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Are we prepared for foreign tourists?
When Saudi Arabia recently began granting visas to tourists from 49 countries, I wondered how many foreigners, especially Westerners, would embrace the idea of visiting an unspoiled land, which has remained elusive for visitors even though it houses dozens of archaeological sites, historical monuments, and unique landscapes. Then I recalled the Japanese proverb: “If you love your child, allow him travel!”There are those who love to travel, because it increases their knowledge of geography, people and history. There are those who love to travel alone, without companions! The famous British poet Rudyard Kipling said: “He travels the fastest who travels alone.”Some believe that travel is a journey to plumb the depths of the soul, by learning about people, places, and monuments. I...
October 07, 2019

Are we prepared for foreign tourists?

Money, cities and greed!
Thomas Cook, the 180-year-old British travel group, recently ceased operations astounding the global market. Some have interpreted what happened as the result of not being prepared for the new and changing reality of the tourism industry and the latest technical developments, while others view the company’s collapse as a result of unlimited greed and capitalist savagery.In the 1970s, Harvard Business School classrooms were called “noon darkness” because some were held in the basement at lunchtime and with very little attendance. In the 1990s, the situation changed as investment banks turned into the promised economic paradise. However, this was followed by financial meltdowns, scandals, abuses and crimes all of which involved a certain amount of greed and fraud.Modern history in the...
October 07, 2019

Money, cities and greed!

Trump’s new trade war
Trump’s new trade warWHEN China’s President Xi Jinping last week opened Beijing’s Daxing International, the world’s biggest airport, ahead of the 70th anniversary celebrations of the Chinese communist party’s coming to power, commentators overlooked one interesting fact. This was that the majority of the civilian airliners that began to use Daxing, was made abroad, predominantly in the United States and Europe.It seems more than certain that in the-not too distant future this will change with newly-developed Chinese aircraft being bought and operated successfully by airlines around the world. But for the moment, the market is dominated by the two giants and deadly rivals, Boeing and Airbus.The US has just won a World Trade Organization judgment that the European consortium, which...
October 04, 2019

Trump’s new trade war

Iraq’s menacing militias
WHEN it comes to Iraqi government’s demobilization of its often lawless militias, President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be one step behind events. Mick Mulroy, soon to depart from Trump’s Defense Department team has said Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi must press on with plans he announced at the start of July to bring an end to the Popular Mobilization Units (PMUs).In fact it looks as if Mahdi has succumbed to pressure from Iran to backtrack on his scheme. There have been widespread protests at his decision to sidetrack one of the country’s more effective senior military commanders. Staff Lieutenant General Abdulwahab Al-Saadi, who was the deputy head of the key Counter-Terrorism Service has been moved to a desk job in the ministry of defense. He is not a happy man...
October 03, 2019

Iraq’s menacing militias

Turkey’s mood is changing
MANY Turks are worried and angry. Their country seems to be changing for the worse. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, arguably their most remarkable politician since the Republic’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, is no longer the sure-footed leader who took power 17 years ago. The man who dared to make peace with Kurdish rebels, who restored language, cultural and political rights to this significant majority, who promised an inclusive politics led by his moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) and who oversaw a boom in overseas investment and major infrastructural projects, looks increasingly beleaguered and out of ideas.The well-educated middle classes welcomed his arrival after years of venal and bickering politics. They remembered his four years to 1998 as an impressive...
October 02, 2019

Turkey’s mood is changing

We’re eternal optimists
After an absence of more than a year from American television, Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman faced the American public and the world through an interview Sunday on the CBS program “60 Minutes”, which has high viewer ratings.This was the second time the Crown Prince appeared on this program, which the American network used to start the new television season. It was an ideal platform that was used by Crown Prince Muhammad to deliver clear and convincing messages to all concerned parties in the region and the world.The most dramatic moment in the interview was when the Crown Prince, when asked if he made mistakes, said: “Even prophets made mistakes. So how come we, as humans, expect not to make mistakes? The important thing is that we learn from these mistakes.”Displaying...
October 01, 2019

We’re eternal optimists

Iran’s Holy Defense
Iran celebrated the so-called “Holy Defense Week” on September 22, to mark the anniversary of the entry of Iraqi forces into Iranian territory in 1980. It is noteworthy that Iran considers its holy defense linked to its battle with an Arab nation and not with a Western nation or Israel.On the following day, coinciding with the Saudi National Day, Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah in a speech attacked the Kingdom. Although this is usual, what is remarkable was that this speech came from the office of Ali Khamenei.This is a message to all the spineless people or those with good intentions who believe that Hezbollah or the Houthis make decisions that are free from Iranian influence. Therefore, it is to be expected that Hezbollah takes an interest in Lebanon in parallel with the interests...
October 01, 2019

Iran’s Holy Defense

Kashmir should be free
October 27, 1947 is forever scarred into the collective memory of the Kashmiri people as the day they became occupied. And more recently the arbitrary abrogation by the BJP government of Article 370 of the Indian constitution, which gave special status to the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir, signaled the tightening of the armed occupation of a people and stands as a collective affront to freedom, justice and honorable people throughout the world.The historical dilemma began in 1846 with the illegal, immoral and inhumane sale of the historic state of Jammu and Kashmir to a non-Kashmiri Dogra family for services rendered to the British Raj. From that point onwards, Kashmiris have longed for self-determination. Yet, tragically, their legitimate aspirations were crushed by the grotesque,...
October 01, 2019

Kashmir should be free

Austria not entirely right
THE political news from Austria is not all bad. Yes, the right-wing, anti-immigrant conservative party of Sebastian Kurz has actually increased its electoral support winning the most votes; but the brazenly Islamophobic Freedom Party, the former governing coalition partner of Kurz’s People’s Party, saw its vote drop sharply.It was a video exposing the sleaze and payola of the Freedom Party’s then leader Heinz-Christian Strache that brought about this snap general election. Strache was the victim of a sting mounted by an Austrian lawyer. He went to the Spanish Ibiza resort for what he believed were confidential talks with the daughter of a Russian oligarch. He was caught on camera offering the woman Austrian government contracts if she would fund his party or operations closely...
October 01, 2019

Austria not entirely right

Officials who made a difference!
There are ministers or officials in some political departments who play a leading role in their country’s policies and administration, forming the nation’s direction and leaving a more important historical imprint than their superiors. I thought about this as I read about the dismissal of John Bolton, who came to the post of America’s national security adviser with a reputation for being a hardline conservative and hawkish politician. As soon as he came to office, US attitudes with Venezuela and North Korea became more severe.However, his policies did not fit the “deep state,” as represented by the State Department, the Department of Defense, the CIA and the Treasury, who make recommendations to President Trump. As a result, Bolton was politically marginalized and finally...
September 30, 2019

Officials who made a difference!

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