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The Top 5-star Hotel Brands In The Arab World

SOURCE: FORBES MIDDLE EAST Researchers: Ahmed Mabrouk, Amany Zaher, Nermeen Abbas, Mohammed Helmy Forbes Middle East reveals its Top five-star Hotel Brands In The Arab world, which includes top 20 brands that are based on the status of their presence in the region. Top 20 brands are represented in the Arab world through 375 hotels and resorts … Continued

Can Christians Stay in the Middle East Despite Persecution?

SOURCE: AINA BY: ROBERT FISK So there I was this week, staring at a picture of the Virgin Mary, painted at Melitene (now Malatya in present-day Turkey), its real home in Damascus — since it belongs to the Syriac Patriarchate, but is currently kept in Lebanon because of the war — and stunned at Mary’s … Continued

Life as an Anthropologist Facing a Conflictive Middle East

By John Mason/ Arab America Contributing Writer From the moment my wife and I set foot in Libya in 1968, we were stepping into an environment defined by the Middle East conflict. This conflict includes the Sunni-Shia divide or to the time of the Crusades which began in the 11th century. Its modern seeds can … Continued

Trump Takes New Aim at Hezbollah, Part of Tougher Iran Stance

  SOURCE: POLITICO BY BRYAN BENDER The Trump administration on Friday plans to roll out a new public campaign aimed at cracking down more forcefully on the armed wing of Hezbollah in Lebanon, part of a broader effort to counter the militant Shiite group’s chief backer, Iran. The new push will include instituting cash rewards … Continued

Bernie Sanders Says He Would Consider Cutting U.S. Military Aid to Israel, Improve Ties With Iran

SOURCE: HAARETZ BY AMIR TIBON In an interview with left-wing website The Intercept, the former presidential candidate said that the U.S. is complicit in Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. Senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said in an interview published Friday that the United States should “play a much more evenhanded role” in … Continued

Why Are Middle East Girls Better in School Than Boys?

SOURCE: THE ATLANTIC BY AMANDA RIPLEY Jordan has never had a female minister of education, women make up less than a fifth of its workforce, and women hold just 4 percent of board seats at public companies there. But, in school, Jordanian girls are crushing their male peers. The nation’s girls outperform its boys in just … Continued

The Battle Over Jerusalem: A New Year’s Story

SOURCE: THE NEW YORKER BY BERNARD AVISHAI Who controls the past controls the future, George Orwell wrote; who controls the present controls the past. In Israel, rightist Likud coalitions, such as the one currently led by Benjamin Netanyahu, have controlled the nation’s present for so long that it may soon be futile to try to retrieve … Continued

Abbas Will Say to the UN, and to Trump: Recognize Palestine. End Our People’s Captivity

America routinely offers Israel impunity and rewards. Towards Palestine, it offers only threats. If this White House is serious about peace, it’s time to show it. SOURCE: HAARETZ BY HANAN ASHRAWI This Wednesday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will address the world from the chambers of United Nations General Assembly, an institution founded on the principles … Continued

Jimmy Carter says almost no hope of Trump progress on Mideast peace

Former president issues scathing criticism of US foreign policy, says Netanyahu has no intention of reaching two-state solution SOURCE: THE TIMES OF ISRAEL BY AP   ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter offered a damning indictment of US foreign policy and domestic affairs Tuesday, saying he had little faith US President Donald Trump could make … Continued

Here’s why you should definitely visit Oman

  By: Yasmin Helal Source: Step Feed Are you tired of hopping on an airplane for (at least) 6 hours to go on a short trip for just 2-3 days before coming back home? Then a road trip to Oman is the ideal solution for you. Located at just a one hour’s distance by plane, … Continued

What Does the Future of the Middle East Depend On?

  By Colby Cyrus/ Contributing Writer   At a recent panel hosted by The Brookings Institution, a discussion about President Trump’s role in the future of the Middle East seemed to determine that the next step is nothing more than a looming question mark. Featured in the discussion were Adel Abdel Ghafar of the Brookings … Continued

Gertrude Bell and the West’s Fatal Failure to Understand the Arab World

By: K. J. WETHERHOLT Source: THE DAILY BEAST A recent and much-celebrated documentary, Letters from Baghdad, produced by Zeva Oelbaum and Sabine Krayenbühl, depicts an essential figure from World War I and its aftermath: an explorer, archaeologist, mountain climber, and an intelligence officer for the British who became a modern nation-builder in the Middle East. She was … Continued

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