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Hassan AlMustafa is Saudi journalist with interest in middle east and Gulf politics. His writing focuses on social media, Arab youth affairs and Middle Eastern societal matters. His twitter handle is @halmustafa.
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Saudi novelist urges liberal thinkers in the region to stay put
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Turki al-Hamad, a famed liberal Saudi novelist and writer, called on religious scholars such as ......
As we await Iran’s openness
Wednesday, 09 March 2016
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Saudi Arabia’s devastating war
Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Jamal Khashoggi is a Saudi journalist, columnist, author, and general manager of the upcoming Al Arab News Channel. He previously served as a media aide to Prince Turki al Faisal while he was Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States. Khashoggi has written for various daily and weekly Arab newspapers, including Asharq al-Awsat, al-Majalla and al-Hayat, and was editor-in-chief of the Saudi-based al-Watan. He was a foreign correspondent in Afghanistan, Algeria, Kuwait, Sudan, and other Middle Eastern countries. He is also a political commentator for Saudi-based and international news channels. Twitter: @JKhashoggi
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Canada’s marijuana industry lights up as legalization looms
Saturday, 26 December 2015
From inside a former Hershey chocolate factory some 80 kilometers outside Canada’s capital, ......
Photos of shirtless, muscle-flexing new Canadian PM eclipse policy talk
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
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Canada’s Liberal Party win historic election
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
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Meet Saudi journalist Othman al-Omair, a ‘friend to kings’
Sunday, 18 October 2015
Othman al-Omair is a Saudi journalist and former Editor-in-Chief of the London-based pan-Arab ......
Saudi court closes liberal website permanently
Sunday, 13 April 2014
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Egypt deviates towards right wing politics
Friday, 01 November 2013
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Moroccans stage ‘kiss-in’ to support accused teens
Saturday, 12 October 2013
A few dozen Moroccans staged a symbolic “kiss-in” Saturday in support of three teenagers ......
Show must go on for Lebanon’s struggling event planners
Monday, 07 October 2013
In unpredictable Lebanon, now caught up in the spillover from Syria’s civil war, the business ......
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