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By Editor, on August 7th, 2011%
عائشة عبدالله تريم
خلال الأشهر القليلة الماضية، عصفت ببريطانيا أزمة شبيهة بريح فيها نار ألهبت مئات النقاشات وفتحت أبواب جدل ظن الكثيرون أنها أغلقت تماماً . . فالصحيفة التي عودت قراءها على تلقف الفضائح الواحدة تلو الأخرى على مدى 168 عاماً، رفعت يديها اليوم ملوحة وقالت بكل بساطة : “الوداع وشكراً” . . . → Read More: صفعة أيقظت الصحافة الحرة
By Editor, on June 19th, 2011%
Aysha Taryam
The Gulf Today, June 19, 2011
Universities in the United Arab Emirates and around the world have wrapped up their academic year with graduation ceremonies for the class of 2011. Some of which have been televised others appeared as a collection of photos in newspapers across the country. The overwhelming number of graduates ushered into the professional world indicates the success which UAE universities have achieved in educating and preparing the young minds of tomorrow.
Continue reading Don’t teach, inspire
By Editor, on June 12th, 2011%
The Gulf Today, June 12, 2011
A few days ago I posted this statement on my Twitter account:
“Most used term this year, social media. I’ve about had it! And yes I realise the irony of tweeting this statement so don’t even.”
We have been reading about the social media ever since its inception but after it has somehow been given all credit for the revolutions happening in the Middle East, social media has become the subject of the year. Endless debates and analyses of websites such as Facebook and Twitter’s role in the Arab revolutions flooded the region drowning other important elements in its wake, hence my Twitter outburst. Continue reading Too much Twitter
By Editor, on May 16th, 2011%
The Gulf Today, May 15, 2011
Historically the Western mind has been mesmerised by the Middle East often painting pictures of it as a land of mysteries browned by the desert sun. In the United Arab Emirates, our parents recall during the British occupation that Englishmen stood the children in line and took photos of them. These very Englishmen would later put the photos in their books as they penned the history of our country. This was also the case for the rest of the Middle Eastern region, an Arab history conveyed to the rest of the world through foreign eyes. Continue reading Writing a wrong
By Editor, on May 5th, 2011%
Aysha Taryam
The Gulf Today, May 4, 2011
Almost a decade after Osama Bin Laden’s inauguration as the most wanted man on the planet it took American soldiers 40 minutes to kill him.
Today the American people rejoice with the feeling of utter relief for the bogeyman hiding in the dark closets of . . . → Read More: Obama kills Osama to remain alive
By Editor, on April 22nd, 2011%
Middle East Studies Online Journal- ISSN 2109-9618- Issue n°5. Volume 2 ( 2011) Etudes du Moyen-Orient. N°5. Volume 2. 2011. دراسات الشرق الأوسط، مجلة فكرية محكمة العدد الخامس . المجلد الثاني2011 A Position Paper Aysha Taryam§ Abstract: The author, who happens to be a female business-leader, calls the Emirati women to seek other businesses . . . → Read More: Cupcake And Abaya Nation
By Editor, on April 22nd, 2011%
Middle East Studies Online Journal- ISSN 2109-9618- Issue n°5. Volume 2 ( 2011) Etudes du Moyen-Orient. N°5. Volume 2. 2011.دراسات الشرق الأوسط، مجلة فكرية محكمة. العدد الخامس . المجلد الثاني عائشة عبدالله تريم
كانت المرأة الإماراتية ومازالت رائدة في السعي لتحقيق ذاتها . وعندما أبصر اتحاد الإمارات العربية النور، فتحت المرأة . . . → Read More: عمل المرأة الإماراتية وشغف التميز
By Editor, on February 28th, 2011%
Aysha Taryam
The Gulf Today, February 27, 2011
We humans are a curious bunch and it is this curiosity that allowed us to document our every endeavour. Every now and then events happen which we deem monumental to our existence, choosing their final resting place to be among the pages . . . → Read More: Make way, the Arabs are coming
By Editor, on February 28th, 2011%
عائشة عبدالله تريم
الخليج 27 فبراير/شباط 2011
نحن بشر، والإنسان بطبيعته فضولي، ولقد دفعنا هذا الفضول دوما لبلوغ غاياتنا وأهدافنا، كما يدفعنا اليوم، وسيدفعنا في المستقبل، وما يجري اليوم على الساحة ليس أحداثاً عادية، إنما أحداث مصيرية سيسطرها التاريخ في النهاية لتشكل بعضاً من . . . → Read More: حلم عربي أم مارد أبيّ؟
By Editor, on February 19th, 2011%
عائشة عبدالله تريم الخليج
منذ وضع الفيلسوف الإغريقي أفلاطون مفهوم الديمقراطية أخفق العالم حتى هذه اللحظة في الاتفاق على تعريف مقبول لها .
مع كلمة ديمقراطية يمكنك تخيل صورة شخص يرفل مرتاحاً بين ذراعي “المساواة والحرية” . إن الجمال هو أساس الصورة التي ترسمها الديمقراطية، لكن هل . . . → Read More: الديمقراطية بين الفكر والممارسة
By Editor, on October 27th, 2010%
Middle East Studies Online Journal. Issue 3. Volume 1. 2010. Etudes du Moyen-Orient. N°3. Volume 1. 2010.
