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Nasrallah defies Saudi dictates and dispells claims

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday said he does not want to “escalate” things in the diplomatic row with Saudi Arabia but stressed that Lebanon should reject “submission and humiliation.” “Saudi Arabia stirred the latest crisis with Lebanon and we want things to calm down,” Nasrallah said in a televised speech marking Hizbullah’s Martyr […]

Tony Blair still adamant that Islamism is prime threat to West

The West still faces the threat of large-scale terror attacks by radical Islamist groups, but this time using bio-terrorism, Britain’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair has warned. He made the comments in a speech marking two decades since the 9/11 terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in the US. Blair, who was prime minister […]

‘Mousa’ at the Gates: An Egyptian sci-fi flick that teaches you the difference between sound science and flaky fiction!

Before I say anything, I have,e to highlight that this movie, Mousa (2021), is to be commended just because MousaMousa (2021) is to be congratulated just for the fact that it’s an Egyptian (and Arabic SF) production, something almost unheard of and inexcusably neglected nowadays in the world of CGI. That by itself is worthy […]

Member of Trump clan to marry Lebanese tycoon

Former US President Donald Trump’s daughter, Tiffany, has announced her engagement to her Lebanese partner Michael Boulos this week. The engagement pictures were taken on Tuesday at the White House, a few hours before her father left the office. Tiffany took to social media to express her excitement. “It has been an honor to celebrate many […]

The Taste of the Earth: Medallions of Memory in the Poetry of Hedy Habra

Hedy Habra, The Taste of the Earth (Winston-Salem, NC: Press 53, 2019). By Layla Azmi Goushey In June 2020, I had the good fortune to attend a virtual poetry reading where Hedy Habra, author of the recently-published poetry collection, The Taste of the Earth, read selections from her work. The reading was organized by […]

Where Trump Learned the Art of the Quid Pro Quo

The president has been mixing money and politics since his early days in New York. By Andrea Bernstein*- Appeared first on The Atlantic | On a debate stage during the 2016 Republican primary, Donald Trump explained why he’d given money to Democratic politicians: “I give to many people,” he said. “Before this, before two […]

Netanyahu’s wife to pay thousands over fraud case

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, has reached a plea bargain in a fraud case over allegedly misusing state funds to order catered meals, Israel Radio said on Wednesday. Under the agreement, she will pay the state 45,000 shekels ($12,400) in reimbursement and a 10,000-shekel fine while admitting a lesser charge, the report said. According […]

Trump Reportedly Sought to Assassinate Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

After Bashar al-Assad attacked his own citizens with chemical weapons, President Trump sought to assassinate the Syrian president. “Let’s fucking kill him! Let’s go in. Let’s kill the fucking lot of them,” the president reportedly told Defense Secretary Jim Mattis last year, according to an excerpt from reporter Bob Woodward’s new book Fear. Mattis is […]

Fake news about UAE condemned by Kerala chief minister

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has condemned some Indian media spreading fake news about Abu Dhabi Crown Prince. "This (fake news), is an insult to all Indians," the chief minister wrote in a Facebook post on Saturday. Vijayan referred to the Gulf News report exposing the political agenda of some organisations trying to derive electoral […]

Fasting and Feasting on the Egyptian TV Screen: The Shadow of the President to the Rescue

By Emad El-Din Aysha, PhD — Another season of maniacal television is over and done with the passing of another Egyptian Ramadan. But only just. The episodes had to extend into the Eid to finish themselves off. And you had to wait a day or two afterwards to be able to ‘digest’ it all – themes […]

Between the Lines, Youth and Hope in the Middle East

By Sayde Tawk Political turmoil is usually the major topic covered by regional and world media outlets about the Middle East. However, between the lines of such reporting you will find some brighter aspects of a region where culture, history, tradition, art, hope, solidarity and, most important, a lively young generation deserve to be […]

Will Yemen kick-off the 'War of the two Blocs?'

By Sharmine Narwani* for RT-- There is media confusion about what is going on in Yemen and the broader Middle East. Pundits are pointing out that the US is looking schizophrenic with policies that back opposite sides of the fight against al-Qaeda-style extremism in Iraq and in Yemen. But it isn’t that hard to understand […]

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