More Crimes, No Punishment in Egypt
For a full year, starting with the fall of Egypt’s ex-dictator Mubarak on 11 February 2011, the ruling power in Egypt – the Military Council – has committed more crimes than reasonable for the Egyptian Revolution. It has been very clear to every humble mind observer that Mubarak and the Military Council are two faces […]
The Other Five Ban Ki-moon’s Remarks: Hidden or Missing?
I am very optimistic about the future, and reading the UN Secretary-General Five-year Action Agenda presented to General Assembly, confirms and supports my optimism. But I am not going to comment on what were mentioned in Mr. Ban Ki-moon’s precious Remarks “The Future We Want”, as all positive facts and factors are recognised and repeated […]
[Ashraf’s Tales of Arabia] Borders and Smugglers
Abu Hassan, the man of books, in the north Syrian city of is Al-Qusair, is fond of two things; cave and spring. His most endearing document is Al-Qusair’s cave which survived damage or destruction by quarry dynamite, thanks to the efforts of his city people. Abu Hassan sat on the cave’s threshold on a heap […]
[Ashraf’s Tales of Arabia] Peace is better than war
Early next morning, some 33 centuries ago, in the city of Kadesh, to the north of Damascus, near the Syro-Lebanese border. The young Egyptian king Ramses II launched a massive assault, but was outnumbered by the Hittites, and the assault was lacking in terms of chariots, and soldiers suffered from their wounds. Both sides realized […]
[Ashraf’s Tales of Arabia] Syria, ‘3000 Years Ago’
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You immediately fall in love with River Asi (Orontes) the moment you walk along either of its banks. After a brief introduction, you even think it is extending its hands to embrace you as it winds here and there, giving way to you for the plains it cultivated with love fields and rose gardens so […]
The Fallen Four of the Middle East
With the scene of (previous) Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, signing the agreement of authority transfer in his own country, we come to an end for the fourth dictator of the famous photo, taken in Libya, representing him, with his colleagues; the escaping president of Tunisia; Bin Ali, who fled to Saudi Arabia, the ex-president […]
Nightmare to Erase Another Nightmare
Former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam was captured on 19 by rebel forces. Ashraf Dali, editor of Al-Arabi Magazine and Head of AJA (Asia Journalist Association) Middle East Chapter has expressed his opinions about the impact of media on the democratization in the Middle East after the death of Colonel Gaddafi. – What […]
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