Property Investment Opportunities in the Middle East

A recent survey conducted this past September (2008) showed that property investment opportunities in the Middle East are expected to outnumber and outperform all other property markets for the next 2 to 3 years. According to the Jones, Lang, and LaSalle survey, the market will remain bullish on Middle Eastern property investments with Saudi Arabia [...]

Iran rejects Bahrain proposal on Israel

Iran’s Foreign Minister has opposed Bahrain’s call for a new regional club which would include Iran, Turkey, Arab states and Israel.
“With all great respect that I have for my dear brother Sheikh Khaled (bin Ahmad al-Khalifa) the Foreign Minister of Bahrain, I believe that this suggestion cannot be executed,” Manouchehr Mottaki told IRNA.
“Our Bahraini [...]

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Asia to become economic powerhouse by next decade

Islamabad: Pakistan Economy Watch has said that only regional cooperation can provide relief to 50 crore poor living in South Asia. Political differences, if set aside, will spur new era of growth and Pakistan will reap dividends as Asia will be world’s centre of economic activity by next decade.

Pakistan will be world’s leader in textile [...]

Islamic beliefs honor Women

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Have you ever walked through a mall and seen a woman with a veil covering her hair? What crossed your mind? Did you think she was one of the many wives of a rich Saudi Arabian oil sheik? Did you feel sympathy for her because some man forced her to dress that way? [...]

The Middle East’s Water Crisis: Will the Jordan River Run Dry?

The River Jordan has flowed freely for thousands of years, its name immortalized in the Hebrew Bible and its lush upper reaches once known as the gates to the Garden of Eden. This summer, however, large sections of this storied river were reduced to a trickle, the water so low that grass fires spread freely [...]

Modernisation of Islam the only way to the victory for Muslims

MUSTAFA AKYOL, contributing author to www.WauBebas.org, is a Turkish columnist based in Istanbul.
Not long ago I ran into a quote from Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the Egyptian Muslim scholar and Al-Jazeera televangelist, in Turkey’s controversial Islamist daily . The 80-year-old cleric was saying, “Victory is only possible by returning to Islam.”

DubaiSat-1 ready for space launch

The UAE’s first earth observation satellite has been developed by SatrecI in South Korea with in depth participation of UAE engineers from the EIAST and is ’space ready’ according to an official in Dubai.
Dubai Sat-1 will provide the UAE with its first dedicated Eye in the Sky, and now awaits its launch later this year [...]

Democracy meets moderate Islamists wishes

A quick look at the Islamic countries reveals the fact that moderate Islam coordinates democratic values. In fact if democracy establishes in these countries, moderate Islamists will gain more than anybody else. They will receive the freedom of activities and get ride of cruel dictators which limits their freedom. here is more concrete examples:
In Egypt [...]

Middle East internet Broadband Forecast

High demand for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) products and services in the Middle East is making the region an attractive proposition for the development of high speed broadband access market. The governments across the region are adopting policies to promote the uptake of broadband technology. In particular, aggressive development by the Gulf countries in [...]

Bahrain aims to take Middle East IT lead

Bahrain has signed a multi-million dollar deal with IT giant Cisco in a bid to become the Middle East’s hub for information technology.
The government is teaming up with Cisco after a memorandum of understanding was signed by the two parties aimed at improving Bahrain’s ability to operate in the global marketplace, boost the economy and [...]