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  A kurdish girl from Erbil Yesterday the global media were covering one major event; the announcement of the kurdish Labour Party (PKK) leader Abdullah  Öcalan addressing the fighters to put down the arms and dissolve the party from his imprisonment in Imarlı island in Turkey.  What was the background of this decision now, and the cause of the fighting since four decades . Kurds identity  The kurds are an ethnic group native to West Asia, with a territory that includes now ; a part in Turkey ; Iraq ; Iran and Syria  The majority of the kurdish people are now settling in Turkey,  with more than 15 million largely in the southern east region.  With a world diaspora including another 15 million with a majority in Germany.  After  the world war  I , and the dissolution of the Ottoman empire, the great power in Europe discussed the "kurdish question " in the Treaty of Sèvres, and cannot reach a consensus over the limits of the kurdish land a...

  Located in the heart of Syria,  the city of Palmyra dated back to the 3th millennium BC, and is among the six syrian UNESCO world heritage sites. Many civilizations changed hands of the city,  including the roman empire ; the Rashidun muslim caliphate, due to its important location along the silk road untill  its destruction in 1300 by the mongol empire. Today, Palmyra is endangered,  with the ongoing civil unrest in syria and its remote site from the capital  Damascus(200km) . the city was theatre of crime against humanity in the beginning of the Syria civil war in 2011, and it's capture by the Islamic caliphate group ISIL in 2015. Brief history The turning point of Palmyra history was during the reign of king Odaenathus who launched a full-scale war against the Sasanid empire and its king Shapur I in 260s. Zenobia, the wife of the king , succeeded him and proclaimed herself "empress " and established a large empire from the north in today's Ankara the c...

  Coffee arabica cherries  The origins of arabica Coffee dated back to Ethiopia, but it was first "commercialised " in Yemen by the arab merchants. 1. Arabica Coffee was first used by the Sufies. During the times of the the Memluk sultanate (13th to 16th century) earlier before the domination of the Othoman empire; Cairo and Aleppo were the the two main hubs for the islam sufism.  The most radical branches of religion in the arab peninsula,  considered the "new drink" haram; though, in other places in Egypt and Syria large "Coffee shops " were opened all around the major mosques like Al-azhar, so Coffee it was related to spiritually due to its effect to keep the mind alert, during the nighttime prayers and devotions. 2. Arabica Coffee was first introduced to Europe by the Turks. During the invasion of today Hungary at the battle of mohács in 1526, the Turks introduced Coffee which already reached Vienna the hub and the major capital of Europe at that time,...

Pro-ukraine supporters during the Euromaiden revolutions. "I need ammunition, not a ride". Those are the words of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the US administration offered him help by fleeing the country after the Russian invasion in 24 February 2022. The obvious thing is, when president Donald Trump gave his last statement about Zelenskyy as he called him a "dictator" doesn't follow completely what was happening in Ukraine in the last three years. He might not know, or; not willing to know,  as his nature and habit always weighing every situation as a vantage point and an opportunity for financial gain.  Ethics,  morals, had nothing to do in the glossary of Trump policy and his advisors.  We must highlight here the courageous statement of the UK prime minister Keir Starmer who refused to yield to those statements of the US cabinet by threatening the deployment of British troops in Ukraine if there will be a deal with Russia to end the war. Tot...

President Donald Trump  Since his inauguration day, president Donald Trump came with shocking decisions, as he says he is rectifying the mistakes of the last administration. So, how the arab world view president Trump.  Close partner For many of the arab countries the image of Trump as a decision-maker and the man who is fearless to take action whether the right thing to do or not, is more beneficial for political and commercial goals, since the majority of the arab world share the aspect of "conservative government" that align thoroughly with the policies of the new US administration. The arab citizens not too far in their thinking from their leaders,  as the mass media nowadays plays a pivotal role in order to shape the thinking of the audience.  Likewise the American citizens that are so divided concerning the direction of their country, between the Democrats and the conservatives, the arab world is , due to the globalisation effect, and the role of the Internet w...

  Since i lived in Qatar before ten years now ; i had always a feeling that it was the best place where i feel a king of ''belonging''. As like many of our young generation in the arab world, we try to find new challenges, and for me .. It was the right place to start. 1. Hamad international airport. Launched in 2014; Hamad international airport is the Hub of Qatar airways (the flag carrier of the state of Qatar). It is the first thing that the visitor can have the first impression of how advanced is the country.Formely known as Doha international airport ( where i started working with the airline company) and it was a necessity for expansion for the comming event of 2022 world cup. The airport; an award-winning airport and the best in the Middle-east by Skytrax. 2. Souq Waqif. The famous market place in the capital city Doha, the souq dated to 19th century where the common tradion forthe  native arabs and bedouine gather and exchange their services in the early forms o...