now also on Telegram

Tag Archives: Middle East

  1. Barbadian Matthew Wright takes Triathlete gold in Jordan

    Elite Triathlete Matthew Wright captured gold for the first time on the world stage with an impressive finish at the recently concluded 5th Aqaba Asian Cup held in Jordan on Saturday, October 1st, 2022. The event which comprised a pool of 52 triathletes from across the world, started at the B12 Beach Club in Aqaba […]

    October 8, 2022Athletics, Breaking News, FeaturedNo comments
  2. 3 THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING (Fantasy Movie – 2022) Idris Elba & Tilda Swinton, Dir. by George Miller

    A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.

    May 31, 2022Books, Video GalleryNo comments
  3. Veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh shot and killed during Israeli raid in the West Bank

    The IPI global network is horrified and deeply saddened over the killing of veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot dead while reporting on an Israeli raid in the West Bank on May 11. According to Al Jazeera, Abu Akleh and a group of reporters were fired on by Israeli forces. IPI demands […]

    May 12, 2022Controversy, FeaturedNo comments
  4. Palestine: A Challenge Of Our Times, Two Mile Hill 7:00 pm, 10/03/2022

    The Barbados Association of Muslim Theologians (BAMT) is hosting a lecture at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre on Thursday, March 10th, 2022 at 7:00pm. The topic is Palestine- A Challenge Of Our Times and the address will be delivered by Ismail Adam Patel. Ismail Adam Patel (born 1963) is a British optician, and founder of […]

    March 9, 2022Books, Photo GalleryNo comments
  5. Bridgetown US Embassy Joins with the Nidhe Israel Synagogue for International Holocaust Remembrance Day

    U.S. Ambassador to Barbados Linda Taglialatela and members of the U.S. Embassy community participated in a candle lighting ceremony at the Nidhe Israel Synagogue and Museum in Bridgetown to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday, January 27. Chairman of the Barbados Synagogue Historic District Sir Paul Altman welcomed the delegation and led the group […]

    January 28, 2022Breaking News, Featured, PoliticalNo comments
  6. MY SON – James McAvoy, Claire Foy & Jamie Michie

    Driving in the heart of the Highlands, Edmond Murray receives a call from his ex-wife, in tears. Their 7-year-old son went missing from a campsite. Soon it becomes clear that the child was kidnapped and the parents give way to despair.

    September 6, 2021Crime, Video GalleryNo comments
  7. Barbadian NGO calls for Palestinian Student Exchange, As Envoy Sobeh plans Regional Familiarisation

    The rapacious missile attacks into civilian dominant areas of Palestine has created many divides, such as where the son of an Israeli leader (narrowly dodging corruption charges recently after two run off votes competing against among at least four other parties) accused Wonder Woman actress Gal Gadot of being Switzerland in her neutrality – what […]

    May 19, 2021Breaking News, Featured, PoliticalNo comments
  8. CARIBBEAN AGAINST APARTHEID IN PALESTINE: Al Aqsa Mosque Attacks

    CAAP condemns the on-going attacks on Palestinians in East Jerusalem at the site of the Al Aqsa Mosque. This is part of the “ethnic cleansing” by the Zionists of Palestinians who have been living in Jerusalem for countless generations, to make way for Zionist Settlers. Over 200 hundred Palestinians have been injured by stun grenades, […]

    May 12, 2021PoliticalNo comments
  9. Global ad market is set to hit $769.9 billion by 2024

    Amid an intensifying race between companies to increase their advertising expenditure to boost profitability prospects, the global advertising market is set to reach $769.9 billion by 2024, an industry expert has pointed out. Digital advertisement portal Advert on Click is a one-of-its-kind digital platforms that connects all stakeholders of the media industry from across the […]

    March 3, 2021BusinessNo comments
  10. CIF denies any connection to Likud Party: why reach out to Region?

    “Israel has been slow to admit Ethiopians whose ancestors converted to Christianity, not seeing them as fully Jewish even if they practice Judaism.” – Israel Accepts Ethiopians of Jewish Descent, but Fewer Than Promised, New York Times 13/10/2020 Relations between Tel Aviv and Addis Ababa could be smoother and the path has been made rockier […]

    November 23, 2020Breaking News, Featured, PoliticalNo comments
  11. Caribbean Against Apartheid in Palestine 28/11/2020 November 23, 2020Photo Gallery, PoliticalNo comments
  12. Black Car Designers & Racing Drivers You Never Heard Of!