Position papers:
Aysha Taryam *
Ever since the notion of democracy had been conceived by the Grecian philosopher Plato and to this very day a universally accepted definition for the word fails to exist. With the word . . . → Read More: Democracy Alive and Unwell
By Editor, on September 4th, 2010%
By Aysha Taryam 
The Gulf Today, August 30, 2010
When George Orwell was writing his political sci-fi novel Nineteen Eighty-Four he had no idea how close his imaginative classic would come to eerily predict our future. It took a few years past the year 1984 but in 2010 our world is resembling Orwell’s futuristic one and realising his grim outlook.
The industrial age gave us the means to pave the technological road, which led us to the age of information. Information or the excessive access and manipulation of it have eventually landed us in the era we live in today, the time we could quite easily dub, the age of paranoia. Continue reading Orwell saw the black in Blackberry
By Editor, on June 21st, 2010%
By Aysha Taryam 
Editor-in-Chief: The Gulf Today
AFTER months of planning and preparation the Gaza Freedom Flotilla consisting of six ships boarded by 700 brave volunteers set sail last Sunday night carrying aid for the 1.5 million besieged people in Gaza. Bravely attempting to sail through and peacefully penetrate the Israeli blockade was their mission. 700 civilians who could no longer sit aside and wait, who could no longer go about their daily lives carrying the weight of their suffering brothers and sisters on their backs. Aware of the risks involved and the unpredictably hostile nature of the Israeli military they left the comfort of their homes and said goodbye to their families convinced that this movement is of absolute importance to the Palestinian people. Continue reading Blood on the decks of peace
By Editor, on June 21st, 2010%
By Aysha Taryam
Editor-in-Chief : The Gulf Today
The trailer to the much-anticipated sequel of Sex and the City has dropped and the girls’ next adventure unfolds in no other place but our capital Abu Dhabi. The trailer shows Carrie and the gang whisked away from New York City for an all-expenses paid week in Abu Dhabi. It shows the girls riding camels, lazing on the poolside of extravagance and hitting the nightclubs that are apparently full of belly dancers. Your typical Edward Said notion of Orientalism, only dressed in designer from head to toe. Continue reading Carried away to Abu Dhabi
By Editor, on May 17th, 2010%
By Aysha Taryam
Editor-in-Chief: The Gulf Today
Every scholar, every writer and every reader has said all that is to be said about the institution that is Dar Al Khaleej publishing house. They spoke of its unbiased journalistic commitment, they marvelled at its unwavering, unapologetic position on Arab unity free from all political agendas. . . . → Read More: Al Khaleej an undying promise
By Editor, on April 27th, 2010%
By Aysha Taryam
Editor-in-Chief: The Gulf Today
Education has always been an essential building block in the construction of the United Arab Emirates. The UAE’s founding father, His Highness the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, made educating his people his main priority and even encouraged all women to empower themselves by seeking education. Thanks to his enduring efforts, today the nations’ literacy rate is in the 97th percentile with women’s literacy rate exceeding that of the men’s.
With the rapid growth of the UAE’s economy the country has become one big melting pot in which many cultures and nationalities mix and brew. Private schools were founded to accommodate all nationalities residing in the UAE. Every type of school imaginable has been established and before we knew it the UAE has become infested with thousands of such institutions. Continue reading UAE’s situation with branded education
By Editor, on March 28th, 2010%
By Aysha Taryam
Editor-in-Chief: The Gulf Today
On some days more than others we are subjected to incidents, reactions or even words that rub us the wrong way. The reasons are many but the ultimate feeling is one. A feeling of shock and utter disturbance that tends to whack you upside the head . . . → Read More: Emirati the local expat
By Editor, on March 18th, 2010%
By Aysha Taryam
Editor-in-Chief : The Gulf Today
Iran has issued an ultimatum about its feelings over the naming of the waterway that lies between it and the Gulf States. The aggressive demand stipulates that no airline calls this body of water the Arabian Gulf. If it does, then airplanes are banned from flying over the country. Continue reading Body of water tired of name-calling
By Editor, on March 18th, 2010%
By Aysha Taryam
Editor-in-Chief : The Gulf Today
Thanks to the master playwright Shakespeare, today’s cinema world has acquired some formulas that are sure-fire winners. In the romantic genre or what we have come to dub the ‘chick flick,’ as if there is no need for romance in a man’s life, the age-old story of the damsel in distress being rescued by a knight in shining armour is a no brainer. Continue reading Nothing pretty about this woman
By Editor, on March 7th, 2010%
By Aysha Taryam
Editor-in-Chief: The Gulf Today
The Israeli occupation police have seized the al- Aqsa mosque, assaulted Palestinian civilians and barricaded the mosque’s area in a first step towards their so-called “national heritage restoration project.” This project is a $107 million plan to restore areas they claim prove Israelis’ connection to the land. Some 150 sites are listed. Among them many Islamic and Christian sites are named on this ‘heritage list,’ devised and set into action by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Continue reading No longer the farthest mosque
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Carried away to Abu Dhabi
By Aysha Taryam
Editor-in-Chief : The Gulf Today
The trailer to the much-anticipated sequel of Sex and the City has dropped and the girls’ next adventure unfolds in no other place but our capital Abu Dhabi. The trailer shows Carrie and the gang whisked away from New York City for an all-expenses paid week in Abu Dhabi. It shows the girls riding camels, lazing on the poolside of extravagance and hitting the nightclubs that are apparently full of belly dancers. Your typical Edward Said notion of Orientalism, only dressed in designer from head to toe. Continue reading Carried away to Abu Dhabi