Why Do We Have All These Troubles Now in The Arab World – From The Middle East and to North Africa?

February 24, 2011

Why Do We Have All These Troubles Now in The Arab World – From The Middle East and to North Africa?

 

 

 

Some Pertinent Points – Comprehensive List! – Take your choice – food (poison)…

Tunisia – Egypt – Libya – Yemen – Bahrain – Jordan – Morocco – GCC etc

• Autocracy, Tyranny, Nepotism  and Despotism of some of the Rulers are obvious causes
•  The declining economy is the other part of the answer.
• Removal of the element of ‘Fear and Dread’ from the aspiring Youth especially.
• People feeling they cannot get their rights by peaceful means – or where to go to really get them!
• What is being practiced is not what is being preached – or practiced in different format – or to only selected few only!
• Presidents who think and act like they are monarchies and can pass on heritage to sons.
• Difficulty to get ;access’ to Decision Makers – even if New Technology is being used like websites is only for the show and not really working
• Double Standards – if not Triple!
•  Younger generation  consisting to above 40% under the age of 21 in many of the countries and educated and qualified being unemployed
•  Lack of democracy and transparency (ethics)
•  Ruthless and Autocratic Cruel Long Time Some Rulers
• Food Prices Increases and Overall Inflation
• Dwindling and Declining Economies.
• Pensioners and Retirees being by passed and being marginalized.
• Overburdened with debts (Banks).
• Banks operating in isolation.
• Unequal distribution of wealth – minority and few rich whilst the majority (sometimes to 80% on Poverty Lines).
• Discrimination and Subjective treatment of the populace – people are treated differently – example some get all the rights – whilst others are denied on the very same things.
• Trying to control, subjugate and manipulate the populace –
• Generation Gaps
• Sometimes even if they are the majority (example Shias in Bahrain).
• Prevention of some groups of where to work – or limit their rise or opportunities.
• Long serving corrupt Officials – and many power hungry.
• Creation of situations and lies that end in being believed in by even The Perpetrators themselves!
•  Divide and Rule Techniques – usages of tribalism, favoritism, splits etc.
•  ‘Buy Out’ loyalty gimmicks which work only temporarily.
•  Age of the cyberspace internet Facebook Twitter etc (no more only State Televisions alone syndromes!).
•  Leadership that fails to hear and listen to especially the young
•  Unbelievable Cruelty Levels Against Own Peoples.
•  The Old Guards Syndrome to remain in power and in control
•  Need for more opportunities and for better and promising future
•  Need for empowerment and involvement of especially The Youth in aspects that shape or will shape their future lives…
•  Changing life styles and focuses of especially The Youth.
•  Need for Change – Change has Come (Obama and USA)
•  Less tolerance and patience from the Youth
•  Food Shortages – and increasing prices
•  Rampant corruption of Public Officials and Top Management in The Private Sector
•  Lack of clear crystal Fiscal and Other Policies
•  Long serving Public Officials and Management in The Private Sector with fixed dogmas and old guards outlooks
•  Follow the trend – Tunisia – Egypt – Libya – Yemen – Jordan – Bahrain etc
•  Persecution and Denial of Minorities
•  Tribalism spread
•  Fundamentalism and Extremeism in Religion outlooks especially
•  Arrogant and Bullish expatriate behaviours to local populace
•  Secret Hidden Agendas of Leadership
•  Alienation of the masses by foreign policies of The Western Countries – especially USA blind support to Israel.
• Israel occupation and annexation of Arab lands
• Radical and Utopian Fallacies
• Irrational and Maverick Leaders
• Terrorism Support and Sponsorship
• Piracy cases
• Kidnappings (Hijackings)
• Rendition cases
•  USA etc targeting groups like Hamas Hezbollah and countries like Iran
•  Israel Bullying Aggression on Arab countries – Gaza invasion, Lebanon
• Naked invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan under false pretenses
• Double standards in dealing with the Muslim world especially Arab – like Democracy but results not accepted in Algeria, Gaza and in Lebanon.
•  Continued Raw and ugly treatment of minorities in The Western Hemisphere – especially Muslim and Arab  ones – like Burqah banning, cartoons of The Prophet, banning of minarets etc – and its spillover effects.
•  Wiki Leaks exposures
•  Arab Hypocrisy and Double Standards – from Public speaking to what is said in private quarters.
•  Feelings of indignation and subjugation for too long! Especially from the less tolerant and patient youth.
•  Water shortages
•  Climatic Changes.
•  Could lead to Big Middle East War – and even The Third World War.
• Increasing Fundamentalism, Extremism and Rhetoric all around.
• Returning to Religion Dogmas (Born Again Muslims)
• Dwindling Hopes and Aspirations
• Increasing Red Tape and Bureaucracies
• Lack of appreciation of local talents, skills, innovations, capabilities, potentials, inventions and skills.
• People blind, dumb and deaf not to see Changes.
• High dependence and reliability on Expatriate Labour – especially in middle and in high echelons – who in turn do restrict entries to capable educated and qualified locals
• Old Guards locals who want nothing to do with young aspiring locals
•  Perhaps Many Others too.

 ADDED LIST – 26^th February 2011 –

Note Some Could Be Repetitive! 

• The Oil and Gas Factor – and Reserves – nobody bothered about Rwanda!
• Presidents (and their sons!) thinking and acting that they are monarchies.
• Not follow Religious Teachings and Principles.
• Fatalistic Outlooks
• Not valuing Lives
• Wrong Advisors and Counselors – Yes Men!
• Voices of The Youth
• Hallucinations and Drugs?
• Should be wakeup call to Israel – not only country in The ME!
• Typical arrogance approaches.
• Israeli Occupation of Arab Lands
• Israel Expansionist Settler Policies
• Blame others outside syndromes
• Capacity of vandalism and brutality
• More Arab blood spilt by Arab bullets than others
• Lip services to causes like Palestine – Arab Unity.
• Splits based on Religious Sectors, Tribes etc
• Join Other countries Policies or be influenced by them
• Outside Influences in Decisions
• Psychopathic and Mental tendencies
• Wrath and Anger in the Streets
• Israel has pushed people to the maximum tolerance levels – including Western Support especially USA UK and France
• Lack of opportunities and prospects – like Housing, Marriage (Dowry) etc.
• Al Qaeda and Muslim Brotherhood others  linkages
• Brutal clampdowns on Right of Expression, Demonstration and Affiliation – Democracy Values
• Bad and treatment of Pensioners and The Elderly
• Banks acting with impunity – taking all the salary of people and no remedies – how can people live?
• Means of livelihood denied – start of Tunisian Revolution!
• Confiscating of Properties and Lands for Prestigious Projects – and or low compensation.
• Removal of Fear Factor
• Lack of Services and Infrastructure
• No Autocracy – No Despotism – No Nepotism – No Autocracy – placards you see in all the demonstrations!
• After decades still want to remain in power!
• Treat country like a Private Company! 
• Divide and Rule their own peoples
• Plus Many others.

