Arts & Culture
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Film
10/16/2011 2:23:40 PM
This year's Abu Dhabi Film Festival will feature documentaries and discussions on the popular uprisings currently sweeping the Arab World
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World
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Region
10/16/2011 12:53:54 PM
Local media in Bahrain say the international panel investigating months of anti-government protests and crackdowns in the Gulf kingdom has interviewed more than 5,000 witnesses and alleged victims over the past three months
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World
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International
10/16/2011 12:14:39 PM
Myanmar's cautious relaxation of strict government control has grabbed the spotlight in recent weeks, but it's only the latest act in a summer of political change in Southeast Asia
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World
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Region
10/16/2011 11:32:59 AM
Arab foreign ministers to meet in Cairo as Assad regime shows no sign of ending its violent suppression of pro-democracy protests that has killed over 3,000 people since January
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World
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Region
10/16/2011 10:28:42 AM
As the revolt in Syria drags on, experts say weapons smuggling into the country has flourished, especially from Lebanon, with automatic weapons, grenades and hunting rifles in high demand
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Business
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Economy
10/14/2011 4:09:53 PM
Total cost to the six Arab countries that have witnessed revolution and popular uprisings is estimated at $55 billion
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Arts & Culture
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Music
10/11/2011 4:27:00 PM
Syrian pianist and composer talks to Ahram Online about the role of artists in his country's fight for democracy and how his own parents were brutally beaten by Assad's thugs
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World
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International
10/9/2011 1:35:43 PM
Warsaw gives delegates from Tunisia, Egypt and Libya an insight into the lessons of Poland's democratic wave that drove out its communist regime in 1989
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World
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Region
10/9/2011 11:23:19 AM
Saleh's declaration in a speech that he would leave power 'in the coming days' is yet another act of brinkmanship from a leader who has spent much of the 'Arab Spring' claiming he is about to step down
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World
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Region
10/9/2011 10:51:00 AM
More than 50,000 mourners marched through the capital of Syria's Kurdish heartland in a funeral procession for one of the country's most prominent opposition figures a day after his assassination
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Business
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Economy
10/8/2011 10:36:00 PM
One in ten tourists visiting Turkey comes from an Arab country, finds report
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World
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Region
10/8/2011 3:56:47 PM
Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh says that he would leave power in the coming days
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World
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Region
10/8/2011 12:37:09 PM
The White House says Syria's President Bashar Assad must step down before he takes his country further "down this very dangerous path.”
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World
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Region
10/8/2011 9:58:57 AM
US President Obama pledges Peace Corp and other aid, considering elections in Tunisia might be a sign of what's to come in the middle east
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World
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Region
10/8/2011 9:52:05 AM
After vetoing a UN resolution condemning Bashar Al-Assad's use of deadly force, Russia says Syrian opposition representatives are expected in Moscow on Tuesday
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Business
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Economy
10/5/2011 6:57:47 PM
The Gulf's capital of excess is taking a more modest and diverse approach to business as it tries to keep its dream of being a top financial centre alive
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World
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Region
10/3/2011 4:51:21 PM
Gulf Forum of Civil Societies calls on members of the Gulf Cooperation Council to recognize the Syrian National Council as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people
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World
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Region
10/3/2011 3:15:50 PM
At least 14 Bahraini Shia sentenced to life in prison for their roles in the killing of a Pakistani man during unrest in March
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World
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Region
10/3/2011 1:15:07 PM
Western countries and Tunisian liberals have nothing to fear from a victory of the Islamist Ennahda party, its leader Rachid Ghannouchi said
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World
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Region
10/3/2011 10:16:35 AM
The Arab Spring has left Israel "increasingly isolated," the US defence secretary says as he arrived in Tel Aviv ,warning military might could not make up for a weakened diplomatic position
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