Ottolenghi’s famous London eateries offer a feast for the eyes and stomach. Though not a vegetarian himself, the Israeli-born entrepreneur has developed into a world-renowned master of meat-less cuisine.
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Nine Egyptian artists offer their interpretations and instinctive reactions to the popular upheaval that swept their country. One of those artists paid the ultimate price.
With its “Euro Crisis Song,” the British newspaper The Guardian is having a bit of a laugh at the Continent and its currency woes. But is this not a case of the pot calling the kettle black?
Analysis: Western euphoria about the popular uprisings in the Arab world is dissipating – and being replaced by fatalism. The Western powers clearly have no master plan to take the reins of the situation, and in the end, Iran may end up benefiting the mos
A R A B I C A ارابيكا ESTONIAN HOSTAGESLebanon’s An-Nahar daily features several articles examining the release of seven Estonian tourists who were kidnapped at gunpoint in the Bekaa Valley on March 23rd. While the circumstances surrounding the release are not clear, the Estonian Foreign Minister Uramas Paet is quoted as saying it happened […]
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Born To Serve – Butlers Are Back In Style
Though the market for butlers is centered in the UK and Arab countries, the super-rich everywhere are hiring. It is a job that requires very special training.
Taking off from Sicily, a reporter chronicles a night of airborne surveillance of movements on the ground in Libya, and coordination of strikes against Gaddafi-controlled targets.
As President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei quarrel, the guardians of the Islamic Revolution are growing stronger.
A R A B I C A ارابيكا ONE DEATH*As the English-language media reports the latest death toll out of the central Syrian city of Hama with figures varying from 11 to 22 dead, the Arabic media and social networks are focusing on the death of one man in Hama named Ibrahim Qashoush. Qashoush, a […]
Despite dissent among top Iranian leaders, Tehran appears to be now throwing its weight behind Gaddafi’s regime rather than the rebels. Iran hopes the West gets bogged down in Libya and can’t pursue Syria or Iran’s own nuclear program.
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The Libyan Diaspora And The War
Libyans who have left, and others with experience abroad, play a key role for the anti-government forces in coordinating and communicating with the outside world.
A R A B I C A ارابيكا THE CITYBBC Arabic features an in-depth report from the central Syrian city of Hama, which had been the site last Friday of the largest demonstrations in the past four months of unrest. “Witnesses said about 30 buses full of armed police officers and soldiers entered the city […]
In interview with Le Monde, Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi doesn’t exclude a cease-fire and negotiations, but otherwise strikes an aggressive posture toward the rebels and the West.
With the era of cheap Chinese labor over, international manufacturers such as Samsung, Canon and Foxconn have relocated major production plants across the southern border to Vietnam.
In a view from the ground in Brega, signs of bombing campaigns carried out with oil production in mind. Gaddafi loyalists say NATO attacks kills civilians, spares the oil in a dirty war.
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A R A B I C A ارابيكا By Kristen Gillespie ALL-SYRIA FRIDAYThe “Friday of the Fall of Legitimacy” was met with protests around the country. Meanwhile, the Syrian military rolled up to within 500 meters of the Turkish border. HAMAA short clip of protests in the small city of Hama is here. This one, […]
A R A B I C A ارابيكا TURKISH BORDERAs the situation along the Syrian-Turkish border becomes increasingly tense, BBC Arabic was leading its website with an amateur video clip of a building close to the border with Syrian soldiers and armored vehicles next to it. Two snipers are in position on the rooftop. The […]
A R A B I C A ارابيكا SPEECH & SENTIMENT*Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gave a closely-watched speech to supporters at Damascus University, carried live on state television, blaming the past three months of violence on an external conspiracy and “saboteurs.” Assad promised to form a committee to oversee reforms, and pledged that reforms will […]
Op-Ed: Afraid that the fall of Bashar Al-Assad could result in a civil war, the Western powers continue to play a wait-and-see game, even as the Syrian regime continues its bloody repression of anti-government protestors.
As repression grows more and more violent, Syrian leaders have reportedly been discreetly preparing to transfer portions of their fortunes abroad. But is it a sign President Assad is preparing to flee?
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The fog of war, the port of Benghazi. ©DavideMonteleone/Contrasto
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Near Brega, planning tactics for the next battle. ©DavideMonteleone/Contrasto
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Damage near the Mosque at the east gate of Adjabiya. ©DavideMonteleone/Contrasto
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A rebel unit from Benghazi. $©DavideMonteleone/Contrasto
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Rebels on the road between Ras lanuf and Sirt. ©DavideMonteleone/Contrasto
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The western town of Sullum, Egypt is the entry point for those few, mostly aid workers and journalists, looking to get into Libya. ©DavideMonteleone/Contrasto
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Inside the security prison in Bengazi, where the uprising began. ©DavideMonteleone/Contrasto
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The scorched earth left near the prison in Benghazi where the uprising began. ©DavideMonteleone/Contrasto
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On the way from Tobruk to Bengazi. ©DavideMonteleone/Contrasto
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Northern Libya is dotted by Roman-era ruins ©DavideMonteleone/Contrasto
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People return to their houses in Adjabiya after the rebels regain control of the city. Ibrahim Absullam’s house was bombed Gaddafi forces. ©DavideMonteleone/Contrasto
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The ultimate price of war. ©DavideMonteleone/Contrasto
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After rebels take the city of Adjabiya. ©DavideMonteleone/Contrasto
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The shifting front line for rebel troops moving in on the city of Ajdabia. ©DavideMonteleone/Contrasto
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An injured man thought to be a mercenary soldier for Libyan government forces. ©DavideMonteleone/Contrasto
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On the front line for the battle of Ajdabia. ©DavideMonteleone/Contrasto
A R A B I C A ارابيكا FRIDAY IN SYRIA*Syrian activists told news organizations that at least 20 people were shot dead around the country during another bloody Friday of protests. Here is video reportedly of a Damascus protest on Friday in which many of the participants cover their faces and heads so as […]
A R A B I C A ارابيكا SYRIA, STATE OF SIEGE*Al Jazeera broadcast footage from an empty Jisr al-Shughour. The camera rolls through deserted streets of the northern Syrian town, and then shows aerial footage of hundreds of people literally heading for the hills to escape a military encirclement. The network does not have […]
A French journalist defies a ban on foreign reporters in Syria, and reaches Deraa, where the popular uprising began in March. With the city since shut off from the outside world, this exclusive account shows Deraa’s residents living under siege,