Blogs Roundup
March 23, 2013
09:34 GMT
President Barack Obama is finishing off his tour of the Middle East with a trip to Petra to perhaps celebrate the recent 200 million dollar pledge to Jordan; Tribalism in the Middle East explained; and a new video spoofs the Jordanian Parliament.
March 21, 2013
04:00 GMT
10 years ago, Iraq was invaded and thousands of Egyptians stormed the Tahrir square. Ironically, the Muslim brotherhood and the NDP were partners; "The Iraqi Christ" breaks rules; Stop Murdering Terrorists; and MMA comes to the Middle East.
March 20, 2013
10:07 GMT
If Marin Luther King were the first African American president in the Middle East, surely he would have a plan of non-violent peace; most Lebanese history books end at 1943; meet Syria’s new interim PM; and are you a social farter?
04:00 GMT
King Abdullah gets real with The Atlantic Magazine, some say he went too far and Jordan's social media is buzzing. See it all streamed live here; Iraq proves there are no good interventions; and HP launches the ElitePad 900 in Dubai.
04:00 GMT
King Abdullah gets real with The Atlantic Magazine, some say he went too far and Jordan's social media is buzzing. See it all streamed live here; Iraq proves there are no good interventions; and HP launches the ElitePad 900 in Dubai.
March 19, 2013
12:21 GMT
Iranian expatriates don’t agree on much but they all agree that the very severe US sanctions are harming ordinary Iranians and not the regime; Camel fight on Kuwait’s King Fahd highway; Guy strips naked at NDU; and racist incitement by public officials in Israel.
04:00 GMT
Many Westerners struggle with the idea of a live-in maid at their house. Here are some helpful realities when deciding; Yemen's National Dialogue Conference kicks off; Nokia debuts free music in UAE; and homeless in Dubai.
March 18, 2013
11:00 GMT
At the 10 year mark of the invasion of Iraq, the anniversary begs the question-- are the States competent as global leaders? 2013 Riyadh book fair shows progress in KSA; Jeddah Sculpture: The Sword; and the differences between men and women.
04:00 GMT
Finally the new Galaxy phone is out and it hasn’t changed much in appearance but the guts of the phone are groundbreaking; Iraq’s teens drowning in hopelessness; Osama Kadi, Syria’s likely interim premier; and Green Pyramids on St. Patrick's Day.
March 17, 2013
12:34 GMT
Time does not bring back lives, only the painful memories of when those lives were taken. This week marks 10 years after the United Sates invaded Iraq with now almost 200k dead. In the same week of the same year, Israeli bulldozers crushed the life of protestor Rachel Corrie.
05:00 GMT
After careful observation, the Porn MD has observed the Lebanese like their porn kinky and messy; Yemenese women are not who you think they are; Syria is about to get worse; and over one fourth of drone strikes on Pakistanis kill innocent bystanders.
March 16, 2013
04:00 GMT
Argentinian football icon Diego Maradona is in Dubai and recently participated in the “7 Up Dubai Government Entities Football League”; did the Muslim Brotherhood hijack Syria's revolution? Morsi and the police; and why must religion be patriarchal?
March 14, 2013
21:07 GMT
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will first sit with al-Assad to test the water before asking the Syrian opposition to come to the table to negotiate a transition; and a look back at the last time America tried to help in the Middle East.
08:29 GMT
Britain's Prince Charles is on a visit to Jordan, Oman and Qatar. But stepping foot in nearby Israel by any member of the British royal family is officially banned by the British Foreign Office; a funny look at Lebanese plumbing; and the beauty of
March 13, 2013
10:30 GMT
The national news in Syria used to take the revolution uprings lightly. Now, two years in, they show their desperation by lauding the mufti's Jihad declaration; Saudi Arabia is running a little behind; and the MB is dragging the culture of Egypt back daily.
