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Tariq A. Al Maeena

Tariq A. Al Maeena

Tariq A. Al Maeena is a Saudi socio-political commentator. He was educated at the University of Denver. He lives in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

 Recent Articles

  • Saturday May 18

    BBC has got Twitter warning all wrong

    It is unfortunate that a responsible news organisation chooses to portray Saudi clerics’ call to use social media responsibly as a suppression of free speech

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    Saturday May 11

    Bangladesh: A battle for national identity

    As in the case of the anti-blasphemy law, governments beset by challenges of governance often spring divisive laws on their people in the hope of diverting their attention from real problems

  • Saturday May 4

    Emotions born of prejudice

    A rumour that a Saudi was behind the Boston bombings threw up some interesting reactions at an event held to foster inter-cultural dialogue

  • Saturday Apr 27

    A voice of awakening from an Israeli victim

    Dr Elhanan should not be alone in seeking Arab-Israeli peace; it is for all of us in the region to reject the culture of hate and violence and promote understanding

  • Saturday Apr 20

    Every small step can lead to a giant leap

    The efficacy of inter-faith dialogue truly lies in the way we reach out to our immediate neighbours — as the likes of Reverend Poobalan have shown

  • Tuesday Apr 16

    Letters: April 17, 2013

    Letters: April 17, 2013

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    Saturday Apr 13

    Tears of Muslims in divided Sri Lanka

    By looking the other way, Rajapaksa’s government is giving radical Buddhist elements a free hand to terrorise minorities and increase racial tension

  • Saturday Apr 6

    The BBC’s warped sense of impartiality

    Its reporting of the circumstances surrounding activist Corrie’s death was not an honest mistake by a cub reporter, but a conscious decision by a supposedly reputable news organisation to suppress the truth

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    Saturday Mar 30

    Arab street view of Obama’s Mideast visit

    Ordinary people agree that the US president wasted a historic opportunity to restart stalled peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians by spending his time on rhetoric rather than action

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    Saturday Mar 23

    Iraq war: Two letters, a decade apart

    No matter how you look at it, the Iraq invasion engineered by the Bush administration ruined a country and spilled the blood of innocents, all to satisfy a megalomaniac US president who had lost touch with reality

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