[escenic_image id="5514411"]As a non-Muslim resident of Saudi Arabia, I am always touched when a Saudi friend wishes me ‘Merry Christmas’ or ‘Happy New Year.’ And this year, my email box collected…

[escenic_image id="5513848"]When authors of successful non-fiction books toy with the idea of writing a sequel to a multi-million selling title, they are usually gambling against very unfavourable…

[escenic_image id="5512631"] Robert Lacey Hutchinson 2009 Saudi Arabia is a historical anomaly. At least this is what Robert Lacey argues in his latest book. It is a country filled with paradoxes…

[escenic_image id="5512635"]Doctor Rajendra Kumar Pachauri is not your everyday Nobel Peace Prize winner. Before his award, threats to peace were generally associated with armed conflict, Pachauri’s…

The global summit on climate change in Copenhagen ended this week without realizing the objectives of developing countries. Unfortunately, it is these countries which are most affected by the…

[escenic_image id="5512638"]All expectations indicate that the Arab countries and the Middle East region will be the first to bear the burden of climate change. Desertification will increase and the…

[escenic_image id="5512699"] - I look forward to one day seeing the GCC countries as a united power that enjoys dignity and awe all over the world. - My own wishes are not different from those of…

[escenic_image id="5511958"] Joshua Craze and Mark Huband Hurst & Company, London 2009 There is perhaps no combination less familiar to the West’s own current cultural experience than the…

[escenic_image id="5511454"] Peter Maass Alfred A Knopf 2009 In The Pearl, the 1947 novella by the American novelist John Steinbeck, an impoverished Mexican diver named Kino scoops up an…

I was ten years old when the Saudi radio broadcasted news about the seizure of the Holy Mosque by dozens of armed men led by Juhayman al-Otaibi. The radio said that these men had announced the coming…