
Faisal Abbas
Editor-in-Chief at Arab News
Editorial Board Member at Al Arabiya
Editor-in-Chief of @ArabNews | Vice Chairman of Saudi Journalist Association | Editorial Board @AlArabiya | #YGL18
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1 week ago |
arabnews.jp | Faisal Abbas
It was in the first week of March 2020, only a few days before the global coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic — with the consequent lockdown — that a handful of prominent Iranian singers performed in the first ever Persian Culture Night in the historic Saudi city of AlUla. In the weeks before the event, there was much ado about whether this cultural soirée should take place in the Kingdom.
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3 weeks ago |
arabnews.com | Faisal Abbas
Arab News at 50: A consistent voice in a constantly changing region Short Urlhttps://arab.news/6ga8w RIYADH: Fifty years ago today, brothers Hisham and Mohammed Ali Hafiz, two legendary figures in Saudi Arabia’s media landscape, launched Arab News, Saudi Arabia’s first English-language daily newspaper, from a small garage in my hometown of Jeddah.
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1 month ago |
arabnews.com | Faisal Abbas
In the home of the Oracle, the future is anyone’s guess Short Urlhttps://arab.news/m77bu Trump, tariffs, and trust dominated the 10th Delphi Economic Forum in Greece which concluded on Friday. Since taking office last January, US President Donald Trump has left world leaders, economists, and political analysts struggling to predict the future. After all, the case was — and very much still is — that when America sneezes, the world catches a cold.
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2 months ago |
arabnews.com | Faisal Abbas
Cairo plan a good start, but not a final destination Short Urlhttps://arab.news/z6yna International analysts would be well advised to keep a close eye on what happens in Saudi Arabia over the next few weeks, as it seems some of today’s most pressing global problems might be resolved in the Kingdom.
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2 months ago |
semafor.com | Faisal Abbas
The $53 billion reconstruction plan for Gaza, spearheaded by Egypt and endorsed by the Arab League last week, is a better alternative to US President Donald Trump’s proposal to displace Palestinians and rebuild the enclave into a beach resort, or Israel’s approach of blocking aid and hoping Gazans starve or leave. It is a fine plan — but it is far from being a slam dunk, at least when it comes to the main stakeholders: the US and Israel.
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