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The myth of Usama bin Laden
by Brian Whitaker
Originally published in Middle East International,2 August 1996
Usama bin Laden, the 44-year-old billionaire businessman and terrorist paymaster, has surfaced in Afghanistan two months after being forced to leave Khartoum. Interviewed by the British…
Listed below are some of the more interesting blogs from or about the Arab countries.
Readers are welcome torecommendothers. Criteria for inclusion:
The blog should be about the region or a specific Arab country.
It should be written in English (or French at a push).
It should have something…
Resolution 2014 was adopted unanimously on 21 October 2011. It called for an end to violence and acceptance of the Gulf Cooperation Council transtion plan, with an orderly transfer of power
21 October 2011
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The Security Council,
Recalling its Press Statements of 24 September 2011, 9…
Declaration issued at end of the Emerging Democracies Forum held in Sana'a in July 1999. Two Arab states - Morocco and Yemen - were represented.
WE WHO attended the Emerging Democracies Forum in Sana'a, Yemen from June 27 to 30, 1999 from 16 countries, assembled to acknowledge our democratic…
Speech by Mohamed Morsi to the UN General Assembly, 26 September 2012 during his first visit to the United States as president of Egypt.
Text of speech originally publishedon the UN website.
26 September, 2012
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Mr President,
It…
Speech by Mohamed Morsi in Tahrir Square, Cairo, on 24 June 2012 following his confirmation as president of Egypt.
Translation provided by the Muslim Brotherhood.
24 June, 2012
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My people of great Egypt, who today celebrate democracy in our country; those of you standing in the public…
Speech by Yasser Arafat to socialist members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, September 13, 1988 (extract).
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I hereby declare that the people of the intifada, the Palestinian people whom I represent, are committed to peace based on justice. Our heritage…
The Israeli-Palestinian talks held at Taba, Egypt, in January 2001 - shortly before the election of Ariel Sharon as Israeli prime minister - made good progress on many issues that had been left unresolved at the Camp David summit six months earlier. These notes, by EU envoy Miguel Moratinos, were…
Madrid, June 27, 1989.
The European Council has examined the situation in the Middle East conflict in the light of recent events and of contacts undertaken over several months by the Presidency and the Troika (the incumbent Presidency, its immediate predecessor and successor) with the parties…
Statement by President George Bush in the Rose Gardenof the White House
24 June 2002
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For too long, the citizens of the Middle East have lived in the midst of death and fear. The hatred of a few holds the hopes of many hostage. The forces of extremism and terror are attempting to kill…
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
