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"I'm a law student from Germany and i'm working on my thesis in which i compare the Arab League with the European Union. My focus lies on the Arab Charter regarding Human Rights. I'm searching for some useful inforamtion in english about the Arab Human Rights Charter and also the importans… Read more
Sex and politics may seem like strange bedfellows but they are often closer than we think. In the 1960s, opposition to the Vietnam war and the casting-off of sexual hangups in western countries blended into a single slogan: Make Love Not War. Meanwhile, a new generation of feminists insisted that… Read more
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, were in Jordan yesterday on the first full day of their Royal Solidarity Tour of Arab monarchies – and already it's embarrassing.
Officially, the nine-day trip which will also take in Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia is billed as a "… Read more
There was a time when Arab media habitually reshaped the news to fit their official line – deliberately omitting salient facts, grossly misrepresenting what people said, and so on. In a pre-internet age, when national borders could still be sealed against information coming from outside, they were… Read more
Prince Charles – heir to the British throne – is due to arrive in the Middle East on Monday for a nine-day "goodwill" visit to Arab monarchies. His tour will take in Jordan, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
These trips, which happen every few years, are usually a cue for the British media's… Read more
Let's suppose, just for the sake of argument, that the Americans had not invaded Iraq in 2003 and that Saddam Hussein were still in power there now. How would he view the conflict in neighbouring Syria? Would he be supporting the Assad regime, or not?
I began wondering about this a few days ago,… Read more
"Don't panic" is the basic message of a report on engaging with Islamist governments, published by the Conservative Middle East Council (CMEC) in Britain.
"The once-imagined prospect of Islamist political forces playing a central role in the region's future is now a reality," it says, adding that "… Read more
Undeterred by the banning of a British academic from the UAE, the British government is urging closer ties between universities in the UK and the Emirates.
David Willetts, the minister for universities and science, was in Dubai yesterday, attending a conference on "the role of higher education in… Read more
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, who died yesterday, once had a popular following in the Middle East.
In an opinion poll conducted in 2009, Arabs were asked which leaders they most admired outside their own countries. Chavez was named by 36% – placing him top, and a clear 18 points ahead of… Read more
I'm not sure what to make of the news that Saudi Arabia's first-ever "tweeters' forum" is taking place at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh today.
According to the Saudi Gazette, 500 of "the best young Saudi tweeters" will be gathering "to discuss the most pressing issues related to tweeting as… Read more
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
