The Slovenian ambassador to Egypt has denied reports that he had been harmed in Cairo’s Shubra district, saying that the incident had been exaggerated. Egyptian media on Sunday reported that Robert Kokalj, 43, and his driver were taking pictures of the poor overcrowded district and street children when they were assaulted by hundreds of...
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Bahrain has agreed on deals with international audio-visual companies to boost local skills and enhance the media landscape. Shaikh Fawaz Bin Mohammad Al Khalifa, the president of the Information Affairs Authority (IAA), on Monday said that the contracts with major international media organizations have been completed and that they would “contribute to training and...
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“If Al Nahda remains true to its pledge, we will have an exceptionally wonderful year in 2012,” Kamal Dhib said as he pointed to the large TV screen showing debates at the Tunisian constitutional assembly over the government’s action plan for next year. According to the political analyst, Tunisia is facing a watershed moment...
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Kuwait’s Emir Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah on Tuesday accorded the honourary title of “His Highness” to Prime Minister Shaikh Jaber Al Mubarak Al Hamad Al Sabah. Kuwait News Agency (Kuna) said that the Emiri decree that changes the title from His Excellency to His Highness was with immediate effect.
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Thirty more Kuwaitis have joined the growing list of candidates for the parliament elections to be held on February 2. However, none of them was a woman, keeping the number of women who have signed up to covet seats in the 50-member parliament to 13 out of a total of 252 hopefuls.
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A group of young students surprised shoppers at one of Kuwait’s most frequented malls by shouting anti-smoking slogans and carrying posters asking smokers to stub out their cigarettes. The stunt, unprecedented in Kuwait where smoking is a major issue, was meant to embarrass those who flouted the law that bans smoking in malls and...
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Around 4.5 million people crossed through the Abu Samra border post between Saudi Arabia and Qatar in 2011, a Qatari daily said. The figure is higher than the 3,851,214 people who went through the post in 2010, according to Al Arab.
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Al Jazeera, the Doha-based channel that has helped change the Arab media landscape, is moving ahead with plans to recruit a large number of Qataris. Under a strategy launched by its news head, the pan-Arab channel will hire Qataris who hold a university degree, preferably in media or communication studies, be thoroughly knowledgeable about...
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Bahrain’s court of appeals on Sunday upheld life sentences against five defendants in the murder case of a Pakistani man. The court however commuted two life-in-prison verdicts to 15 years in jail each. The seven men were sentenced to life in prison by the High Criminal Court in July 2010 in a case that...
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Foreign observers will be allowed to monitor the elections in Kuwait, the head of the Kuwait Transparency Society has reportedly said. “We have presented a request to have local and foreign observers for the elections and the Emir Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad has approved it,” Salah Al Ghazali said. “The Emir was supportive of...
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