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Faisal Al Qasim

Faisal Al Qasim

Faisal Al Qasim is a Syrian journalist based in Doha. He is also the anchor of Opposite Direction on Al Jazeera. Before joining Al Jazeera, he worked for the BBC Arabic Radio.

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    Tuesday Nov 6

    Syrian regime in demolition mode

    It is quite terrifying to see the army bring down entire neighbourhoods over the heads of its citizens just to drive out a score of ‘terrorists’

  • Saturday Sep 15

    The ugly face of Chinese capitalism

    The phenomenon seems fiercer and much more exploitative than the original western one, with money being the master of all activites

  • Sunday Aug 26

    Letters: August 27, 2012

    Letters: August 27, 2012

  • Wednesday Aug 22

    Dictatorship of the media

    Instead of emulating the west technologically, the Arab world has taken the worst part of its culture; the cheap pop media

  • Monday Aug 6

    Syria is really different

    With no international consensus on how to deal with Al Assad’s regime and its complicated support structure, a political solution may be hard to find

  • Monday Jul 23

    Stubbornness is a sin

    The Syrian regime has shown no real intention for genuine reforms

  • Friday Jul 13

    Purge Arab armies and police of thugs

    Beastly behaviour of some security forces was on shocking display during the uprisings

  • Wednesday Jun 27

    Will BRICS change the world order?

    The day will come, sooner or later, when BRICs will have a substantial say in the way the world is governed

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    Wednesday Mar 7

    Respect sanctity of the voting booth

    Arab countries cannot claim to be democratic as long as citizens are denied the right to vote freely and secretly for a candidate of their choice

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    Tuesday Feb 28

    Pan-Arabism — the only sensible way forward

    A powerful, united and determined Arab world could pressure America to get serious about a Palestinian state

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