 By Majid Al Suleimany – February 24^th 2010.

 

Some Interesting Websites For More Information -

http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/08/27/us-mideast-khalilzad-idUSL2719552620070827

http://www.nobeliefs.com/religiouswars.htm

http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2011/0223_middle_east_chat.aspx

http://searchwarp.com/swa697927-Suddenly-The-Middle-East-Is-In-Turmoil-What-Is-The-Cause-The-Cure.htm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/8290502/Egypt-turmoil-What-does-it-mean-for-the-Middle-East.html

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3821/is_200404/ai_n9399392/

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Who Is Majid Al Suleimany?

Who Is Majid Al Suleimany?

February 20^th 2011

 My Snap Photos 

 

  A       All About Me

 Now those of  you who know me well would recall that I am not by profession or even by design a military analyst or military expert, or even a political expert one at that (if you can call being a Human Resources professional as is also involved in ‘wars’ between Management and Staff, and to draw a ‘thin line’ between getting your next salary payment (if you annoy the Management) and to see ‘professionalism and ethics are played’ in dealing and in handling with staff problems and grievances!)

However, I do read a lot of news papers (at least 4 daily including from the UAE).  I watch BBC world, CNN, Euro News etc. and to get the flavour from the other side Al-Jazeera TV, Al-Arabi, MBC, LBC, Press TV and other Arab channels.  So you may say ‘I am informed’ – especially as I also spend at least 2 hours a day on the Internet glossing and grouping all the news from different networks.

 So please forgive the layman’s views on what he considers ‘his informed opinions and ideas on this war – though I can hear it being said – ‘those of you who think they know everything, are upsetting those of us who know that we do!’.

 B       This is My Brief Profile

 Majid Al Suleimany is a Senior Human Resources Professional and Management Consultant, Advisor and Expert.

 An Omani National (GCC), British educated, and trained to Post Graduate levels and with over 25 (Twenty Five) years experiences and exposures in Senior positions in all aspects of Human Resources Management, HR Development, Training and Management in the largest Oman Oil Company Petroleum Development Oman – PDO – (Exploration and Production) – with 700,000 bpd and over 5000 Staff.  He was directly responsible for over 900 Staff, both at National and at International levels, and with direct budget control of US Dollars 12 million p.a.

In addition, he has over 10 (Ten) years experiences and exposures in Human Resources and in Management Consultancy and being directly responsible for various New Start Ups Projects (both for Local and International Companies in Oman) in The Oil and Gas, Services, Manufacturing, Consultancy, Power Generation, Utility, Property Development and other sectors.

He has also been directly involved and responsible for various Studies, Projects and Research works – including some that had won International Awards (SIPC – Shell International Petroleum Company).

Majid lives in Qorum Heights (PDO) Muscat in The Sultanate of Oman, is married with four children (3 girls, 1 boy) and 3 grandchildren (all girls). His wife works as an Executive Secretary in Petroleum Development Oman. Family website at www.majidsuleimany.com

Majid is now semi-retired and works from home as a Management and HR Consultant – please visit www.mas-trac.com He is also a Columnist in The Oman Daily Observer (Between Us Only! – English Daily) and is an Author of Five Books – Two being in Management – please visit www.majidbooks.com – www.alsuleimany.com – www.newmajid.com and www.betweenusonly.com .

 C       Majid Al Suleimany – The Writer, Columnist and Author

Majid Said Nasser Al Suleimany – is an Omani National Author of Five books  in English – Two in Management – A Cry For Help! – and Psychology of Arab Management Thinking – Context and Perspectives – Arabian Management Series (for both the two books). He has also authored three books in addition – The Sequel – Between Us Only!, Short Takes – Between Us Only!- and Between Us Only in the book series.

Majid is also a Columnist in Between Us Only! for The Oman Daily Observer now for the past eight years under a column of the same title.

Please see www.omanobserver.om under Columns

He is also a Columnist with Knowledge Oasis Muscat – Community Speaks! – for the last 2 years.

Please see http://knowledgeoman.com/en/?page_id=277

Please see his Websites www.alsuleimany.com www.betweenusonly.com and www.majidbooks.com

Also www.newmajid.com and Family www.majidsuleimany.com and Professional one www.mas-trac.com

 D       Background To His Writings

In the 1970s, he was congratulated for his first National winning article, My Most Vivid Dream, by The Aga Khan in Tanzania.

His family returned to Oman in 1972 after The Accession of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said. Majid then joined Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). He wrote for PDO Al Fahal Magazine. Two articles, A New Outlook On Omanisation and Stray Thoughts On Traffic, which were reproduced by The Times of Oman – where he used to be a voluntary contributor.

He came to The Oman Daily Observer in 2002 – www.betweenusonly.com – as a weekly columnist writing Between Us Only!

E       Books Published (Five5) -

• February 2005 Between Us Only!  sponsored by MB Petroleum and PetroGas published by Al Nahda Printing Press in Oman.
• November 2008 The Sequel – Between Us Only! –  published by Trafford in Canada.
• January 2009 Short Takes – Between Us Only! published by BookSurge in the United States.
• May 2009 Psychology of Arab Management Thinking – Context and Perspectives – Arabian Management Series, published by Trafford in Canada.
• Book is sold out now in Oman and is under New Orders.
• February 2010 A Cry For Help! – Context and Perspectives – Arabian Management Series, published by Trafford in the United States.
• The Book is registered in USA Copyrights.
• Copy of the book is in USA Congress and Senate Libraries – including all Literary Centres in Government, NGOs and UN.
• More information and details under www.majidbooks.com and www.alsuleimany.com

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Seems Nobody Read My Books?

