sworn in last Sunday. To slogans of 'Ahmadi Bye-Bye', President Ahmadinejad stepped down, leaving Rowhani ... Middle East -
Poll: Iranians mixed on religious figures in politics
As Iran heads into presidential elections this week, Iranians have mixed views on political roles for religious figures but a large majority backs ... News -
Lebanese women to gain political ground?
After gaining the right to vote and participate in elections in 1952, one would assume that more female politicians would be taking part in ... Middle East -
Isolating Libya’s revolutionary heroes
Muammar Qaddafi ruled Libya for 41 years. He was an unmerciful totalitarian governor, which meant his political isolation law meant the isolation of ... Middle East -
Libya congress meets to debate law amid high tensions
Libya’s General National Congress met Sunday ahead of a vote on a controversial law to exclude former Qaddafi-era officials from government ... Middle East