Author: Rushdi al-Pashia

Lord Ahmad, the UK’s Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, the UN and the Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, has undertaken a two-day official visit to Israel during which he met interfaith leaders, members of the tech sector and held bilateral talks with Government of Israel Ministers. On Tuesday, the Minister visited Ahmadia Mosque, where he met with Imam Mohammad Sharif Oudeh, Rabbi Golan Ben Horin, Reverent Hatim Shihade, Sheikh Kassem Bader, Haifa’s Mayor Einat Kalish Rotem, and discussed co-existence in Haifa. Lord Ahmad then continued on a tour to…

New York, Brussels (8/1 – 29). From the red carpets of Hollywood to the Cannes film festival, Fawaz Gruosi is one of the world’s most famous jewelry makers. Gruosi, the founder and creative force behind jeweler De Grisogono, has created dazzling pieces for celebrities such as Sharon Stone, Natalie Portman, and Selena Gomez and became a celebrity in his own right, hosting glamorous birthday bashes and, by some accounts, the most exclusive party in Cannes. However, there is a darker side to the famed jeweler’s glittering empire, which in recent years has been on the verge of collapse and criminal…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Saudi Arabia’s Consultative Council Chairperson Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh in Ankara, the presidential office announced Monday. Erdoğan and Al ash-Sheikh held a meeting closed to the press, the president’s office said, giving no further information about their talk. Türkiye’s Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop also accompanied the two after sitting for a one-on-one meeting with Al ash-Sheikh himself earlier in the day. Speaking to reporters after their meeting, as well as talks between Turkish and Saudi committees, Şentop emphasized the growing collaboration between his country and the Gulf nation. “The close cooperation between Türkiye and…