Nobody Had Read My Books?

The Two Management Books 

All My Books PDF

Frankly I have watched the news glued to the TV from the incidents of The Tunisian Revolution (Ben Ali) to The Egyptian Revolution – (Hosni Mubarak) and what is going on now in Bahrain, Yemen and Jordan – and the repercussions in GCC countries first – followed by The Middle East and The Arab World – and wonder aloud -

Did anybody read my books – especially the last Management one when a loud call was made – A CRY FOR HELP!

And My First Management Book – Psychology of Arab Management Thinking!

Both books under Context and Perspectives – Arabian Management Series.

And All My Articles in My Other Three Books

The Sequel – Between Us Only!

Short Takes – Between Us Only!

Between Us Only!

and my columns in The Oman Daily Observer – Between Us Only!

and Knowledge Oman Oasis – Community Speaks!

Frankly I am really hurt and pained! Yet not the person to say – I told you so!

God Protect and Preserve Us All – Amin.

Majid Al Suleimany

Muscat – Sultanate of Oman.

February 18th 2011.

My Books Synopsis & How To Order

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October 28^th 2010

My Books Synopsis – www.majidbooks.com

A – The Author

Majid Al Suleimany

All About The Author – His Articles, Writings and as an Author.

Majid Said Nasser Al Suleimany – is an Omani National Author of Five books – Two in Management – A Cry For Help! – and Psychology of Arab Management Thinking – Context and Perspectives – Arabian Management Series (for both the two books). He has also authored three books in addition – The Sequel – Between Us Only!, Short Takes – Between Us Only!- and Between Us Only in the book series.

Please see www.majidbooks.com – and www.alsuleimany.com for full and more details of his books. A brief Synopsis is attached with this Post.

 Majid is also a Columnist in Between Us Only! for The Oman Daily Observer now for the past eight years under a column of the same title.

By profession, though retired now, he was for 10 years as a Human Resources Expert, Consultant, Professional, Specialist and Advisor in many Companies in Oman and UAE. He had worked for 25 years in all aspects of Human Resources, Management, Training and Development, Omanisation and Administration in PDO – Petroleum Development Oman.. He opted for Voluntary Early Retirement in June 1998.

Married with four children, he lives in Qorum Heights (PDO) Muscat in The Sultanate of Oman (GCC).

Please see his Websites www.majidsuleimany.com and www.newmajid.com

A.01 – Background

In the 1970s, he was congratulated for his first National winning article, My Most Vivid Dream, by The Aga Khan in Tanzania.

His family returned to Oman in 1972 after The Accession of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said. Majid then joined Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). He wrote for PDO Al Fahal Magazine. Two articles, A New Outlook On Omanisation and Stray Thoughts On Traffic, which were reproduced by The Times of Oman – where he used to be a voluntary contributor.

He came to The Oman Daily Observer in 2002 – www.betweenusonly.com – as a weekly columnist writing Between Us Only!

 

A.02 – Books Published (Five5) -

• February 2005 Between Us Only!  sponsored by MB Petroleum and PetroGas published by Al Nahda Printing Press in Oman.
• November 2008 The Sequel – Between Us Only! –  published by Trafford in Canada.
• January 2009 Short Takes – Between Us Only! published by BookSurge in the United States.
• May 2009 Psychology of Arab Management Thinking – Context and Perspectives – Arabian Management Series, published by Trafford in Canada.
• Book is sold out now in Oman and is under New Orders.
• February 2010 A Cry For Help! – Context and Perspectives – Arabian Management Series, published by Trafford in the United States.
• The Book is registered in USA Copyrights.
• Copy of the book is in USA Congress and Senate Libraries – including all Literary Centres in Government, NGOs and UN.
• More information and details under www.majidbooks.com

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July 6, 2010

B – BOOKS’ SYNOPSIS

B.01 – The Two Management Books

 

 The books – especially the two Management ones – A Cry For Help! – and Psychology of Arab Management Thinking – both in Context and Perspectives – Arabian Management Series – are unique books and written in a unique and special style.

The books are about the Author as a Human Resources and Management Professional and as a Human Resources Manager, Expert and Advisor –  and his experiences and exposures in his various jobs in Human Resources and Management, with particular emphasis and specialization under The Arab Managers. The books are soul searching, in deep self-analysis and critical evaluation of one’s own people in the field.

The Author extols the culture and importance of work in his religion and the pitfalls and lacklustre attitude of some of the Managers in position about the Accountabilities, Principles, Transparencies, Professionalism and Ethics of Management – and vis-à-vis their roles, aspects and responsibilities.

Very candidly the Author admits that he has no intention to harm or penalize anyone but to speak about the realities in Arab Management with a focus, desire and objective to learn, correct and remedy, if not for now, but surely for the future generations to come and for progress and prosperity. He sincerely hopes for development and improvement in the management sphere.

The Arab countries are far richer with abundant reserves and more importantly with a healthy and young population. In spite of all these why do we lag behind others in many spheres? Is there anything wrong with the management? He says, “he is baffled and confused”. According to the author “it is not enough only to have your personal and job dedication and commitment – what is needed is complete abdication and surrender in commitment, dedication, loyalty, faithfulness etc to your work, job aspects, and responsibilities. Just your input is not enough, far more is required”.

“As Arabs, work is worshipped as if it is in praying. Arabs are also brought up to be polite, courteous and decent (at least a majority of us). Abrupt, ugly, rudeness and distort are discouraged. Also it is not easy to say NO – as part of the culture, customs, traditions and heritage. So what went wrong here – especially in management circles? Why are we behind the rest of the world, despite all our riches and resources?”

The Gulf Cooperation Council countries are some of the richest ones in the world. Despite the Middle East holding huge gas and oil reserves of the world, very little is known about the area, in particular about Arabian Management aspects.

The author has tried to be as frank, open, forthright, honest, sincere and genuine as he can. Not that he was ever known for pulling punches. Once again, he deals with office politics of the worst kind and if the title is any indication, the new book is bound to touch a few raw nerves.

“I am pained by the stereotyping that goes all time about Omani employees. One such perception among some expatriate managers is that Omanis are lazy”, he says. Majid Al Suleimany hastens to add that not all expatriate  managers are to blame. “Most of them are impartial. But there is a tiny section that has a low opinion about local recruits. Though they are few in numbers, the damage they cause is tremendous!”

