I always tell youth in the Arab world that there is no life to any Arab youth movement that avoids foreign policy. There is no domestic policy in our lands: it is all intertwined with foreign policy. Nickel Shammas (the head of the merchants society [Read story...]

The New York Times will publish in the next few days an obituary of `Ali Salem just because he visited Israel, and as rare as the Times publishes obituaries of Arabs. [Read story...]

In it he says: (verbatim): “Do you know who your father is?A man whose very steps shake the earth vigorously”. I kid you not.”أتدري من هو والدك . .رجلٌ تهزّها الأرض هزاً وطأة قدميه . “ [Read story...]

On the front page of Al-Hayat, the mouthpiece of Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Bribes, the correspondent in Havana laments that the Pope did not speak about repression in Cuba. I am not making this up. [Read story...]

At 6:30PM in Tyre in Abu Dib roundabout young Lebanese are gathering to stone and burn portraits of the Saudi King. (Dress: casual). [Read story...]

Any news about the 4 or 5 Syrian rebels who were trained by the Pentagon? I hear that they are making advances on all fronts. Is that true? Is it possible that after they reclaim Syria they may make their way toward Iraq? Is it possible that they can [Read story...]

The Pope said that it is possible for atheists to enter heaven. The question: could they expel all believers from heaven? [Read story...]

WASHINGTON — Oyster, the startup seeking to be the “Netflix for e-books” by offering unlimited reading for a monthly fee, says its story is coming to an end. The company announced in a blog late Monday it “wil [Read story...]

“Even when Israel attacked Gaza a year ago, seeking to destroy Hamas, a Sunni Islamic version of the Brotherhood, Saudi Arabia made no secret of the startling fact that it gave Tel Aviv a green light. What emerges, then, is not a regional politics ba [Read story...]

NEW YORK — Coca-Cola disclosed Tuesday that it spent $118.6 million on health research and partnerships over the past five years, including funding for a group that was criticized for downplaying the role of sugary drinks in fueling obesit [Read story...]

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft launched its new Office suite, touting the key software as a collaborative tool which can work across multiple devices. The new software, one of the key products from the US tech giant, is being adapted to Microso [Read story...]

FRANKFURT — German auto giant Volkswagen revealed Tuesday that 11 million of its diesel cars worldwide are equipped with devices that can cheat pollution tests, a dramatic escalation of the scandal that has wiped a third off the company&ap [Read story...]

“The Yale gift makes a mockery of this rich history. Saudi money should not be funding any more programs in the United States or elsewhere because the money is stained with both blood and oil. It was extracted from the ground, but the extractors got [Read story...]

“Some Syrian rebels who asked for American arms in 2011 and 2012 eventually gave up and allied themselves with more radical groups”. (Of course, the person cited in this theory is a Zionist expert at WINEP). Let us see: so basically, the rebels were [Read story...]

1) who but a Western correspondent in Beirut would refer to barber as “kabab house”? It is so much more than that.2) Who but a Western correspondent in Beirut would write an article about food and not invoke Hizbollah? “After violently taking over Ba [Read story...]

“In the last five years the UK has sold arms to 19 of the 23 countries that the UN lists for grave violations against children, or where child soldiers are used in conflict, despite the fact that the UN has told governments to “expressly prohibit� [Read story...]

“Al-Foua and Kefraya are being defended by pro-government militia supported by the Lebanese group Hezbollah. The border town included in the ceasefire — Zabadani — has meanwhile been targeted in a weeks-long offensive by the Syrian army and Hezboll [Read story...]

” “It is scandalous that the UN chose a country that has beheaded more people this year than ISIS to be head of a key human rights panel,” said UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer. “Petro-dollars and politics have trumped human rights.” [Read story...]

“Air raids by Saudi-led coalition warplanes killed 15 people in Yemen’s capital in one of the heaviest nights of bombardment in months, aid workers and witnesses said Saturday. One rescuer told AFP at least 10 civilians were among the dead. “Ten memb [Read story...]

“Incredibly, while many western countries have legalised same sex marriage, none have provided for explicit and full anti-discrimination legislation in their constitutions. Thus, Nepal joins South Africa and Ecuador as the third country to provide fu [Read story...]

This is way out of whack. UAE and Jordan and Qatar are ahead of Turkey in freedom of the press? Are you for real? [Read story...]