06/01/2009 - 9:29 pm
Khaleej Times: The media must be provided with true facts to avoid ‘misinterpretation and rumours’, according to Oman’s top information official.

06/01/2009
Khaleej Times: Ten Bahraini doctors announced on Monday their decision to go to Gaza to assist medical teams there to cope with the devastating health situations.

06/01/2009
Gulf Times: Arab states plan to introduce a new draft resolution in the UN Security Council aimed at securing an immediate end to the "Israeli aggression" in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki said yesterday.

06/01/2009
Saudi Gazette: Saudi Arabia said on Monday the international stand that Israel's barbaric attacks on Gaza are in self-defense is weak, muted, unprecedented and blind to the history of the occupation, to Israel's terrorizing of the Palestinians, to the huge power imbalance between the two sides, and to Israel's disregard for the Arab peace initiative.

06/01/2009
Gulf in the Media : The events of the 2009 Gulf Forum started under the patronage of the foreign Saudi Prime Minister, organised by the Institute of Diplomatic Studies in Riyadh and the Gulf Research Center in Dubai. And here is the full text of the forum openning for the Chairman of GRC Abdulaziz Sager.


By Mark Trevelyan - 18/04/2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Gulf states believe Israel will destroy Iran's nuclear programme rather than allow it to acquire an atomic bomb, an adviser to the Kuwaiti government and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) said on Tuesday.

By Sue Pleming - 18/04/2008
WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - The United States is hopeful Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations will offer diplomatic and financial help to Iraq at a conference of its neighbors next week, said a senior U.S. official on Wednesday.

Source: The McKinsey Quarterly - 18/04/2008
Reviewed: 20-Feb-07 The Gulf Cooperation Council needs to reform its labour markets in order to end dependence on cheap foreign labour and increase employment levels and productivity of its national workforce. Currently migrant workers take 60% of jobs in the private sector. In the United Arab Emirates, the most extreme case, that figure is 99%. Locals cannot compete when wages are about half the minimum needed to support a family.

Words by: James Curtis, World Business - 18/04/2008
Published: 20-Nov-06 As overseas money flows into the region and economic integration beckons, the GCC is seeking to reduce its dependence on oil.


24/11/2008
Open Discussion Gulf Cultural Club Obama: the Man, the Phenomena & the Expectations By Dr J. E. Peterson* Tuesday 17th November, 2008 I feel as if Saeed has misadvertised here. I am not an expert on Barak Obama. Very few people are yet but they will be. My specialty is the Middle East particularly the Gulf, so I can speak a little bit more to that. As an American I give you my impressions of what Obama’s election will mean generally and for the region.

17/11/2008
Dr Chris * Hewer A lecture organised by Open Discussions and The Gulf Cultural Club On Tuesday 4th November 2008 Venue: Abrar House, 45 Crawford Place, W1H 4LP


13/11/2008
Invites you to two seminars on Obama’s America Obama: the Man, the Phenomena & the Expectations By


28/11/2008
- Exploring Reform and Muslim Tradition AUTHOR: Kari Vogt Lena Larsen Christian Moe This is an important and prestigious volume showcasing leading progressive Islamic thinkers. It includes new essay by controversial public intellectual and Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan. It offers strong appeal to policymakers and as well as students and scholars of religion and the Middle East.

26/09/2008
- Jews, Arabs and Imperial Interests AUTHOR: Simone Panter-Brick Gandhi's involvement in Middle Eastern politics is largely forgotten, yet it goes to the heart of his teaching and ambition - to lead a united freedom movement against British colonial power.

09/09/2008
- Inside the Middle East Peace Process from Rabin's Death to Camp David AUTHOR: Ahmed Qurie With new talks in the Middle East Peace Process about to begin, the shadows of previous negotiations fall heavily across all involved. In this powerful and absorbing testimony,