The ‘Cry’ for changes is not just aimed at the expatriate, but also at the Omani employee as well. “People here that are part of the workforce need to be more tolerant, patient and prove their capabilities and understand the other point of view. Many switch off instead of addressing a problem or a strained relationship with a manager and this only makes matters worse.”

 When one Expatriate Manager leaves, he passes on the message to his successor that the locals are difficult to deal with. Those that actually work hard (and are loyal, dedicated and committed) suffer because of this wrong stereotyping and perception

What is worrisome is that the current generation is very intolerant and can be often rebellious. If we don’t address this, there will be dangerous consequences. The Omani employees’ lot hardly improves when they get an Omani Manager, who, according to Majid Al Suleimany, with exception of few cases – “shoots at his own troops!”

“When I studied the attitudes and behavior of the Omani manager vis-à-vis expat peers, I found out that he lags behind in his management capabilities. He ‘hates to rock the boat’ and allows the status quo when there is a problem. He finds it, generally speaking again, difficult to say No – as part of his customs, traditions and culture

The books are designed and focused for all the people to talk to each other across the borders and the boundaries – and to build up better relationships, harmony, rapport and understandings – and with the aim of building and creativity – and to avoid costly mistakes, decision-making and errors in judgement and stereo typing etc – and in special regard to the Offices environments – and in special reference to local and expatriate relationships – and even between locals and the expatriates themselves too.

To bring back smiles, joy and laughter back once again especially to the Offices environments – instead of people switching off and going to work like dummies and zombies. We have all heard of Human Resources as being one of the most important resources in an establishment – and that a happy and motivated worker is more committed – and delivers more.

Here is an Author who calls a spade a spade and faces issues head-on – and without hiding any dirt under the carpet so to speak – and has spared no one – including himself too!

The Psychology of Arab Management Thinking Book has a separate segment that deals with His Majesty Speeches and Interviews – and articles in his praise. Examples – The Peace Prize To His Majesty; Great Statesmanship – The Royal Pardon; Heritage With Modernisation; Role of Omani Workforce Interview; and also covered others in below in B.02 – Between Us Only series books! There is one chapter dedicated to Late His Highness Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan of UAE in fond remembrances – Let Us Not Forget Sheikh Zayed of UAE (PBUH)..

B.02 – Between Us Only! Books Series

 

In the Between Us Only books series – The Original Book One – The Sequel – Between Us Only! and Short Takes – Between Us Only! The Author has covered many issues that others are afraid and scared to talk about in social, economic, family and domestic and other issues – and coming out from his column of now at eight years titled similar in The Oman Daily Observer. He offers solutions that people have not even thought about – and in his simplistic way of analyzing situations and coming to workable and possible solutions.

The Author is a well-read, witty and prolific writer who often makes you laugh and sit up and think on ordinary but often neglected and not so cared matters in the society. He also writes about social evils prevalent in the society with a funny touch and lashes it with heavy blows. This unique style and way we rarely find in other writers. His prose is simple and clear and elegant His style of writing is ‘straight from the heart’ and as if speaking to you directly, using personal experiences and examples as a characteristic of his writing style.

Amongst his famous widely acclaimed read articles are – Burning Homes; Advice To A New CEO; The Land Rover Story; The Power Of The Media; The Humane Face Amongst War; Are You Afraid?; What Is Happening To Us Now; Keeping Up With The Changes; How Much Dowry For Your Daughter?; Do Not Worry – Be Happy; There Is No Urgency; Learning To Say No; Soul-Searching and Self-Analysis; No Money No Honey; Decision Making; Tragic Love Story; Why We Lie and Cheat; Why Are We So Bad?; Increasing Alcoholism Syndrome, Rebelling Teenagers, Marriages Break-ups and Divorces, Moving (Copycat) To The Bad Things, Lack of Ethics, Principles and Professionalism and How To Apply For A Job – varied articles for different tastes and likes – covering almost everyone – from the Student to The CEO – from the child to grandparents!

 “Between us Only series ” is a sincere attempt by a simple human being who cherishes his culture and traditions, and wanted it to be preserved for the coming generations.

It is a labour of love with keen observation of the society in the 21st century Arab world in particular. It also carries warnings, resentments, and fears and advises for all.

PLEASE VISIT www.majidbooks.com om more information and details – and How To Order My Books!

About My Books – How To Order!

Majid Al Suleimany – MAS – Books - 

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2   HOW TO ORDER MY BOOKS

2A     A Cry For Help!

Arabian Management Services—Context and Perspectives

By Majid Al Suleimany  

 

 

 Also available as: Casebound Hardcover

• Published: December, 2009
• Format: Perfect Bound Softcover(B/W)
• Pages: 556
• Size: 6×9
• ISBN: 978-1-4269-2062-2 Soft Cover
• ISBN: 978-1-4269-2063-9 Hard Cover

How To Order The Book:-

• See it at Amazon.com (USA)
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• Also at Trafford (Publisher – USA and Canada
• Paperback:
•  http://www.trafford.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000142695  
• Hardback:
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• Posted now also at Barnes & Nobles – The Largest Worldwide Book Stores – same or even bigger to Amazon.com (Booksurge.com)
•  At Barnes and Nobles

• http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=A+Cry+For+Help+%2D+Majid+Al+Suleimany&box=A%20Cry%20For%20Help%20-%20Majid%20Al%20Suleimany&pos=- 
• Also see F Below.

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2B     Psychology of Arab Management Thinking!  

Context & Perspectives – Arabian Management Series

By Majid Al Suleimany

 

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 Published: April, 2009

• Format: Casebound Hardcover(B/W)
• Pages: 486
• Size: 7×10
• ISBN: 978-1-4269-9806-5  Hard Cover
• ISBN 978-1-4251-8273-1   Soft Cover

How To Order The Book:-

• ·         Psychology of Arab Management Thinking! (Context and Perspectives) – Arabian Management Series
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• www.trafford.com/08-0889
• Also see F Below

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2C     Between Us Only – The Sequel!

From Book One of the Same Title  - Between Us Only!

By Majid Al Suleimany

www.trafford.com/0890

 How To Order The Book:-

• www.trafford.com/0890  
• Also available as: Casebound Hardcover
• Published: May, 2009
• Format: Perfect Bound Softcover(B/W)
• Pages: 432
• Size: 7×10
• ISBN: 978-1-4251-8276-2  Soft Cover
• ISBN 978-1-4269-9807-2   Hard Cover
• Also see F Below

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2D     Short Takes: Between Us Only!

