London - There are attempts supported by international actors to gather up the diaspora of the Banned Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group, after it was split into two teams, the first led by the acting Muslim Brotherhood Guide, 'Mahmoud Ezzat', and the (...)
Pundits dubbed Mahmoud Abbas's speech at the UN as historic and described Obama's stance against Palestine's UN membership as hypocritical and bankrupt.
In the London-based daily Al-Hayat, Jihad Al-Khazen congratulates Palestinians for victory in (...)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Lebanon and his country's role in shaping Iraqi politics was a reminder to the Arabs that the regional balance of power was not tipping on their side, the pundits warned this week.
In the London-based (...)
Photos of demonstrations around the world denouncing the Israeli raid on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla in which at least nine people, mostly Turks, were killed and dozens injured, were spread over the front pages of most newspapers.
'Israel (...)
The anniversary of the return of Sinai to Egypt and the danger of extremist Jewish settlers were the focus of Doaa El-Bey and Rasha Saad
The provocative march by extremist Jewish settlers through the Palestinian town of Silwan was the focus of (...)
Arab writers seemed to agree that joint Arab work was facing a crisis which is further revealed in the wake of every summit meeting. However, the problem should be treated within the boundaries of the Arab League.
Mohamed Salah wrote that nothing (...)
Dubai's security authorities received all the praise last week after revealing details of the assassination of a senior Hamas leader by Mossad agents in the UAE last month.
In 'Dubai invests in security', Elias Harfoush wrote in the London-based (...)
While Egypt was criticised for deciding to build an underground wall on its borders with Gaza, sympathy was shown for the Nagaa Hammadi shootings.
Mohamed Salah wrote that the first week of 2010 witnessed two problems in Egypt, the Viva Palestina (...)
The rising tension between Egypt and Algeria was fuelled by the media long before their World Cup qualifying match. It is also a reflection of Arab differences in other fields, especially politics. Mohamed Salah wrote that like the Arab political (...)
Lebanese independence celebrations, the suffering of the Palestinians of Gaza and the unmistakable shadow of Iran overwhelm the Arab pundits
The Levant is in pandemonium, and nowhere more so than in Gaza. In Lebanon there is much retrospection and (...)
The Arab world is fast sliding into a contemptible state of neocolonialism, contend the commentators
The security agreement governing the US troop presence in Iraq was the subject of much heated debate in the pan-Arab press. The vast majority of (...)
Obama's historic win enchants the commentators and provides a golden opportunity for Arab introspection
"Obama ends the white man's monopoly over power in the United States," declared the Lebanese writer Selim Nassar.
Writing in the London-based (...)
The Dweiqa rescue operations dominate the headlines, while reflections on 9/11 and an economy sapped by inflation also intrigue the pundits, write Gamal Nkrumah and Mohamed El-Sayed
Whittling at freedom
9/11 seven years on, the assassination of (...)
US hegemony over North Africa and the Middle East, the desperate attempts to cement Palestinian unity and a general state of inquietude engulf the Arab world's print media
The Arab League has wobbled woefully, but presidents Bashar Al-Assad of Syria (...)
The Frankfurt Book Fair took pride of place in the Tuesday edition of the London-based Pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat. But the tragic turn of events in Iraq and Gaza also featured prominently throughout the week.
An especially attractive photograph graced (...)