How the US Press Lost Its Way

People often wonder what happened to the American press after it distinguished itself in the 1970s by exposing the Pentagon Papers and Watergate. How did the US news media lose its way over the past four decades, a question addressed by Robert Parry at a conference on information and secrecy.

Unrest Grows in the Run-Up to Egypt's Presidential Election

While excitement is building over the vote, anxiety and confusion are also mounting as Egypt staggers into the final stages of an erratic transition process overseen by the military that still threatens to come apart, reports Sharif Abdel Kouddous.

The Palestinian Nakba: The Resolve of Memory

Al-Nakba is not a specific date or an estimation of time, but the entirety of those 64 years and counting. The event must not be assigned to the shelves of history, not as long as refugees are still refugees and settlers continue to rob Palestinian land, argues Ramzy Baroud.

The Palestinian Struggle Persists and Evolves

Refugeehood is a heavy weight that constantly pulls you back to the struggle to regain your normalcy in your ancestral land -- as Zionist Jews and Israelis know better than most other people in the world, writes Rami G. Khouri.

Algeria and Syria: Dealing with the Islamists

Both the Algerian and Syrian regimes are, of course, fully aware that anything like a genuine process of political reform would eventually lead to the dismantling of the existing power structures, something neither is yet prepared to tolerate, argues Patrick Seale.

Adding Hurdles for Iran to Clear

The current head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, who was essentially installed by Western powers, is adding new hurdles for Iran to clear before an agreement can be reached on its nuclear program, a standoff addressed by Gareth Porter for Inter Press Service.

Emiratis plan to join world's biggest gas suppliers

UAE which has proven reserves of 97.8 billion barrels of oil also has over six trillion cubic metres (212 trillion cubic feet) of gas.

Mauritanian economy resists slowdown despite crippling drought

India gives in to US pressure: Iran oil purchases will be cut by 11%

Qatar Airways puts talks with Canadian planemaker on hold

Iran oil tankers play cat-and-mouse with West

Erdan: Cut Gaza power supply to avoid shortages in Israel

African Development Bank in $250 million loan for Morocco

IEA raises slightly oil demand outlook

OPEC nudges world oil demand forecast higher

ADTCA opens new library in Al Ain

Library in Al Ain Mall features more than 30,000 sources on different media covering all fields of knowledge.

Gulf poets to represent in London

UAE’s rich literature, culture displayed at London Book Fair

Arabs go naked in Paris exhibit

“Million’s Poet”: When Nabati poetry speaks up in Middle East

Abu Dhabi International Book Fair launches book drive

UNESCO awarded Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s “Cultural Personality of the Year”

‘Fetih 1453’ Turkish blockbuster recounts Ottoman glory

Abu Dhabi enters Hollywood glory

 

Fictional Middle Eastern dictator takes his camel out in Cannes

British comic sparks minor chaos on Croisette beachfront as his zany alter ego Admiral General Aladeen takes morning stroll on his camel Osama.

Turtle nesting season begins on Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island

Endangered Hawksbill sea turtles continue to nest on Saadiyat Island’s sweeping beachfront with first of season’s nests being spotted in conservation areas.

Algeria bars vs Islamic state: who will win battle?

Algeria state Islamism is closing tap on bars, but illegal outlets are burgeoning in defiance of closures.

Somali movie industry seeks to show different side to country

Somali film makers aim to portray 'normal' Somalia than usual television footage dominated by war, rebels, hunger.

British WW II fighter plane emerges from underneath Egypt sands

World War II airplane that crash landed in Egypt's western desert has been found frozen in sands of time almost 70 years later.

Nawal El Saadawi: Nothing has really changed since revolution in Egypt

For her audience, El Saadawi is a lodestar for dissidence, and activism, a celebrated writer andthinker, a woman who has written dozens of books and has even been imprisoned for her writings.

A Palestinian's altruistic world and the archives of a personal nakba

Nammar's spiritual ethos recaptures, etches out his visions firmly throughout archives of his personal, family history, during, before, after the 1948 Nakba.

Launch of new TV Channel run solely by veiled women

Sheikha Safaa says objectives of launching this channel is to offer veiled women chance to appear on screens, empower other veiled women by activating their roles.

Qatari female teenager to break down barriers at London Olympics

Noor al-Malki will carry hopes of her nation, wider Gulf region when she takes part in London Olympic Games this summer.

UAE astronomer forecasts likely dates for Ramadan

Ibrahim Al Jarwan, supervisor of Sharjah Planetarium, says new moon will begin on July 19 at 8.24am but will not be visible until next evening.

No US troops but an army of contractors in Iraq

Contractors, who assist soldiers in preparing for drills, with after-action reviews, are at forefront of US efforts to train Iraqi forces.

Casablanca’s colonial architecture is crumbling

Around 4,000 buildings dating back to early 20th century are in need of help in Morocco’s economic capial.