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Written by : Juliet Highet

on : Friday, 3 Feb, 2012

Hajj: Journeys to Britain

Walking around the exhibition for the first time, one is intensely conscious of the inward, contemplative atmosphere evoked of the Hajj and also of the solemn respect of other viewers. The venue is the old British Library with its glorious domed ceiling, and one approaches the main part of it by circumambulation of a long corridor with subdued lighting, gently resonating, evocative music and large photographs of pilgrims approaching their goal on one side. Speaking to The Majall...

Written by : The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine

on : Friday, 3 Feb, 2012

A Simple Plan

The GCC and the International Relations of the Gulf: Diplomacy, Security and Economic Coordination in a Changing Middle East Matteo Legrenzi I B Tauris, 2011 In the current political climate of extreme turbulence and almost unprecedented uncertainty in the Middle East it is oddly reassuring to think that, whatever happens, the Gulf Cooperation Council will remain resolute—steady as an oil-laden supertanker charting a course through a fearsome storm. The GCC has earned a repu...

Filed under: Book Reviews, Reviews, Uncategorized - Tagged with: Book, cooperation, GCC, guase, Gulf, I b Tauris, international relations, ir, legrenzi, matteo

Written by : Jacqueline Shoen

on : Friday, 3 Feb, 2012

The Good American?

While Arabs throughout the MENA region are taking to the streets to demand control over their own destinies, Texas Representative Ron Paul and his supporters in America are fom...

Filed under: Between You and Me, Blogs - Tagged with: America, Arab, bush, foreign policy, foriegn policy, gop, Obama, presdential, republic, ron paul, texas, United States, US

Written by : The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine

on : Thursday, 2 Feb, 2012

The Beautiful Game and the Blame Game

The tragedy in Egypt’s Port Said Stadium exposes the divisions still gripping the country a year after the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak. With the death toll now close t...

Filed under: News - Tagged with: al-ahly, al-Masry, Arab Spring, Egypt, football, port said, protests, tahrir, violence

Written by : Roshan Kasem

on : Thursday, 2 Feb, 2012

A Blessing in Disguise

The Vice President of Iraq, Tareq Al-Hashemi, has been the focus of a political storm in Iraq for more than a month. Accusations—made by his political rivals—that Hashemi o...

Filed under: Interviews - Tagged with: accusations, al hashemi, arrest, assassination, erbil, hiding, Iraq, iraqiya, kurdistan, maliki, news, president, Talabani, vice president, warrant

Written by : Paula Mejia

on : Wednesday, 1 Feb, 2012

Slow to Change

A number of recent reports on Libya have highlighted the astonishing change the country is currently undergoing. Perhaps no example is more demonstrative of the break with the ...

Filed under: Blogs, Hearts and Minds - Tagged with: Abdul Hafez Ghoga, Bab al-Azizya, Bani Walid, Ben Gazi, Libya, May 28 brigade, militias, Mustafa Abdel Jallil, NTC, Osama Jueili, tripoli

Written by : Thomas Alberts

on : Wednesday, 1 Feb, 2012

Yemen’s Turn

Yemen will hold a presidential election on 21 February. Yet opposition groups lack unity, sporadic fighting continues in the south, president Saleh’s son Ahmed Ali Saleh cont...

Filed under: War & Peace - Tagged with: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al-hadi, al-Islah, Al-Qaeda, aqap, Egypt, election, GCC, General People’s Congress, GPC, Houthi, humanitarian crisis, JMP, Joint Meetings Parties, Libya, Morocco, president, Saleh, Syria, Tunisia, unicef, Yemen, Yemeni Socialist Party

Written by : Alastair Beach

on : Tuesday, 31 Jan, 2012

I is for Insurrection

As the crowds of protesters waited outside Mustafa Mahmoud mosque in western Cairo last week, the face of a famous terrorist could be seen lurking amid the throng. Guy Fawke...

Filed under: Blogs, Egypt Unwrapped - Tagged with: cairo, Egypt, fawkes, guy, Mubarak, protest, scaf, tantawi, v

Written by : Steven Heydemann

on : Tuesday, 31 Jan, 2012

A Credible Alternative

Across Syria, indications are mounting that the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad is fraying. A ten-month campaign to crush the Syrian uprising has failed. The economy is r...

Filed under: Politics - Tagged with: Assad, Damascus, free Syrian army, opposition, snc, Syria, Syrian, Syrian National Council