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Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor

Proud as Emirati in New York City

  NEW YORK is one of my favourite cities. It has an energy and excitement all of its own. I love everything about it; the …

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To Lebanon’s Arab Shiite communities

PEOPLE often question why the Arab World, in particular, is in such a mess. The fact is that so many of our problems have been …

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With Syria bleeding where are Arabs?

  THERE ARE no words to express my fury and distress at the horrendous scenes shown on our screens. What kind of world is this …

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Transformational times for Saudi, Gulf States

POSITIVE change is taking place in my part of the world and for that I am grateful to the leaderships of all GCC member countries, …

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Barring Muslims would spell US economic disaster

Republican contenders for the White House manipulating voters’ fears for their own ends by threatening to shut America’s door to Muslim visitors while subjecting American-Muslims …

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Time for Palestinians to choose sides

AT LAST the Arab League and the GCC have officially branded Hezbollah a terrorist organisation, a designation long overdue. Hezbollah is recognised as a mere …

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Murderers not Muslims, Mr Trump

DONALD Trump, your knee-jerk reaction to the murdering scum, who slaughtered innocent people in Paris and Brussels, while understandable, has little basis in fact, while …

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Obama’s anti-Arab views confirm suspicions

JEFFREY Goldberg’s appraisal of the ‘The Obama doctrine’, that has caused a furore in response to the President’s scathing views on America’s Arab allies, has …

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Open letter to our American friends

I have always been a great admirer of the United States. America’s achievements in the fields of science, technology, aviation, exploration, economy and medicine have …

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Hezbollah accomplices deserve ‘terror’ branding

ANY armed group holding a country hostage on behalf of a foreign state is a traitorous terrorist militia, not a resistance and certainly not a …

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