    As part of UK’s Black History Month, in this episode “browncarguy” looks at Black Motoring History – including car building and design, driving and touring, and of course motor sports. Some amazing events and individuals emerge, people who were pioneers and struggled against the odds to accomplish the extraordinary…

    October 29, 2020Technology, Video Gallery1 comment
  13. Saturday, July 4th a joint picket to be held outside of US Embassy

    This month Israel’s Government plans to formally steal large swathes of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, culminating decades of gradual de facto annexation through the appropriation of land, forcible displacement of the Palestinian population, and the transfer of an Israeli settler population into the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Israel is only able to maintain its regime of […]

    July 2, 2020Photo Gallery, PoliticalNo comments
  14. Antigua and Barbuda condemns attack on US Embassy in Iraq

    Antigua and Barbuda’s Foreign Minister E.P. Chet Greene has condemned the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq that occurred on December 31st. Foreign Minister Greene declared: “The Government of Antigua and Barbuda condemns the attack on the US Embassy in Iraq in the same way that we condemned the siege of the Mexican Embassy […]

    January 9, 2020PoliticalNo comments
  15. Barbados #1 Triathlete Matthew Wright finishes in the top 10 at the 2019 Aqaba ASTC Triathlon Asian Cup in Jordan last weekend

    Matthew Wright has been a steady fixture on the triathlon world stage this season. Jumping 15 places to 140th in the World Rankings after recently competing at the 2019 Aqaba ASTC Triathlon Asian Cup in Jordan last weekend; Matthew is on a mission to be in the top 70 by May next year to place […]

    October 8, 2019Athletics, Breaking News, FeaturedNo comments
  16. LIMITED SERIES ‘OUR BOYS’ DEBUTS AUGUST 12 ON HBO

    The ten-part limited drama series OUR BOYS debuts with two episodes back-to-back MONDAY 12th AUGUST at 21:00 hrs AST*, followed by single episodes debuting subsequent Mondays, exclusively on HBO. The show will also be available on HBO GO. In the summer of 2014, three Jewish teenagers are kidnapped and murdered by Hamas militants. Israel is […]

    July 8, 2019PoliticalNo comments
  17. Vice (2018) | Amy Adams, Sam Rockwell & Christian Bale

    VICE explores how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways still felt today.

    October 6, 2018Political, Video GalleryNo comments
  18. ‘A Private War’ – based on the amazing Life of Marie Colvin (Rosamund Pike)

    In a world where journalism is under attack, Marie Colvin (Rosamund Pike) is one of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time. Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless, while constantly testing the limits between bravery and bravado. […]

    September 2, 2018Cinema, Controversy, Video GalleryNo comments
  19. Support for the Chemical Weapons Convention: an Op-Ed from the British High Commissioner

    Politicians shake hands and smile. Cameras click. Papers are signed and stamped. The world’s press reports the signing of another international agreement. International summits, conventions and treaties may seem far removed from the lives of everyday people; photo opportunities rather than milestones. But these are how we all agree the type of world we want […]

    June 18, 2018EditorialNo comments
  20. FREE Palestinian Film & Arts Festival

    Starting from Monday, 13th of November, 2017 Caribbean Against Apartheid in Palestine (CAAP) in collaboration with the P21 Gallery of London, United Kingdom, its Director, Yahya Zaloom and the Middle East Monitor will be organising a week-long Palestinian Film & Arts Festival? at the Venezuelan Cultural Institute, Coconut Walk, Hastings, Christ Church, Barbados. The Balfour […]

    November 3, 2017Photo Gallery, PoliticalNo comments
  21. ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’ – Margot Robbie, Tina Fey & Billy Bob Thornton

    A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

    January 10, 2016Cinema, Oddity, Video GalleryNo comments
  22. “The IMF vision of debt and Obama’s boldness with Iran” by Sir Ronald Sanders

    The debt crisis in Greece and the historic accord to limit Iran’s nuclear capability thus lifting crippling sanctions will have global repercussions. US President Barack Obama has shown strong and courageous leadership on the Iran issue. In doing so, he has fulfilled promises on another of two prickly problems that he inherited. The first, of […]

    July 24, 2015PoliticalNo comments
  23. “A BORROWED IDENTITY” (Israël – 2015)

    Gifted Eyad (Tawfeek Barhom), a Palestinian Israeli boy, is given the chance to go to a prestigious Jewish boarding school in Jerusalem. As he desperately tries to fit in with his Jewish schoolmates and within Israeli society, Eyad develops a friendship with another outsider, Jonathan (Michael Moshonov, Lebanon) a boy suffering from muscular dystrophy, and […]

    June 25, 2015Cinema, Education, Video GalleryNo comments
  24. “Rock the Kasbah” (2015): Bruce Willis, Bill Murray – Comedy HD

    A down-on-his-luck music manager discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice while on a music tour in Afghanistan and takes her to Kabul to compete on the popular television show, Afghan Star.

    June 21, 2015Cinema, Oddity, Video GalleryNo comments
  25. Kahlil Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’ (Animation: Liam Neeson, Salma Hayak – 2015)

    Inspired by the beloved classic, Kahlil Gibran‘s The Prophet is a richly-animated story and celebration of Gibran’s book, created by artists, animators and musicians from around the world…

    May 24, 2015Cartoons, Cinema, Video GalleryNo comments