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Archives for July 2010

Articles / Bitterlemons International / July 23, 2010

The Gulf States Already Have Links with Israel

Should the Gulf countries maintain contacts with Israel if this would make life easier for Palestinians? Could having such ties propel the Middle East peace process forward? Read more »

Articles / Bitterlemons International / July 22, 2010

A Bad Omen: The Iraqi Elections Impasse

The Arab Gulf states have mostly sat on the sidelines since the 2003 war. Even Qatar, diplomatically the most active state in the Gulf, has been conspicuous by its absence from the Iraqi arena. Indeed, the peninsular emirate has recently successfully mediated similar situations in Sudan, Yemen and Lebanon — the latter crisis ending with the formation of a Lebanese government last November after five months of heavy-handed negotiations. Read more »

Articles / The National / July 18, 2010

Moderate Saudi Voices Have Found a Home in the UAE

Over the last few years, an array of prominent Saudi intellectuals have come to call the UAE their home. As the midway point between the West and the East, the magnetic draw of the Emirates is understandable; it has become a cultural oasis for those who are intellectually hungry. Read more »

Articles / The National / July 11, 2010

How Do You Hold a Majlis in 140 Letters or Less?

What was once a platform to broadcast trivialities has, in the last year or so, matured into a powerful global phenomenon. Read more »

Articles / The National / July 4, 2010

The lobbyists are here and it’s time we knew why

The act of lobbying, either officially or behind the scenes, is prevalent across the world. It is most often associated with politics in the United States and negatively so. In fact, lobbying dates back to just after the American War of Independence when William Hull, a war veteran, was hired by those who fought alongside him to lobby those in Philadelphia, then the US capital, to compensate them for their service. The rest, of course, is history. Read more »

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About Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi

Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi is an Emirati columnist and researcher whose articles have appeared in The Financial Times, The Independent, The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Globe and Mail, as well as other notable publications. Al Qassemi is also a prolific commentator on Arab affairs on Twitter.

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