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Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia

Tag: Arab world

Posted inLebanon, Middle East

The Arab Winter of Discontent

by Ishac Diwan November 3, 2019February 18, 2020

A new wave of revolts is shaking the Arab world, with Lebanon and Iraq now joining Sudan and Algeria. Recent mass protests in each country have mobilized millions of people from all walks of life, all of whom are angry over the deterioration of economic conditions, which is seen as being exacerbated by mismanagement and […]

Saja Mashgar, 8, sports a hijab while reading a workbook during Arabic language class at Masjid Al-Salaam, a mosque and Islamic community center in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., November 13, 2016.   REUTERS/Brittany Greeson
Posted inAustralia, Canada, Middle East, Oceania, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, World

Education in Arab world needs more Arab culture

by Rym Tina Ghazal September 29, 2019February 18, 2020
A veiled Muslim bride waits for the start of a mass marriage ceremony in Ahmedabad.  REUTERS/Amit Dave/Files
Posted inMiddle East

Arab world must acknowledge its own flaws

by Hussain Abdul-Hussain September 24, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inEgypt, Middle East, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates

We must put women back in our history books

by Rym Tina Ghazal July 6, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East

Arab religiosity survey: more questions than answers

by Jonathan Gornall July 3, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, World

China’s road to a win-win ahead of BRI forum

by Pepe Escobar April 19, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Iranian, Chinese cars rev up in sanctioned Syria

by Sami Moubayed February 26, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East

UN urges Yemen’s warring parties to maintain ceasefire

by Asia Times staff February 4, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East

Struggle for power after resignation of Palestinian government

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim January 31, 2019February 18, 2020
Head of the Jewish Agency for Palestine Chaim Weizmann, in dark glasses, listens in Oct 1947 as a member of the Arab Higher Committee explains why Palestine should not be split by the UN. But a month later the General Assembly voted to split Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab. Photo: Acme News Pictures / AFP
Posted inBahrain, China, Egypt, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

The partition of Palestine relegated to history

by Sami Moubayed November 29, 2018February 18, 2020
Palestinian demonstrators shout slogans as they hold crossed-out posters depicting US Vice-President Mike Pence and US President Donald Trump during a protest against Pence's visit to Israel, in the West Bank city of Nablus on January 22, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Abed Omar Qusini
Posted inAT Finance, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Syria, Vietnam, World

Trump’s bullying of the Palestinians has long precedence

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim January 29, 2018
Damaged vehicles are seen after a bomb exploded at Al Rawdah mosque in Bir Al-Abed, Egypt, killing more than 300, on November 25, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Mohamed Soliman
Posted inEgypt, European Union, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, World

How can the Arab world sidestep the pull of the abyss?

by Nabil Fahmy December 3, 2017February 18, 2020
The Al Jazeera Media Network logo is seen on its headquarters in Doha, Qatar in this shot taken on June 8, 2017. Photo: Reuters.
Posted inAfghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, World

Why some Arab countries want to shutter Al Jazeera

by Philip Seib July 11, 2017February 18, 2020
The Middle East. Map: iStock
Posted inEgypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

The Arab world’s coming challenges

by Tarek Osman June 15, 2017
Posted inAT+

Osama a casualty of the Arab revolt

by Spengler May 3, 2011September 3, 2020
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The ‘dirty thieves’ of Sadr City

by Pepe Escobar May 16, 2007September 11, 2020
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From Baghdad to Brasilia

by Pepe Escobar May 12, 2005September 10, 2020
Posted inThe Roving Eye

Arab impotence in the face of war

by Pepe Escobar January 23, 2003June 17, 2020

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