Interviews
Conversations with people intimately involved in the most important events in the region.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Friday, 26 Apr, 2013












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