Interviews

Conversations with people intimately involved in the most important events in the region.



Adel Al Toraifi
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on : Saturday, 18 May, 2013

Turkey’s Economy Minister on a Decade of Growth

Ankara, Asharq Al-Awsat—The relationship between Turkey and the European Union has been fiercely contested for 60 years, with some members arguing that Turkey is too poor and not “European” enough to fit in. While once Turkey was seen as the junior partner, the party that was obliged to make all the concessions and changes required by the existing members in order to join the club, the Eurozone crisis and Turkey’s robust economic performance has leveled the playing field in many resp...

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Sawsan Abu-Husain
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on : Friday, 17 May, 2013

Amr Moussa: The View from the Opposition

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Amr Moussa, one of the main leader's of Egypt's opposition National Salvation Front (NSF), spoke to Asharq Al-Awsat about the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Egypt, the Mursi government, and the Syrian crisis. A senior Egyptian political and diplomat, Moussa previously served as Secretary-General of the Arab League. He also served as Egypt's Foreign Minister under the Mubarak regime; he stood in the post-revolutionary Egyptian presidential elections, but lo...

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Mohammed Al-Shafey
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on : Thursday, 16 May, 2013

Lawrence Wright on the Riyadh Compound Bombings

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lawrence Wright, Al-Qaeda expert and author of The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, said that the Riyadh Compound Bombings marked the beg...

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Mohammed Al-Shafey
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on : Tuesday, 14 May, 2013

US Security Expert on Al-Qaeda, Iran, and the Riyadh Compound Bombings

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—In the week of the tenth anniversary of the Riyadh Compound Bombings, Asharq Al-Awsat spoke to US counter-terrorism expert Brian Fishman on the implic...

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Alex Edwards
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on : Friday, 10 May, 2013

US Envoy to Somalia on Security, Stability, Al-Shaba’ab

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Somalia has long been viewed as the quintessential “failed state,” an anarchic territory plagued by the legacies of colonialism, Cold War geopolit...

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Mohamed Abdu Hassanein
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on : Thursday, 9 May, 2013

Fouad Gadallah on the judiciary, Brotherhood, Mursi

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—In his first interview since resigning as Egyptian presidential adviser for legal affairs, Dr. Mohamed Fouad Gadallah was keen to stress that the crisi...

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Majid Al-Amir
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on : Monday, 6 May, 2013

Jordanian Information Minister: The View from Amman

Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat—It is a time of growing turbulence and demands for change in Jordan. The monarchy has responded with reforms to the country's political system, and has pro...

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Musaid Al-Zayani
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on : Wednesday, 1 May, 2013

Shinzo Abe: The View from Tokyo

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday in his first official visit to the Kingdom. The prime minister met with Saudi Cr...

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Mohammed Al-Shafey
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on : Sunday, 28 Apr, 2013

Egypt’s Information Minister: The View from Maspero

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—It is the second time in less than a year that Asharq Al-Awsat has paid a visit to Cairo's Maspero building, headquarters of Egypt's Radio and Televisi...

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Abdul Sattar Hatita
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on : Friday, 26 Apr, 2013

Former Egypt PM Hijazi: The View from Cairo

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—With Islamists firmly dominating the political scene, former Egyptian Prime Minister, Dr. Abdulaziz Hijazi, contemplates a country that he hardly recog...

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