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On Iran, India Is of Two Minds - The Media Line
A US diplomat in New Delhi, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Media Line that the situation is far from worrying, “considering India's continued strong relationship with Israel over recent terror matters.” Israel has been able to create what ...
Egypt's Women Face Rollback on Divorce Rights - The Media Line
“Right now the speaker doesn't want to have this bill or other similar things put forward at this time because the country is not ready yet,” the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. In fact, time is against those trying to defend khula and ...
Iranian Angst: Not Israel, but Domestic Discord - The Media Line
“Iran is more interested in maintaining its influence in Syria and Iraq, and making a nuisance of itself by promoting insurgency in Bahrain and among the Shiites in Saudi Arabia,” said the official who asked not to be identified because he was not ...
Saudi Students Stage Rowdy Protests - The Media Line
“Their big complaint was the filthy conditions of the campus because there was no rubbish pickup and because the elevators in the building, which has six floors, did not work,” said the journalist, who asked not to be identified.
Western Ways Woo Saudi Women - The Media Line
“It's a battle of wills between the conservatives and the liberals, and the conservatives are winning,” says a Saudi male student attending Newcastle and asked not to be identified. Sabah complains that women have been the most affected by a push among ...
In Emirates Competition, Abu Dhabi Outclasses Dubai - The Media Line
“I know more than a few Emiratis who see what's happening in Dubai and think of the hadith in the Qur'an about the end of days,” an Emirati businessman told The Media Line and asked not to be identified to protect his Dubai construction contracts.
Replacement Rumors for Abbas as Prime Minister Denied by “Candidate” Mustafa - The Media Line
A well-placed source speaking anonymously because he was not authorized to speak on the record told The Media Line that above all, “the requisite is being someone who can handle money and is a technocrat.” Al-Masri and Mustafa both fill the bill.
The Egyptian Army's Invisible Hand - The Media Line
They own restaurants and tourism companies, so for the leadership today, stability and crushing the opposition to their rule is paramount to maintaining their wealth,” Ahmed, a former general who asked that his name not be used, told The Media Line. ...
Saudi Arabia's Automotive Aspirations - The Media Line
A Saudi engineering consultant, who asked not to be identified because he is not authorized to speak for his client, told The Media Line that it would be difficult to fill factory jobs with Saudis. “With Nitaqat, assembly plants will have to fill ...
Silencing the Muezzin - The Media Line
It's the same thing,” says the man, who asked not to be named. Rami Mashhad, a contractor, is adamantly against the legislation and warns it could ignite the normally peaceful relationship with his Jewish neighbors. “I think this is a wrong decision at ...
Christmas in Saudi Arabia: Cheerful But Chaste - The Media Line
“We had Saudi friends with kids who had lived abroad and used to enjoy Christmas, not as a religious holiday, but as a social one,” says a 41-year-old Christian Arab-American, who lives in the port city of Jeddah and asked not to be identified because ...
Abbas' Star Rising in Palestinian Ferment - The Media Line
There won't be any peace,” said a young man who asked not to be named with cropped hair named Shlomi. Back in east Jerusalem, Fayek Nashashibi said Jews and Arabs could live together as they have for centuries, but that the “foreigners” and “settlers” ...
Egypt's Reluctant Rulers - The Media Line
“The military will let this happen to blow off steam,” a senior Israeli official, who asked not to be identified, told The Media Line. “But we are not concerned that there is any erosion in the [Egyptian] military leadership about the importance of ...
MidEast Daily News - The Media Line
Israeli officials speaking off the record explain that Jerusalem will not initiate actions or bomb smuggling tunnels except in a situation where an attack is imminent and can be stopped Saif Al-Islam, one of Libyan strongman Mu'amar Al-Qaddafi's two ...
Donkeys Take Over From DSL as Syria Shuts Down Internet - The Media Line
Abu Abdullah, who asked not to be identified by his real name, uses a Jordanian mobile number to place calls, but to do so he has to get close to the Jordanian border at the risk of getting killed. Among the Jordanian cellular operators, activists say ...
MidEast Daily News - The Media Line
Meanwhile, a government official said Yemen has stopped producing oil because of internal strife, plunging a nation that is already the Arab world's poorest into further economic decline. Violent clashes erupted in at least three Syrian cities on ...
As Gas Supplies Are Cut, Israel Sees First Worrying Sign of New Mideast - The Media Line
The only solution will be to relax environmental regulations, said an industry source who asked not to be identified. He said Israel will only be able to breathe easier when its next big field, Tamar, begins to pump gas sometime in 2013. ...
MidEast Daily News - The Media Line
A source in the Prime Minister's Office who refused to be identified told reporters that Netanyahu came to his decision because he believes that the Palestinians are not able to commit to a final status agreement now because of the regional instability ...
Mideast Arms Deals in Doubt Amid Spreading Turmoil - The Media Line
“The opening ceremony was very short and a lot of people left early,” said one, who declined to be named. As demand falls, arms makers are also being pressured from the supply side, as their host governments clamp down on weapons sales to countries ...
Saudi Arabia's Quest for Foreign Tourists Progresses - The Media Line
... not received a single tourist (visa) application from anybody outside of Saudi Arabia,” said a licensed Jeddah tour operator, who asked not to be named. ...
In Saudi Arabia, Sedition is in the Eye of the Beholder - The Media Line
... the appropriateness of the niqab when I was growing up,” said a 40-year-old Western-educated Jeddah Saudi woman, who asked not to be identified. ...
MidEast Daily News - The Media Line
A senior Israeli intelligence officer who refused to be identified addressed members of the foreign media on Sunday, and set forth the Hamas threat to ...
Iran to Replace Google with 'Oh Lord' - The Media Line
But a source close to the government, who asked not to be identified, said the initiative was simply a matter of providing more locally relevant content to ...
Iran pressuring Shi'ite Iraqi allies to support Al-Maliki for Prime Minister - The Media Line
According to the report, based on an anonymous source in the Islamist Iraqi National Alliance (INA) led by Sayyed Ammar Al-Hakim, the Iranian message ...
Hay'ah toning down shows of power in Saudi Arabia - The Media Line
A Saudi female journalist, who asked not to be identified, sees the commission's role differently. “I'm waiting for the day that the Hay'ah protects women ...