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January 24, 2014

Why were the Egyptians happy that their team lost?

Does history repeat itself? Where once we had the late Sheikh Muhammad Alsharawi praising Allah for the reprehensible defeat of our army in the 1967 war with the Israelis...

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January 24, 2014

Israel and a Sports Boycott: Lessons from South Africa

Sports events celebrating physical culture and competition have long had underpinnings in political and social motives. From the ancient Greek Olympics and Gladiator tournaments in Rome to the elitist...

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January 24, 2014

Ban on settlement goods wouldn't break EU laws

Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are illegal under international law. This is a fact, accepted by most countries in the world, so prohibition of trade with these...

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January 24, 2014

Be careful not to overstate the significance of individual resignations in Syria

For months now, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has been described as “increasingly isolated” and “embattled”. Yet the regime has so far held fast, despite growing discomfort with massacres of...

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January 24, 2014

The Missing Piece of the Arab Spring jigsaw? What the protests mean for Jordan

The protests in downtown Amman are a restrained affair and do not compete in size to the millions in Tahrir Square, Cairo. In fact, other than on Fridays, it’s...

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January 24, 2014

Palestinian prisoners get family visits after five years

For the first time in five years, 40 Palestinians from Gaza have been allowed to visit relatives held in Israeli jails. The visits were allowed as part of a...

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January 24, 2014

Syria hits new stage in conflict

The Syrian conflict appeared to enter a new stage last night after a bomb hit the National Security building in Damascus during a meeting of cabinet ministers and security...

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January 24, 2014

Yosri Fouda on Egypt After the Revolution

In real life Yosri Fouda is relaxed. A warm character with a grey pin stripe suit, he settles down on a brown leather chair in the Frontline Club to...

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January 24, 2014

Syrian threats - the drumbeats of war sound louder

In the protracted, bloody and complex Syrian conflict, practically every day brings a new development. Yesterday, it was the apparent confirmation by a foreign ministry spokesman that the country...

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January 24, 2014

Seeking refuge across the border: Syria's Palestinian population

Cyber City in the border town of Al-Ramtha, Jordan was once an industrial complex, but since May has become a transit camp for refugees fleeing the terror in Syria....

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