Country Brief
An interactive and continuously updated glimpse into the economic and social identities of the region.
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Thursday, 21 Jul, 2011
He set as a priority introducing reforms that would ensure the establishment of rights and justice in the state and committed to serve all the people of the nation. He asserted in various meetings with his people, “You have to keep patience and loyalty by the will of Allah the Almighty.”
The era of King Abdullah has not witnessed a stable regional and international environment: two devastating conflicts in Lebanon and Gaza, severe Arab divisions and differences, instabi...
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Thursday, 21 Apr, 2011
The opposition led by former Prime Minister Mir Hussein Mousavi and former speaker of parliament and senior cleric, Mehdi Karroubi quickly labeled the elections as unfair. They suggested that Ayatollah Khamenei had intervened in the election process to secure the victory of Ahmadinejad.
Khamenei responded saying that the Islamic Republic of Iran "would not cheat" and singled out western politicians and media - particularly Britain and the United States - to blame for fanning the ...
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The withdrawal of Ottoman authority allowed Britain to consolidate its influence in the south by concluding treatise with local rules east of Aden and in the Hadhrama...
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Monday, 21 Mar, 2011
Lurking behind the murky corners in Fez—Morocco’s culture capital—shabby looking characters sniff glue from plastic bags, a sad reminder of the consequences o...
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Monday, 21 Feb, 2011
Bouazizi’s desperate act ignited a wider flame across the country and the sudden onslaught of an uprising on the ground eventually led to the deposition of its ...
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Tuesday, 1 Feb, 2011
Other strategies used to control and expel Palestinians include the separation wall/fence, settlement building, political repression, deprivation of necessary reso...
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Friday, 21 Jan, 2011
Qatar’s construction boom has attracted many foreigners, including laborers, who outnumber the small population of natives. In April 2001, just over half of the e...
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Saturday, 1 Jan, 2011
In 1918 with the help of local tribes, the Army of the Great Arab revolt took control of the region. The population of that time was mainly Bedouins and tribes of...
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Tuesday, 21 Dec, 2010
The 23 million landmines lying under the country’s soil provide additional impediments to Egypt’s economic growth. Most of the mines were laid by Axis and Allied po...
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Wednesday, 1 Dec, 2010
After the ruling Berber dynasty broke with the Shiite Fatimids and joined the Sunni Abbasids, the Fatimids retaliated by forcing the immigration of up to 200,000 Bedouin ...
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