The Foreign Policy magazine asked its readers to vote for those they deemed most deserving of the highest honors — 500,000 public votes later, an interesting fact emerged: the top 10 was dominated by intellectuals of the Muslim faith. Read more »
Oil at US$ 200 is still cheap
Sultan on why the best thing for everybody everywhere is a high oil price.
Gulf states may continue to ignore Iraq at their own peril
The GCC countries must immediately awaken from their state of suspended animation as individual countries and, as a united block, mobilise their enormous wealth to launch a major Iraq rescue plan. Read more »
Welcoming our long-gone neighbors
It wasn’t all bad blood between the Arabs and the Jews; in fact, there were stories of heroism that have gone unreported and unnoticed in the Arab media. Read more »
Just a century ago, a woman ruled in the Gulf
In no other region of the world does the tired old cliché that “behind every great man is a great woman” hold more true than in the Middle East. And yet women have not always played a role only from behind the curtains that are their men but have also occasionally stepped up to share the burden and privilege of leading their people. Read more »
Corruption? What Corruption?
Everyone should be treated equally when dealing with corruption, says Sultan in this important article. Read more »