Opinion
First Published: 2010-04-27 The new news channel would borrow from the business model used at Rupert Murdoch’s Fox and Sky News channels while broadcasting different content in the Middle East. This is bad news for the Arab audience, since... Read more
Exhibition showcases 1400 paintings symbolising Palestinian victims of Israeli war on Gaza. By Iqbal Tamimi ‘White Phosphorus on the birth anniversary of Ailia’a’ As many Palestinian artists who were deeply in love... Read more
From ‘The Lorry Driver’ to ‘Kingdom of Tunnels’, Taja highlights the misery of the oppressed. By Iqbal Tamimi ‘The Father of Ants’, coming to you from the tunnel next to you The 70 years old Syrian... Read more
Fujairah Media Group (FMG), a Fujairah-based broadcasting organization formed as a joint venture between the Fujairah Cultural Authority and Arab International Media Services, has announced the recent signing of a protocol with Central... Read more
The Egyptian American Medical Society is having a fund raising dinner on May 7th in New York. The proceeds will be directed to support medical assistance for the needy, especially the injured as a result of the revolution
Read moreThe use of the ‘olive branch’ is one of many words that are used as mental blinders. One would think that newspapers care a great deal about the olive branch and all the meanings that comes with it, says Iqbal Tamimi
Read moreFirst Published: 2009-11-25 12 Syrian top stars present shield of Syrian Artists Association to Palestinians Artists of Gaza. The Gaza people welcomed Sunday evening at Rafah Border Crossing, a delegation of top Syrian screen stars lead by... Read more
Dear belly dancing activists… have mercy on our souls. In our part of the world dancing is performed on happy occasions, and happy events in Palestine do not involve the belly — or kidneys for that matter, since we don’t... Read more
Isn’t it about time for the UK government to stand for its moral obligations towards the Palestinians and start to act in support of justice? Churchill said that creating a Jewish state on the Palestinian land ‘is of the interests of the... Read more
By Iqbal Tamimi Take me home When I’m dead I am crowded by corpses Occupying me A long queue of departed loved ones Are still marching in One after the other Changing me from within While one of my eyes Is teasing the other Hiding its... Read more