The twentieth of November 1979 was not an ordinary day for Saudi society. On that day a group led by a man called Juhayman-Otaibi occupied The Holy Mosque in Mecca.Juhayman was a known figure in…

The incident of Juhayman or the incident of the Holy Mosque, as the Saudi people call it, occurred thirty years ago, at the beginning of the current century. It was not an incident that could easily…

In 1979, many events affected the region socially and politically. The most prominent of these were the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iranian Revolution and the Juhayman Al-Otaiby's incursion…

[escenic_image id="5510992"]Nasser Al-Huzeimi is a thinker who was witnessed the rise of Juhayman Al-Otaibi, and even approached him from within his group to the extent that he came to define the…

[escenic_image id="5510973"]November 20, 1979, is the first day of muharram, or the first month of 1400 according to the Islamic calendar. It is also the day the siege of Mecca took place. The…

[escenic_image id="5510969"]The escalating fighting in Yemen between government forces and the al-Houthi rebels has reawakened concern that Yemen is again becoming a battleground between leading…

According to statistics on trends in Internet, we can say that the political field is the least affected by the rising numbers of Internet users in the Arab World. This conclusion has been reached by…

[escenic_image id="5510759"]Representatives from Iran, France, Russia, and the United States continue to negotiate the details of a possible arrangement, accepted in principle at the October 1…

[escenic_image id="5510772"] The Majalla: What are the most serious challenges Yemen face and will face in the future? There are long and short-term problems. In the long term, I think the economy…

[escenic_image id="5510636"]For Gulf Arabs, the entry of their centuries-old Persian rival into the elite club of nuclear-armed states would be a strategic development of ruinous proportions. It…