Luxury hotel marketers are opening numerous properties in the Greater Middle East area, suggesting that the region is a new choice destination for in-the-know affluent travelers. Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Hilton Hotels’ Waldorf Astoria and The Ritz-Carlton have recently opened or plan to open new properties in the Middle East. New [...]
Bin Laden Spokesman Captured in Jordan by US Authorities
March 7, 2013 | Posted by
One of Osama bin Laden’s sons-in-law was captured by U.S. authorities in Jordan and could make a court appearance in New York before the end of the week. He has been charged with conspiring to kill Americans. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith was a son-in-law and spokesman to the late al-Qaida leader and appeared in several videos [...]
Jordan: A Modern Oasis of Friendly in Region of Strife
February 22, 2013 | Posted by
When most people think about the Middle East, they often think of vast uninhabited deserts dotted with oil and gas equipment, polluted cities, dusty villages, and herds of sheep and camels milling about on rocky hillsides. Even less flattering connotations may include anti-Western hostility, riotous mobs and demonstrations, lawlessness, and near-constant political upheaval. While these [...]
Mobile Data Traffic Growth Fastest in Africa And Middle East, Cisco Says
February 19, 2013 | Posted by
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) region is forecast to have the fastest mobile data traffic growth rate in the world over the next five years, according to network equipment firm Cisco. In its Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast, Cisco has said that it expects mobile data traffic in MEA to [...]
Egyptian President Morsi Condemned for Zionist Remarks
January 16, 2013 | Posted by
Anti-semitic remarks from Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi will not prevent the country from receiving economic aid from the United States, based on public comments from U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz). Videos of Morsi making degrading statements about Zionists and Jewish people surfaced earlier this week, trapping the Muslim leader is a difficult political situation. A [...]
Syrian Army, Rebels Continue to Trade Victories
January 13, 2013 | Posted by
Both the Syrian army and rebel fighters remain aggressive in the country’s civil conflict, eager to assert any perceived advantage. On Friday, the government lost the largest military air base in northern Syria to rebel fighters after a battle that lasted 10 days. Regime forces responded by bombing the base heavily, but where unable to [...]
Syrian President Assad Blames Uprising on Western Influence
January 6, 2013 | Posted by
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad continued to attack his enemies and blamed foreign states for the country’s ongoing civil war. In his first public appearance since June, the embattled leader labeled his enemies as puppets “made by the West,” and called upon his remaining supporters to “defend the nation” against the Free Syrian Army. While Assad [...]
Facebook Growing Rapidly in Middle East, North Africa
December 8, 2012 | Posted by
Facebook might have almost fully penetrated core markets such as the U.S. and Europe, two regions in which the world’s largest social network’s growth is slowing. But there’s still plenty of room to grow in the MENA regions: the Middle East and North Africa countries. And Facebook is growing rapidly in that part of the [...]
U.N. To Finally Recognize Palestinian State
November 28, 2012 | Posted by
Thursday’s action at the United Nations figures to be rich in symbolism, but the very real consequences of the much-anticipated vote on a possible Palestinian state will ripple throughout the Middle East. The Palestinians would like nothing better than the world governing body to formally recognize the state of Palestine as a non-member observer state [...]
When Romney Talks About the Middle East, Is Netanyahu Really Speaking?
October 16, 2012 | Posted by
As the presidential campaigns go into the final weeks before the general election, the number and frequency of campaign ads will increase and a few dirty tricks, or at least ethically questionable ones, will emerge as well. The Jerusalem Post, in an editorial in its editions last week, called out supporters of GOP nominee Mitt [...]