By Majid Al Suleimany

Product Details:

Author: Majid Said Nasser Al Suleimany Paperback: 268 pages Publisher: BookSurge Publishing Publication Date: May 06, 2009 Language: English ISBN: 1439211477 Package Length: 10.0 inches Package Width: 7.0 inches Package Height: 0.61 inches Package Weight: 1.31 pounds

How To Order It

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2E   -  Between Us Only! (Original)

By Majid Al Suleimany

Sponsored by MB Petroleum and PETROGAS – only a few copies left with the Author (Price OMR 7 – will NOT be reprinted).

Bulk Order at

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Single Orders

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All the books are available in Oman at Family Bookshops, Borders and WH Smith – and in UAE at Magrudy’s and Jashanamal (by orders only in UAE)

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E       All THE BOOKS AT ONE POINT – For The UK Mainly –

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F          All These Three Trafford Books (USA and Canada) At One Point.

You can also order from Trafford – The Publishers in USA and Canada.

www.trafford.com/08-0889 – Psychology Book

www.trafford.com/08-0890 – The Sequel Book

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Here We Go Again! – It Is Always To Protect Israel! The Spoilt Child of The Middle East!

Here We Go Again! – It Is Always To Protect Israel! The Spoilt Child of The Middle East!

Only The Egyptians Can Decide The Fate For Their Country – Nobody Else! Who Can Be Mubarak Fan At These Critical Times Now In Their History? We Hope and Pray For Peace and Safe Transition – Amin. Amen.

HANDS OFF THE EGYPTIAN PEOPLE TO DECIDE THEIR OWN FATE IN HISTORY!

The scare stories of Islamophobia and Islamic-bashing has to end NOW -  and people in glass houses should not throw stones either!

Besides – you can fool some people some of the time – and all people some of the time – but not ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME!

Be careful also in calling WOLF – when it will really come you will have no one to protect you then!

P.S. This is a so-called Moderate Arab from The AGCC Opinion – Pro Peace Israel Arab too!!__________________________________________

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=12791967

 Israel Watches Egypt Uprising With Fear

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/01/201113119831121670.html

Watch The Video Above From Al Jazeera TV!

Israel watches Egypt uprising with fear its important ally could be destabilized

 The Associated Press

 By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press

JERUSALEM January 29, 2011 (AP)

Behind an official wall of silence, Israel watched nervously Saturday as anti-government unrest worsened in Egypt, fearful that the violent and growing street protests could topple Israel’s most important ally in the Arab world.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his government to remain silent about the situation in Egypt. But in a clear reflection of Israel’s concerns, Sun D’Or, a subsidiary of Israel’s national airline, El Al, whisked dozens of Israelis, including diplomats’ families, out of Egypt on an emergency flight. The government also urged Israelis to avoid travel to Egypt.

The stability of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak‘s regime is a key interest for Israel.

Egypt was the first Arab country to make peace with Israel, and since succeeding the assassinated Anwar Sadat in the wake of that historic peace treaty three decades ago, Mubarak has steadfastly honored the deal.

While relations have often been cool, Mubarak has remained a key bridge to the Arab world, frequently mediating between Israel and the Palestinians. Mubarak also has cooperated with Israel in containing the militant Hamas group, which rules the Gaza Strip, a volatile coastal strip that borders both Israel and Egypt.

Israeli officials, ordered to speak on condition of anonymity, expressed grave concerns about Mubarak’s tenuous grip on power. Some said they feared the violence could spread to neighboring Jordan, the only other Arab country with a peace deal with Israel, or to the Palestinian territories.

There were also concerns that anti-Israel opposition groups, including the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood, might gain a larger voice in Egyptian decision-making.

“A stable Egypt with a peace treaty with Israel means a quiet border,” one Israeli official told The Associated Press. “If there is a regime change Israel will have to reassess its strategy to protect its border from one of the most modern militaries in the region.”

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Israel watches Egypt uprising with

fear – From the Associated Press

January 29, 2011, 6:38 a.m.

JERUSALEM — Los Angeles Times

 Israel watched fearfully Saturday as anti-government unrest roiled Egypt, one of its most important allies and a bridge to the wider Arab world.

The Israeli prime minister ordered government spokesmen to keep silent. Officials speaking anonymously nonetheless expressed concern violence could threaten ties with Egypt and spread to the Palestinian Authority.

The Egyptian unrest dominated Israeli media. Israeli TV news channels provided hourly updates. Israel Radio reported extensively on developments and dubbed its broadcasts “Fire on the Nile.”

Writing in the Haaretz daily, columnist Aluf Benn speculated that President Hosni Mubarak‘s “fading power” leaves Israel with few friends in the Middle East.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday called Mubarak, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa. Abbas told the Egyptian leader that he is eager to see Egypt stable and secure, the agency said.

If Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood — the main opposition group — gains power in the turmoil, the balance of power between the rival Palestinian camps could change. Abbas is backed by the West, while his Islamic militant Hamas rivals draw their support from Iran, Syria and Hezbollah. Hamas is the Gaza branch of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Two Israeli officials said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered all government spokesmen not to comment on the mass riots in Egypt, where protesters are demanding Mubarak resign after nearly 30 years in power. Both officials were speaking on condition of anonymity.

The spokesmen have likely been silenced out of fears that any perceived Israeli involvement could further compromise an ally whose ouster would pose a serious threat to Israel.

The officials said they expect Mubarak to survive the unrest but that it could damage ties with Israel if the country’s popular opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, makes gains.

Egypt was the first Arab country to reach peace with Israel three decades ago. Ties have never been warm, but Egypt has played a critical role as Mideast peace mediator between Israel and Palestinians.

“A stable Egypt with a peace treaty with Israel means a quiet border,” one told The Associated Press. “If there is a regime change Israel will have to reassess its strategy to protect its border from one of the most modern militaries in the region.”

The Israeli security officials also said they were worried that violence might spread to Gaza, the West Bank, and possibly to its other ally in the Arab world, Jordan.

Eli Shaked, a former Israeli Ambassador to Egypt, speculated in an interview with Channel 10 TV that if Mubarak’s reign is destabilized, radical Egyptian Islamists could fill the void.

