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Restoring calm
Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and Awqaf Minister Wael Arabiyat briefed the Council of Ministers on Wednesday on the alarming situation in East Jerusalem as a result of the series of provocative actions by Israel that started when it arbitrarily closed Al Aqsa ...
The real debate that Islamism should spark
By Rami G. Khouri - Jul 20, 2017 - Last updated at Jul 20, 2017 23:38
Every few years, it seems the world of Middle East and global policy analysis passes through a phase when a basic question rears its head in ...
Looking after our interests
By Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh - Jul 20, 2017 - Last updated at Jul 20, 2017 23:37
There are those who never tire from reminding us that there are forces external to the Arab region, from the neighbourhood itself and beyond ...
Liu Xiaobo’s death holds China to the light
By Jonathan Power - Jul 20, 2017 - Last updated at Jul 20, 2017 23:36
China, since the days in 1793 and the mission of Earl Macartney, emissary of King George III, has kept its distance from the West, preferrin ...
Addressing money laundering and terrorist financing risks
By Adli Kandah - Jul 20, 2017 - Last updated at Jul 20, 2017 23:35
Many countries, including Jordan, have taken holistic measures to address money laundering and terrorist financing risks.Besides a multitude ...
Women in the green economy
By Project Syndicate - Jul 20, 2017 - Last updated at Jul 20, 2017 23:35
In Ghana, a group of enterprising women and young people is building bicycles out of an unlikely material: bamboo.Ten farmers grow the bambo ...
Turkey’s democracy
By Michael Jansen - Jul 19, 2017 - Last updated at Jul 19, 2017 23:23
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan marked the first anniversary of last year's failed July 15 coup by sacking 7,563 soldiers and police ...
Jerusalem’s orphans revolt
By Daoud Kuttab - Jul 19, 2017 - Last updated at Jul 19, 2017 23:22
In the fall of 1967, shortly after Israel had annexed East Jerusalem, it attempted to impose the Israeli educational curriculum on all schoo ...
It is the occupation!
By Hasan Abu Nimah - Jul 19, 2017 - Last updated at Jul 19, 2017 00:12
Last Friday, there was an attack in Jerusalem. ...
The dangerous precedent of Al Aqsa closure
By Osama Al Sharif - Jul 19, 2017 - Last updated at Jul 19, 2017 00:11
The closure of  Al Haram Al Sharif, which includes Islam's third holiest mosque, by Israeli occupation authorities to Muslim worshipper ...

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