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Articles of the author Sherine Bahaa
Peace talks start quietly
The second round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks started and closed on the same day openendedly with nothing substantial declared. Wednesday, 14 August, started with jubilation and celebrations across Gaza and the West Bank with the return of 26 (...)

21 - 08 - 2013
Kuwait pro-democracy protesters defy the odds
The Kuwaiti opposition is playing it by ear. They took to the street 21 October and said it outloud: “We will not allow you!” No one listened. To send a message is one thing, but to have it comprehended is another. A week later, the standoff between (...)

09 - 11 - 2012
Spring in Kuwait?
Has the Arab Spring finally made its way to Kuwait, or will this week's protests melt away as swiftly as they have come, asks Sherine Bahaa The unprecedented gathering of around 150,000 protesters, according to organisers, made this week's protests (...)

25 - 10 - 2012
Just the initial phase?
The arrival of Saudi forces in Bahrain has only triggered more unrest, turning what was previously a case of internal dissent into a regional battlefield, says Sherine Bahaa The first move came last Monday, when more than 1,000 Saudi troops rolled (...)

17 - 03 - 2011
Not Tunisia or Egypt?
Protesters in Algeria demonstrated for democracy and freedom last weekend in a pattern of demonstrations that is far from having come to an end, writes Sherine Bahaa Algerians are not very much different from their Tunisian or Egyptian counterparts, (...)

17 - 02 - 2011
Protests in Bahrain
Demonstrators in this tiny Gulf state have been thinking the unthinkable Two months ago, it would have been thought almost unthinkable to dislodge any of the long-standing Arab regimes, but following the events in Egypt and Tunisia some Arab (...)

17 - 02 - 2011
The Gulf gets the message
Protests demanding reform are gaining momentum even in the traditionally conservative oil-rich Gulf kingdoms, writes Sherine Bahaa Until recently, the prospect of opposition protests taking place in the conservative oil-rich Gulf kingdoms would have (...)

03 - 02 - 2011
Political charades
Two moves by the government in less than a week show what Kuwaiti democracy is all about, reports Sherine Bahaa On 8 December, Kuwaiti police elite forces used batons to beat up their MPs gathering outside one of their leaders homes to discuss their (...)

16 - 12 - 2010
Best of the lot
Bahrain's third legislative elections were without incident and confirmed the Shia plurality, but will this be translated into more power, asks Sherine Bahaa In an atmosphere ripe with scepticism, Bahrain's third municipal elections took place last (...)

28 - 10 - 2010
New evil in the making?
An attempt on the life of the Saudi deputy interior minister failed this week, while attracting concern because of the status of the target, writes Sherine Bahaa Full-page advertisements, congratulatory cables and visits by high officials have all (...)

03 - 09 - 2009
Women make headway
Could the dynamics of democracy be moving finally in the right direction in Kuwait? Sherine Bahaa assesses the results of the Kuwaiti elections "It is the second parliamentary election in 10 months, what would you expect? Kuwaitis got bored and (...)

21 - 05 - 2009
Pre-summit diplomacy
THE FOUR-WAY meeting bringing together President Hosni Mubarak, his Syrian counterpart Bashar Al-Assad, Saudi King Abdullah and Emir of Kuwait Ahmed Al-Gaber Al-Sabah in Riyadh is an attempt to move closer to reconciliation ahead of the Arab Summit (...)

12 - 03 - 2009
Identity crisis
Can money make peace? Hillary Clinton seems to thinks so, writes Sherine Bahaa Give the Palestinians money to show support and solidarity. It's been the received wisdom seemingly forever, prevalent in Washington, in European capitals, but above all (...)

05 - 03 - 2009
Is Bahrain another Kuwait?
To blow things out of proportion is not the wise thing to do, warns Sherine Bahaa Bahrain needs to secure its place in the sun and Iran wants to be a close, albeit non-Arab, ally to Arab Gulf monarchies, but a recent row between the Islamic Republic (...)

26 - 02 - 2009
Same mettle
Intentionally or not, Hamas and Hizbullah are speaking a similar discourse. Sherine Bahaa reviews their rhetoric "You have created resistance in every household," Hamas's leader in exile Khaled Meshaal said, referring to Israelis in a televised (...)

15 - 01 - 2009
Criminals vs cowards
The current uproar in Arab streets might not be of any direct help to Gazans but it draws battle lines between the masses and their regimes, notes Sherine Bahaa "Arabs are a vocal phenomenon," said former Israeli minister of defence Moshe Dayan (...)

01 - 01 - 2009
Talking shoes
What was he actually thinking when he hurled his pair of shoes at Bush? Did he intend to trigger an international storm? Sherine Bahaa tries to find out Muntadhar Al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W Bush during a (...)

25 - 12 - 2008
Too much 'democracy'
The Kuwaiti cabinet broke its own record by resigning last week for the second time in nine months, reports Sherine Bahaa The resignation of the Kuwaiti cabinet for the second time this year came as a severe blow to Kuwait's high-profile democracy. (...)

03 - 12 - 2008
Strange bedfellows
A proposal to form a regional organisation has raised eyebrows, writes Sherine Bahaa Two weeks ago, Bahrain made an unprecedented proposal which it presented during the United Nations General Assembly suggesting the establishment of a regional forum (...)

16 - 10 - 2008
Beautiful to behold
Iran responds to the West's package of incentives with rhetorical rather than confrontational posturing, writes Sherine Bahaa On Saturday, the deadline set for Iran to declare its position regarding the freeze-for-freeze formula offered by the six (...)

31 - 07 - 2008
The uncomfortable tourist
While US President George Bush was giving his "allies and friends" in the Gulf a farewell trip, it seems he got nothing but polite nods and interesting outings, Sherine Bahaa reports His agenda was eventful but the results came to nil. What he said (...)

17 - 01 - 2008
Facing 'serious threats'
Ahmadinejad stole the GCC show in Doha this week, Sherine Bahaa reports Though much was said in the corridors of Sheraton Doha about the significance of the 28th regular meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) this week, the final communiqué (...)

06 - 12 - 2007
Fraternal altercations
Recent name-calling between Syria and Saudi Arabia is rubbing salt in worsening wounds, writes Sherine Bahaa "Virtually paralysed," was how Syrian Vice-President described the regional role of Saudi Arabia. In a biting speech at Damascus University, (...)

23 - 08 - 2007
Resounding failure
No matter how the current war in the Middle East unfolds, Arab despots are believed to be the big losers, Sherine Bahaa reports Footage of innocent children killed under the debris of Israeli air raids, of women crying over their lost children, of (...)

10 - 08 - 2006
Now or never
Will Syria be dragged into the open confrontation between Israel and Hizbullah, asks Sherine Bahaa The announcement on Sunday that the rockets that hit Haifa, killing eight Israelis, are Syrian-made triggered speculations that it might be a prelude (...)

20 - 07 - 2006
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