“It’s good that Israel is keeping quiet, but there is no doubt that what is happening in Egypt is not good for Israeli interests,” Shaked said. “It will only be a matter of time before a leader of the revolution arises and he will come from the Muslim Brotherhood.

By Majid Al Suleimany – Muscat – Oman – February 5th 2011.

Letter To The Editor.

 Your  Commentary “Obama sees no threat to the US and the world order other than Al Qaeda!” – Times of Oman today Sunday November 21st 2010.

Dear Editor (Times of Oman);

With due respects, I see that you have decided to wash off Obama as to be in the same line to Bush – I beg to differ with you.

 We as Arabs (and Muslims) should move away from the usual finding in others as culprits and the cause of all our problems per se! We need to deep self-analyse and soul search ourselves if we are not ourselves part of the problem – and not the solution. I am talking here of inter-Palestinian and inter-Arab fights, and that has now stretched to our own Islamic faith even!

 I fully agree with you on Israel aspects though. But we should not wash off Obama yet – because the other options are too terrible to comprehend even. That is the Extreme Right to take over, and bring people like Bush (or even worse scenarios!) back! We need to extend all our help and support to Obama – even though like you have rightly said too – the situation does not give much hope – and disappointing to say the least. But what is the other alternatives?

 A full fledged war between Arabs and Israel that would drag the rest of the world in? Not co-operating and let elements like Al Qaeda take over? Too dreadful to even contemplate.

 Please do not wash off Obama yet – even if it may sound tempting to do so!

 With Due Respects.

 Best Wishes and Regards,

 Majid Al Suleimany

The solution is for Arabs (and Muslims) to UNITE as ONE voice… then people will be afraid …and respect us. No other solution.. except this.

Onward, Jewish Soldiers.

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Onward, Jewish Soldiers

A surge of ‘knitted skullcaps’ is transforming Israel’s military—and that worries their secular countrymen.

An Israeli soldier sits on his tank and prays.

Among the elite troops of the Israeli military’s Maglan special-forces unit, Naftali Bennett was an oddity. As an officer in the unit in the early 1990s, he commanded more than 80 young men, all of them secular and many from kibbutzim communities aligned with the left-center Labor Party. Bennett is an observant Jew, and among combat officers throughout the military he was one of the few who wore a yarmulke, didn’t travel on Saturdays, and never ate cheeseburgers because of the Jewish ban on mixing milk and meat.

Now long a civilian, Bennett had a chance recently to visit with new recruits in his old unit. Two things struck him: the large number of religious Jews among the young men, and the Army’s extraordinary efforts to accommodate them. “In my day, no one gave it a thought,” he says.

A transformation is sweeping the Israeli military: deeply religious Jews are now filling leadership positions in numbers far exceeding their share of the general population. Given that religious Israelis tend to be more hawkish than most, the trend raises a real question about whether Israel can rely on the Army to implement the toughest parts of any future peace agreement with the Palestinians.

U.S. efforts to keep the talks alive continued last week as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government weighed a new 90-day ban on construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. But if a peace deal is ever achieved, it would undoubtedly require the evacuation of at least some settlements—a job for the Army. Some defense analysts and former officers worry that the military’s new religiosity could lead to mass insubordination. “If soldiers decide they don’t want to participate, that’s one thing,” says Mikhael Manekin, a reserve lieutenant who co-chairs the left-wing group Breaking the Silence. “If commanders don’t want to participate, that would be much more worrying.” (Manekin says all his commanding officers were settlers during his four years of active duty.)

The threat isn’t as farfetched as it sounds. Ever since the government demolished the West Bank settlement of Homesh in 2005, former residents have kept trying to establish an illegal outpost there, and authorities have kept sending troops to evict them. A year ago, during swearing-in ceremonies for new recruits of the Shimshon Battalion in Jerusalem, several soldiers unfurled a banner proclaiming: SHIMSHON DOES NOT EVACUATE HOMESH. The military court-martialed the perpetrators, sentenced them to the brig, and expelled them from their unit. But in the weeks that followed, similar signs were displayed at two other units’ training bases.

Although the military publishes little information about the backgrounds of its enlistees, a recent issue of the defense journal Maarachot reported that in recent years some 30 percent of graduates from the infantry officers’ course have defined themselves as “Zionist-religious,” up from only 2.5 percent 20 years ago. (About 12 percent of Israelis in general choose that label.) Many of those fledgling lieutenants, along with a number of higher-ranking combat officers, were drawn from Jewish settlements in the West Bank, and some are residents of outposts—smaller, makeshift settlements—established without authorization from the government.

The mere specter of widespread refusal is enough to make the government think twice before ordering evacuations, whether of settlements or of outposts, says sociologist Yagil Levy, who specializes in military trends. (The threat might explain why most outposts remain standing despite Israel’s promise to dismantle dozens of them under a U.S. initiative back in 2003.) Some analysts have suggested that the police should handle future evacuations, rather than the Army.

The rise within the military of the “knitted skullcaps” has been building for years. In the 1990s, after the controversial first Lebanon war, many liberal Israelis stopped encouraging their kids to go beyond the mandatory three years of national service. “We secular people can only blame ourselves for no longer being able to convince our kids to spend as many years in the military as in the past,” says Avshalom Vilan, a former member of Parliament from the left-wing Meretz Party and a kibbutznik.

At about the same time, more religious Israelis were concluding that their community should have played a larger role in building the country’s secular institutions decades earlier. Embracing military service more fervently was a way to make up for lost time. “The religious community has to be involved in all public institutions, not just the Army,” says Rabbi Eli Sadan, 62, at his home in the settlement of Eli, deep in the West Bank. “That’s the revolution we’re creating.” Sadan oversees one of a string of West Bank pre-military academies where rabbis teach Torah and Jewish philosophy for up to two years while preparing students for military service and imbuing them (this is where some secular Israelis get nervous) with a religious sense of mission. Most graduates forgo the option of serving in strictly religious units, mixing instead with the general population.

The religious-run military academies have had a big role in reshaping the Army. Of Eli’s 2,500 alumni, about half have served as officers in combat detachments, and a quarter have spent time in the military’s most elite units. Twenty-one of the graduates have been killed in action, most in recent years. Their names and photos are displayed on the wall of a memorial room at the academy, except for one—a lieutenant colonel, killed in Lebanon; his unit is so secretive that his photo cannot be shown even after his death, say people at the academy.

