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Keyword: United Arab Emirates (UAE)

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Daily News Analysis

BRICS doubled its membership as the midnight clock struck

Crescent International

Jumada' al-Akhirah 19, 14452024-01-01

News & Analysis

Interesting Findings Of Youth Opinion In The Arab World

Yusuf Dhia-Allah

Rabi' al-Thani 06, 14442022-11-01

Arabian regimes, most notably Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have embarked on what is referred to as “reforms”. These have centred around promoting vulgarity. The regimes thought their young populations will buy into it. Recent opinion polls show the youth reject such policies.

News & Analysis

Being Poor And Weak may be Risky; Being Rich And Weak is Disastrous!

Waseem Shehzad

Rajab 28, 14432022-03-01

The world is not governed by any rules despite loud claims to the contrary. Might is right dictates how relations and policies are formulated. This is especially true for countries with enormous wealth but no capacity to defend such riches. We examine the plight of some rich but militarily weak countries.

News & Analysis

Using Check-book Diplomacy, UAE Punches Way Above Its Weight

Yusuf Dhia-Allah

Jumada' al-Ula' 28, 14432022-01-01

In terms of population and landmass, the UAE is tiny. Yet it continues to act way above its size and significance. Barely 50 years ago, the Bedouins wandered with their camels and tents wandered in the desert. Today, they are acting as if they are big players. It would be in their interest to realize their limitation before their concrete and glass towers come crashing down.

Daily News Analysis

Smooching with UAE autocrats won’t normalize Israel

Crescent International

Jumada' al-Ula' 09, 14432021-12-13

News & Analysis

Middle East’s Two-bit Players Punching above Their Weight

Yusuf Dhia-Allah

Jumada' al-Ula' 17, 14422021-01-01

Were it not for oil, most rulers in the Middle East would still be herding camels in the desert. Nobody would pay the slightest attention to them. Yet oil wealth has gone to their heads and they are acting way above their capacity. Their fall would be painful.

Main Stories

Arabian-Israel Normalization and Newton’s Third Law

Yusuf Dhia-Allah

Safar 14, 14422020-10-01

While Arabian rulers are rushing to normalize relations with the Zionist occupiers of Palestine, there are other powers getting together to resist such sell-out. A multi-polar world order is emerging

Main Stories

Yemeni Defenders’ Shock and Awe Resistance

Brecht Jonkers

Safar 02, 14412019-10-01

The spectacular drone strikes by Yemen’s resistance movement on Aramco facilities has sent shockwaves throughout the medieval Saudi kingdom as well as their patron saint the US.

News & Analysis

Yemen ceasefire: What Chance for Peace?

Brecht Jonkers

Jumada' al-Ula' 26, 14402019-02-01

Despite a much-touted ceasefire in Hodaydah that was negotiated in Sweden, the Saudi war-mongers and aggressor and their co-conspirators are doing everything to undermine it.

Main Stories

Bedouins at war!

Zafar Bangash

Shawwal 07, 14382017-07-01

The fickle Arabian rulers are at each other’s throats again. They are worse than children as shown by the pathetic spat between Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

News & Analysis

Bani Saud, Emiratis fight each other in Yemen

Yusuf Dhia-Allah

Ramadan 06, 14382017-06-01

The Bani Saud and the Emiratis may be allies in their war on Yemen but inside the war-ravaged country, they are backing different factions that are fighting and killing each other.

Daily News Analysis

Arab potentates at each other’s throats

Crescent International

Jumada' al-Ula' 04, 14352014-03-05

Rulers of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE are not amused. They think Qatar is trying to be extra smart by backing the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and even supporting MB activities inside their countries. They have withdrawn their ambassadors from Doha. How long with this last? Not very long, if their past behavior is any guide.

News & Analysis

Tiny Qatar trying to act big on the global stage

Yusuf Dhia-Allah

Rabi' al-Awwal 15, 14312010-03-01

Even US President Barack Obama piped in with a video message telling the assembled crowd that he was serious about “engaging” the Muslim world, whatever that may mean...

Occupied Arab World

GCC states celebrate 18 years of failure

Crescent International

Rabi' al-Awwal 02, 14201999-06-16

The six member-states of the Gulf Co-operation Council marked the 18th anniversary of the pact’s signing on May 24. Only two days later, two members, Qatar and Bahrain, announced that they would continue to pursue their border dispute before the International Court of Justice...

Occupied Arab World

Prostitution racket in Dubai an affront to Islam’s holiest places

M.A. Shaikh

Sha'ban 01, 14181997-12-01

Several years after the collapse of communism, thousands of prostitutes are still flocking to Dubai, the trade centre of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), from the countries of the former Soviet Union.

Occupied Arab World

Gulf sheikhs cling to Uncle Sam for security

Adil Hussein

Dhu al-Qa'dah 12, 14161996-04-01

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was given a blunt choice: agree to scrap the condition that US soldiers would be subject to UAE law or there would be no mutual defence agreement with Uncle Sam.

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