Time out in a moonlit spa
Kupluthai Pungkanon The Nation Find out to admire the lighting at the new Noora Spa at the Marrakesh Hua Hin Resort The newly opened Marrakesh Hua Hin Resort and Spa in Prachuap Khiri Khan province has called its spa Noora, the Arabic word for illumination. Step...
Connecting cultures in Sharqiya Sands
Sarah MacDonald Oman Time MUSCAT: Sixteen young Arab and European women returned to Muscat for a reception at the British Embassy yesterday after completing a desert adventure that helped them bridge cultural divides. The women, who were from as far away as Morocco...
Startups join PSU social incubator
BIZ JOURNAL Portland Business Journal Six new companies have joined Portland State University ’s Social Innovation Incubator. The program works with startups that focus on social and environmental issues. The six companies are: • Bright Neighbor, an online...
Sheikha Fatima receives Princess Lalla Amina
WAM ABU DHABI: H.H Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, Chairperson of the General Women Union, Supreme Chairperson of the Family Development Foundation (FDF) and President of the Council for Motherhood and Childhood has received HRH Princess Lalla Amina, member of the...
Arab spring News : Jan 21, 2011
Arab League under Arab Spring fire Ahram Online The Arab League's effectiveness has been in question for decades. But the real test of the pan-Arab organisation is the Arab Spring. Can the League, always blamed lacking moral force, decisively stand with Arab...
Sahara desert duo to raise money for Cancer Research
TWO friends are heading to Morocco to run a marathon across the Sahara Desert to raise money for Yorkshire Cancer Research. Dave Phillipson, from Walton, and Mark Valente, from Newmillerdam, have signed up to run the 151-mile Marathon Des Sables. One of the toughest...
Boxing/Morocco : 1st African Golden Boxing Gloves in Agadir
Moroccan Driss Khellaf, kickboxing world champion, will organize on January 28, 2012 in Agadir the first edition of the African Golden Boxing Gloves, an annual ceremony that honours the best boxers of the continent.Boxing/Morocco : 1st African Golden Boxing...
POLO SEASON BEGINS SUNDAY AT POINTE WEST
LOCAL SPORTS By Laurel Pfahler Published Saturday, January 21, 2012 VERO BEACH — John Walsh got hooked on polo while watching his sons play and took it up himself about six years ago. The Vero Beach resident and former "America's Most Wanted" host said locals curious...
One year after Egypt’s revolution, dictators on the defensive
By the Monitor's Editorial Board | Christian Science Monitor - Fri, Jan 20, 2012 One year ago on Jan. 25, Egypt began a popular uprising that, in just 18 days, felled a longtime dictator. The stunning event, which reversed old notions about Arabs being apathetic...
Libyan Islamists rally to demand sharia-based law
By Mahmoud Habboush | Reuters TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Hundreds of Libyan Islamists rallied on Friday to demand that Muslim sharia law inspire legislation in what organisers called a response to the emergence of secular political parties after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's...