That kind of heroism has brought respect. Nevertheless, critics worry about the loyalty of religious Jews in uniform: if tested, would they obey their commanders or their rabbis? In fact, a number of rabbis in West Bank settlements have repeatedly urged soldiers not to evacuate Jews from settlements in case the order is ever given. “How can anyone even consider commanding a Jew, for whom the mitzvah [commandment] to settle the Land of Israel is so central, to destroy a settlement and to displace its residents?” wrote the influential Rabbi Eliezer Melamed of the Har Bracha settlement in an online column last year. When “a ruling of the Israeli government clashes with the essential commandment to settle the Land of Israel,” Melamed wrote, “there is clear and unquestionable preference for the law of the Torah.”

To be sure, not all religious Jews support the settler movement. Even among those who do, many believe that maintaining the Army’s cohesion is more important than even the most sacred political battle. Sadan is quick to point out that few religious soldiers disobeyed orders during Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza in 2005. But the evacuation of Gaza involved only 10,000 settlers. They number 300,000 in the West Bank, which is much holier to religious Jews. That settlers are among the company and battalion commanders serving in the West Bank is itself problematic, says sociologist Levy. He cites cases of soldiers who leaked information to settlers about planned evacuations of outposts, giving settlers time to organize resistance.

Others say Israel’s center of gravity will move further than ever to the right as religious Jews retire from the military’s senior ranks and move on to prestigious roles in civilian life. Bennett, the former member of Maglan, is a good example. He went on to found a startup company that he eventually sold to a U.S. firm for $145 million. Bennett now serves as the director of the settlers’ main political arm, the Yesha Council. “It’s a sea change for Israel,” he says. He’s certainly no oddity now.

Obama to Muslims: Look beyond ‘mistrust’

Obama to Muslims: Look beyond ‘mistrust’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40097031/ns/politics-white_house/#slice-2 

Volcano forces president to cut short Indonesia trip, head for G-20 summit

Charles Dharapak  /  AP

Audience members react as President Barack Obama speaks Wednesday at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta, Indonesia.

msnbc.com news services msnbc.com news services

updated 2 hours 22 minutes ago 2010-11-10T04:02:42

 JAKARTA — In the Muslim nation that was his boyhood home, President Barack Obama acknowledged Wednesday that U.S. relations are still frayed with the Islamic world despite his best efforts at repair. He urged all sides to look beyond “suspicion and mistrust” to forge common ground against terrorism.

Forcefully returning to a theme he sounded last year in visits to Turkey and Egypt, Obama said: “I have made it clear that America is not and never will be at war with Islam. … Those who want to build must not cede ground to terrorists who seek to destroy.”

The U.S. leader was cutting short his long-delayed visit to Indonesia, where he lived for four years as a child, because of concern that an ash cloud from the deadly Mount Merapi volcano would prevent his taking off in time to attend a G20 summit in South Korea.

Beaming with pride, Obama delivered perhaps the most intensely personal speech of his presidency, speaking phrases in Indonesian to a cheering crowd of young people who claimed him as their own.

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“Let me begin with a simple statement: Indonesia is part of me,” he said in Indonesian during a morning speech at the University of Indonesia.

He praised the world’s most populous Muslim nation for standing its ground against “violent extremism” and said: “All of us must defeat al-Qaida and its affiliates, who have no claim to be leaders of any religion. … This is not a task for America alone.”

Seeking to cement relations with fast-growing Asian trading partners, Obama also paid tribute to the economic dynamism of the region at a time of global financial stress.

“America has a stake in Indonesia that is growing, with prosperity that is broadly shared among the Indonesian people — because a rising middle class here means new markets for our goods, just as America is a market for yours,” he said.

The speech came ahead of a meeting of the Group of 20 major economic powers that begins Wednesday evening in Seoul, South Korea, a session expected to be marked by trade tensions between the U.S. and major exporting nations such as China and Germany.

Earlier Wednesday in Jakarta, Obama visited the Istiqlal Mosque, the largest in Southeast Asia — one that Obama noted was under construction when he lived in Indonesia as a boy from 1967 to 1971.

“Because Indonesia is made up of thousands of islands, hundreds of languages, and people from scores of regions and ethnic groups, my times here helped me appreciate the humanity of all people,” Obama said.

The president’s brief but nostalgic visit to his boyhood home lent an unusually personal tone to the speech, a portion of which he devoted to his childhood here. Obama reminisced about living in a small house with a mango tree out front, and learning to love his adopted home while flying kites, running along paddy fields, catching dragonflies and buying such delicacies as satay and baso from street vendors. He spoke of running in fields with water buffalo and goats and the birth of his sister, Maya, who is half Indonesian.

Obama to Muslims: Look beyond ‘mistrust’

Before leaving Indonesia early because of an erupting volcano, President Barack Obama urges the Islamic world to forge common ground against terrorism.

Obama moved to Indonesia as a 6-year-old and lived with his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, and Indonesian stepfather, Lolo Soetoro. “While my stepfather, like most Indonesians, was raised a Muslim, he firmly believed that all religions were worthy of respect,” Obama said.

Obama, a Christian, attended public and Catholic schools while in Indonesia. He returned to Hawaii when he was 10 to live with his grandparents.

The president’s homecoming had been twice-delayed — first because of his health care legislative battle and then because of the BP oil spill. “We had a couple of false starts,” he noted. And this trip was to be cut short, too, so Air Force One could take off ahead of a big cloud of ash from the erupting Indonesian volcano Mount Merapi.

Reaching out to the Islamic world, Obama said efforts to build trust and peace are showing promise but are still clearly incomplete.

“Relations between the United States and Muslim nations have been frayed over many years. As president, I have made it a priority to begin to repair these relations,” Obama said.

He said a choice must be made by both sides: “We can choose to be defined by our differences and give in to a future of suspicion and mistrust. Or we can choose to do the hard work of forging common ground and commit ourselves to the steady pursuit of progress.”

Obama praised Indonesia for having “made progress in rooting out terrorists and combating violent extremism.”

Noting that the path from colonial rule to democracy had been a rocky one, Obama said, “Of course, democracy is messy.”

