Gulf

Qatar buys 9.6% of Cathay Pacific

Doha - Muslimchronicle

Qatar Airways has bought a stake in Cathay Pacific, it announced Monday, giving the Doha-based airline a toehold in the potentially lucrative Asian aviation market. The state-owned Gulf carrier said it had acquired a 9.6 percent stake in Cathay, which would make it the third largest shareholder in the Hong Kong airline. Bloomberg News said the deal was worth $662Read more

Arab Quartet boycotting Qatar condemns Qatari approach

Doha - Muslimchronicle

UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain expressed on Monday their sorrow for what has been stated by the Qatari foreign minister infront of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, stressing that his statement doesn’t show intention to consider the concerns of the four states and other states that were undermined by these hostile policies. UAE’s Permanent Representative toRead more

Sharjah makes its buildings safer for children

Abu Dhabi - Musimchronicle

The loss of any child is a tragedy of immeasurable proportions; the deaths of more than two dozen over the past four years is a call to immediate action when those children have fallen from the windows of high-rise buildings, a local newspaper said today in an editorial. "Thankfully," the Gulf News said, "authorities in Sharjah have heard this call andRead more

About 22 percent of U.S. Gulf oil output offline due to Harvey

HOUSTON - Musimchronicle

About 22 percent of U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil production is offline due to Tropical Storm Harvey, the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said on Sunday. Output levels rose slightly from Saturday, when roughly 25 percent of Gulf oil output was offline. The amount of production offline on Sunday was roughly 378,633 barrelsRead more

UAE has been quick to embrace technology

Abu Dhabi - Musimchronicle

A UAE newspaper has said that all levels of government in the UAE have never been slow when it comes to seeing the potential for new technologies, embracing the developments, and implementing change and innovation to enhance the efficiency, transparency and delivery of services to end users. "Whether it’s rolling out apps to help everyone with their day-to-day interactions withRead more

Natalie breathes New life into tradition

Jerusalem - Muslimchronicle

Palestinian fashion designer Natalie Tahhan is hard at work in her Jerusalem studio, replacing the painstaking processes of cross-stitching and embroidery with a laptop computer and printed fabric. Taking inspiration from traditional Palestinian patterns, Tahhan designs patterns digitally and then has them printed on satins and silks before piecing together her garments. Her modern take on generations-old designs has attractedRead more

Gulf diplomatic crisis splits families, dashes dreams

Doha - Muslimchronicle

For Qataris affected by the diplomatic crisis rocking the Gulf, the reality of politics is stark: families divided, assets frozen and dreams put on hold. Sara, a 29-year-old Qatari, had been poised to start her senior year in business school in Dubai when on June 5, a bloc of Arab states led by Saudi Arabia abruptly cut ties with herRead more

Ghannouchi's remarks represnt Ennahda

Tunis - Hayat Al Ghanemi

The Head of Shura Council of Ennahda Movement, Abdel-Karim al-Harouni, said that the latest statements of Rashid Ghannouchi represent the movement and express official stand, calling for its non-interpretation. Al-Harouni clarified, in statements for Muslimchronicle, on the sidelines of the 14th session of the Shura Council that what accompanied Ghannouchi's remarks from comments, reactions and attitudes indicates the importance ofRead more

Miniskirt row: Rule of law comes ahead of ideology

Manama - Muslimchronicle

A Saudi columnist said that the Saudi woman who strolled wearing a miniskirt in a local heritage village and a Muslim woman who insists on wearing the hijab in France represented the same mentality. The Saudi woman was briefly detained after a short video went viral on the Internet and split the society between supporters and critics. She was releasedRead more

Turkish president begins his 2-day Gulf tour

Riyadh - Saeed Al Ghamdi

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will begin his two-day tour to the Gulf on Sunday as part of his efforts to resolve the ongoing diplomatic crisis in the region. The visit will include Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar. His first stop will be in Jeddah on Sunday during which he will meet Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-SaudRead more