Author Archives: Ayah Is'mail

Unrest in Egypt Continues While Sudan Strengthens Ties There

Nearly a month after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, violence escalated once again on Tuesday as Christians and Muslims fought each other in the capital city of Cairo.  Thousands of Christians gathered in two separate locations in Cairo to protest what they perceive as persecution and discrimination by the country’s Muslim majority.… Continue Reading

Black African Migrant Workers Forced to Fight for Gaddafi

It is now being reported that troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi are grabbing black African migrant workers in Libya and forcing them to fight against the anti-Gaddafi rebels. This latest information is being reported to the Reuters news-wire from a refugee camp in Tunisia where many of these young African men who have managed to… Continue Reading

Gaddafi’s Hidden Arms Now in Hands of Rebels

For 41 years Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has been secreting away weapons in underground bunkers in the city of Benghazi. But these were not weapons meant for Gaddafi’s regular army, which the eccentric dictator never trusted, but rather for Gaddafi’s Special Forces used mostly to oppress his own people. Rebels In Control Now the tables have… Continue Reading

South Yemen Not Happy With Unification

Discussions these days in the qat saloons of southern Yemen focus on the discontent people feel with what they see as the failed attempt at unification of what used to be two distinct countries, Yemen and South Yemen. Taking the lead from other protesters across the Middle East, dissenters in southern Yemen have taken to… Continue Reading

Saudis Moving in Tanks to Protect Bahrain Government

The elephant of Saudi Arabia appears to have taken action to swat the fly on its back- Bahrain- by sending in an armada of 30 tanks to help strengthen the beleaguered Bahrain government. The Bahrain government has been subjected to two weeks of protests from demonstrators, with no end in sight, demanding the resignation of… Continue Reading

Bahrain Parliament Blocked by Protesters

As part of a larger plan to disrupt the Bahrain government from functioning and forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Khalifa Al Khalifa, protesters have blocked entrance to the parliament of Bahrain, forcing officials to cancel a meeting of the leader’s hand-picked envoys. This demonstration is just one of many gatherings at key political locations… Continue Reading

Good Business Sense Best Predictor of Good Outcome in Egypt Construction Sector

According to Oscar Wendel, commentator for ArabianBusiness.com, the question of what to expect from the construction sector of the Egyptian economy is still difficult to predict. Noting that the only truly reliable truth when it comes to predicting direction for economic trends is that when there is political turmoil and uncertainty, the marketplace suffers. Investors… Continue Reading

Benghazi Death Toll Soars as Protesters Lose Their Fear

Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader for more than 40 years, was never well-liked in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, where very little of the county’s oil wealth has been felt. But fear of Gaddafi has always kept the population there docile, that is, until the general unrest which has been spreading throughout the Arab… Continue Reading

Bahrain Joins Voice of Internet Organized Middle East Protests

Protesters clashed with police in Bahrain on Monday as the opposition called the incident the “Day of Wrath” which left at least 14 people injured and two dead of their wounds. Inspired in large part by the success of the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt which, in both cases, succeeded in toppling the ruling regimes;… Continue Reading