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Brian Whitaker gets to grips with the strange world of GIFs and tags
The Guardian, 14 May, 1998
I HAVE resolved to become a media baron with a global publishing empire stretching all the way to Yemen. Please don’t mock. Most people know next to nothing about Yemen, though it’s a place with amazing…
Introduction
Arabic is usually ranked among the top six of the world's major languages. As the language of the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, it is also widely used throughout the Muslim world. It belongs to the Semitic group of languages which also includes Hebrew and Amharic, the main language…
In some ways Arabic is a difficult language for English speakers to learn. For a start, there's a different alphabet. On the plus side, though, the grammar has few irregularities and is relatively straightforward – far less complicated than Latin and probably simpler than German, too.
If you speak…
Tunisia: a double-reed instrument similar to the Moroccanghaytah.
Transgender Arabs
While there is much debate about the rights of women in the Middle East and the rights of gay and lesbian people have also begun to attract some attention, consideration of transgender rights lags far behind.
In a region where gender segregation is widespread and dress codes are…
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CENTRAL BANKS | BAHRAIN | EGYPT | JORDAN | KUWAIT | LEBANON | MOROCCO | SAUDI ARABIA | TUNISIA | UAE | YEMEN
CENTRAL BANKS
BAHRAIN:
Mu'assasat Nagd al-Bahrayn
(Bahrain Monetary Agency)
JORDAN:
Bank al-Markaz al-Urdun
(Central Bank of Jordan)…
Yemen timeline (BBC)
Yemen timeline
Graphic covering the period 1900-1990 (University of Texas library)
Timeline of Yemen history (Wikipedia)
Timeline 1990-2006 (Global Intregrity)
Yemen chronology
A brief listing of events, 1962-2004 (Le Monde Diplomatique)
Rulers of Yemen…
What’s Really Wrong with the Middle East
Brian Whitaker
Saqi, London 2009, £10.99
ISBN: 9780863566240
Reviewed by Issandr El Amrani
Middle East International, 6 November 2009
By choosing the title What’s Really Wrong with the Middle East, Brian Whitaker may have had in mind Bernard Lewis’ What…
الإلحاد وحرية المعتقد في الشرق الأوسط
يُسبب إشهار المرء لإلحاده صدمة في الدول العربية وقد يكون أحياناً أمراً محفوفاً بالمخاطر؛ فقد سُجن الكثيرون بسبب ذلك واضْطُر البعض إلى العيش في المنفى وهُدِّد البعض الآخر بالقتل.
ما يزال تأثير الدّين في الشرق الأوسط أمراً لا مفرّ منه تقريباً، إلا أنّ أعداداً…
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
