Introduction
On November 3, 2020, Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Aal Thani announced that in October 2021, for the first time in Qatari history, elections would be held for the Qatari Shura Council, or parliament. This is not the first time parliamentary elections have been announced in Qatar. This already happened once during the reign of the present emir, in 2017, and several times during the reign of the previous emir, his father Hamad bin Khalifa Aal Thani; in all these cases the elections were subsequently postponed.
The emir made the announcement in a speech at the opening of the parliament s 49th session. He said: The preparations for the parliamentary elections have almost reached their conclusion, and they will be held next October, if Allah wills it, in accordance with the constitution, which was ratified 18 years ago in a 2003 referendum and published in 2004. Thus, an important step was taken to strengthen Qatar s tradition of
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Hosted by Margaret Brennan of the CBS News program
Face the Nation, the annual AAM extravaganza this year was a scaled-down, 45-minute virtual event starring the cast and crew of two films the 2011 thriller
Contagion and the controversial Saudi TV series
Um Haroun as well as several former top U.S. officials and Yousef Al Otaiba, the United Arab Emirates ambassador to the United States.
It also featured a first for the Middle East: an unprecedented duet in Dubai with Emirati singer Mohamed Al Shehhi and visiting Israeli vocalist Dudu Tassa, performing “Sayidi Yasid Sadati” together in Arabic.
Three Arab embassies in Washington those of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE bankrolled this year’s online AAM ceremony, along with half a dozen corporate sponsors.
December 16, 2020
Israeli singer Dudu Tassa, who traces his Sephardic Jewish roots to Iraq, performed during his recent visit to Dubai with Emirati singer Mohamed Al Shehhi. (Photo courtesy of AAM)
Two of the biggest international stories of 2020 COVID-19 and the Arab world’s gradual warming to Israel dominated last Thursday night’s awards gala hosted by the Washington-based nonprofit group America Abroad Media (AAM).
Hosted by Margaret Brennan of the CBS News program
Face the Nation, the annual AAM extravaganza this year was a scaled-down, 45-minute virtual event starring the cast and crew of two films the 2011 thriller
Contagionand the controversial Saudi TV series
new york times and david von drehle of time magazine assess the glenn beck phenomenon and the tea party movement after the weekend rally in washington. woodruff: and jeffrey brown finds out what this year s emmy awards say about the business of entertainment television. that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. suarez: the latest u.s. casualty numbers out of afghanistan were grim indeed 14 killed in the past three days. they died in a series of new attacks by taliban insurgents. seven americans were killed today in two roadside bombs in southern afghanistan. seven others died over the weekend making a total of 49 killed in august following the record 66 in july. saturday saw predawn insurgent
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