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Published 15:41 February 19, 2012
Olives: Fiction's Real World Fallout
Alexander McNabb is not happy. His self published novel, Olives, a source of considerable pride, has been getting increasing attention for all of the wrong reasons: it has been blocked in Jordan with distributors refusing to handle the book because of its use of the family name Dajani. Read more...
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Published 12:59 January 5, 2012
A Happy New Year Ahead?
Happy New Year! Read more...
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Published 12:39 January 5, 2012
Why the US can’t discuss Palestine (intelligently)
Palestinians are a made up people, Newt Gingrich said this week, arguing Palestine has never really existed, and that the Palestinian state itself was a fairytale as it had previously been under Ottoman rule. “We’ve had an invented Palestinian people, who are in fact Arabs, and were historically part of the Arab community. And they had a chance to go many places…" Read more...
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Published 12:05 January 5, 2012
Arab Democracy, Israel's Achilles Heel?
While once Israel could claim to be the outpost of Western style democracy in the region, increasingly there’s a role reversal going on, with greater representations and freedoms found in the Arab World, and an increasingly hard line and right wing government in Israel undermining its credibility in the West as “one of ours”. Read more...
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Published 11:58 January 5, 2012
The UAE’s new bankruptcy law
The UAE is in the early stages of implementing a new bankruptcy law, that will allow companies the time they need to restructure their business to regain solvency. Read more...
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Beyond the border dispute
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Business-driven ethical practices
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The threat of a right-wing backlash
Woolwich attack and the far right: Points to ponder when the dust settles
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