And, just over a week after seeing his own Democratic Party suffer bruising midterm election defeats in the U.S. Congress, Obama added: “Not everyone likes the results of every election. You go through ups and downs. But the journey is worthwhile.”

On the Middle East, Obama also mentioned the difficult path toward getting the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians back on course. “We have faced false starts and setbacks,” Obama said. “There should be no illusions that peace and security will come easy.”

But he added, “Let there be no doubt: We will spare no effort in working for the outcome that is just and that is in the interest of all the parties involved: two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security.”

Story: Indonesian minister says he shook first lady’s hand — by accident

A reminder of that difficult road was waiting for Obama when he landed in Indonesia Tuesday on a steamy afternoon in Southeast Asia. Israel’s decision to build more apartments in east Jerusalem, a disputed territory claimed by Palestinians, had already earned a rebuke from American diplomats before a tired, traveling president weighed in himself.

“This kind of activity is never helpful when it comes to peace negotiations,” Obama said when questioned at a news conference alongside Indonesia’s president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. “I’m concerned that we’re not seeing each side make the extra effort involved to get a breakthrough. … Each of these incremental steps can end up breaking down trust.”

Heavily invested and eager for Mideast stability, Obama insisted: “We’re going to keep on working on it.”

Obama gave substantial attention to the new partnerships his government has reached with Indonesia’s.

The two presidents touted a deal that will have both countries cooperating on energy, education, the environment and many other subjects. More broadly, Indonesia offers the United States one more strategic, democratic voice in a continent of emerging powers and lucrative markets, while U.S. support can help Indonesia’s own economy and regional security.

Both leaders pushed back against the idea that Obama’s efforts aim, at least in part, to counter China’s rise. Obama said he wants China to grow and prosper, and “we’re not interested in containing that process.” Yudhoyono said he didn’t think of one power counterbalancing another, but he added that there must be an “equilibrium” in the region.

Obama also pointedly noted that the global economy is out of whack, saying, “We have seen some countries run up very big surpluses and intervening significantly in the currency markets to maintain their advantage.” The U.S. contends China’s undervalued currency gives Beijing an unfair trade boost in the selling of its goods.

China and Germany, however, have suggested in recent days that the U.S. Federal Reserve’s announcement last week that it would in effect print $600 billion to buy longer-term U.S. Treasury bonds over the next eight months — in an effort to drive down interest rates and stimulate the U.S. economy — had further driven down an already weak dollar — worsening global trade tensions.

That’s sure to be a top topic at the G-20 meeting later in the week in South Korea.

© 2010 msnbc.com

Parcel-bomb ‘mastermind’ revealed – My Book Did Caution!

http://english.aljazeera.net/video/middleeast/2010/11/201011117522168965.html

Parcel-bomb ‘mastermind’ revealed

AlJazeera English TV – November 1st 2010. USA and Yemeni authorities name a Saudi national, Ibrahim al-Asiri, as the man behind bombs on US-bound air freight.

US and Yemeni authorities have named the man they believe to be the mastermind of the parcel bombs plot. They have issued photographs of Saudi Arabian born Ibrahim al-Asiri. He is thought to be al-Qaeda‘s top explosives expert in Yemen.

Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Sanaa in Yemen.

 In my book A Cry For Help! – Context and Perspectives – Arabian Management Series, though my concentration was on The Offices environment more, in Chapter C – from C.00 to C.16, I had cautioned about the growing dangers of things happening around us – and I made references to what was going on in Yemen in two Chapters – and we now find some linkages to the above story of the increased growing dangers around us now!

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 Following is The Book Release Note from The Publishers Trafford in USA and in Canada -  

January 1, 2010. 

The New Management Book – A Cry For Help! – By Majid Al Suleimany 

A Cry For Help Book Theme. 

A frank, honest, transparent, open and call-a-spade-a-spade no punch-spared, no barrels held stuff and no frills play book exposing the increasing lack of ethics, principles, professionalism and tolerance – plus increased radicalisation, extremism and increased fundamentalism of the Offices environment and in similar to the overall similar fast changing facts of the ground in the region. 

Addressing the increased extremism, fundamentalism, and lack of tolerance and forbearance in the Arab workforce, Author Majid Al Suleimany presents A Cry for Help!: Arabian Management Services — Context and Perspectives. 

In three parts, A Cry for Help! concentrates on the management styles and aspects of companies located in the Arabian Gulf Cooperation Council that encompasses Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. 

It discusses the: 

• Growing radicalization of local staff

• Misbehaving expatriates

• Unhappy, dissatisfied staff

• Bad treatment of Staff especially by some Expatriates – mainly Indian, European and Western Staff on Locals

• Increasing extremism and fundamentalism in The Offices

• Sensitive, related issues

 In A Cry for Help!, Al Suleimany, A Management Expert, focuses on what is particular about the type of Arab management, its context and perspectives, and what is peculiar, special, or particular to that work in the context and comparison to management styles of other nations. Using personal experiences, examples, and illustrations, Suleimany exposes the new reality and truth and moves away from the trend and approach of hiding issues and problems.

 What Others had said -  

“It is a unique book, written in a unique style. It is a soul-searching and critical evaluation of one’s own people in the field. He extols the culture and importance of work in his religion and the pitfalls and lackluster attitude of the Managers in position about the Principles and Process of Management.” – -  Editor Features, The Observer. 

 “Someone must have the guts and courage to write about this growing danger and phenomena with us here now – before it is too late for everyone!” – -  American CEO

 “The book is critical but objective—and portrays the Arab mind and focus in its proper perspectives.” – -  Senior Omani Public Official

“Your writing is quite exceptional, informative, and gripping.”  - Omani High Official

 “There is a great need for improvements and achievements in this particular arena – your book has tried well to cover all these to a very successful extent.” -  British CEO

 “Part of the problem of Arab Management is the inherited autocratic society we live in, and confronted by new Management concepts and innovation believing in freedom of expression, empowerment, delegation, transparency, ethics and accountabilities – and the clash between the two.” – -  Indian CEO

 See what you are saying here is very true, especially in Arab Management – Arab CEO

 Please be the catalyst for change in your part of the world – –  British CEO

 Frankly, you are the first Omani (Arab / GCC) to have looked at these issues critically and spoken outside. Let many more voices raise together to make this powerful movement of change across the Arab world –  Indian HR Professional

 QED – END.

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