Articles tagged with: Interview
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Wednesday, 22 May, 2013
A Talk with Turkish Deputy PM Bekir Bozdağ
Ankara, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkish deputy prime minister, Bekir Bozdağ, emphasized that the visit paid by Saudi crown prince Salman bin Abdulaziz to Turkey “will contribute greatly in developing relations between the two countries.” In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat against the backdrop of the official Saudi delegation's visit to Ankara, Bozdağ spoke about Saudi-Turkish ties, the deteriorating situation in Syria, and Gulf security. The following interview has been e...
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Thursday, 16 May, 2013
Bahraini Transport Minister on the Economy, Gulf Air, and Formula 1
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kamal bin Ahmed is the Bahraini minister of transportation and acting chief executive of the Economic Development Board. While visiting London, he spoke with Asharq Al-Awsat about recent economic developments in the country, among other issues such as this year's Bahraini Formula 1 Grand Prix. He also discussed the latest restructuring of Gulf Air, which involved dismissing staff. Like many oil-producing countries in the Gulf, much of Bahrain’s economic activit...
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Friday, 10 May, 2013
Opinion: Libya’s Political Isolation Law Threatens Destruction
It is often said that the great questions of our time will not be settled by speeches and votes, but by iron and blood. It is a maxim that certainly rings true for the question of ...
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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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Tuesday, 30 Apr, 2013
Tokyo Governor Apologizes for Remarks on Istanbul
Tokyo, AP—Tokyo governor Naoki Inose apologized on Tuesday for criticizing Istanbul, a rival candidate for the 2020 Olympics. Inose, also chairman of the bid committee, wa...
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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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Wednesday, 24 Apr, 2013
The Brotherhood’s Man in London
Out of all the places to meet Zuheir Salem, the number two man of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood (SMB), a David Brent-style office in Alperton, north London, is probably the lea...
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Wednesday, 24 Apr, 2013
Muhammad Al-Barghathi: The View from Tripoli
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Libyan Defense Minister Muhammad Al-Barghathi has stated that the era of military coups in Libya is over. ...
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Sunday, 14 Apr, 2013
Rafie Issawi: The View from Ramadi
Ramadi, Asharq Al-Awsat—On the road from Baghdad to Anbar Province’s capital city of Ramadi on our way to meet with Rafi Al-Issawi, the recently resigned finance minister o...
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Saturday, 13 Apr, 2013












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