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Mina Al-Oraibi

Mina Al-Oraibi

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Abu Dhabi
Mina Al-Oraibi is the editor-in-chief of The National. An Iraqi-Briton, Mina has over 15 years of experience covering Middle Eastern, European and American affairs. She has conducted several high profile interviews, including with former US President Barack Obama, former Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, former US Climate Envoy John Kerry, Managing Director of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva, and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. Prior to assuming her current role, Mina was a senior fellow at the Institute for State Effectiveness and a Yale World Fellow.
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Questions abound about how Britain will fare under a new monarch, King Charles III, and Prime Minister Liz Truss. PA
'The National' poll reveals how British voters view new era

More than 2,000 surveyed on issues such as energy crisis, with 71% prioritising relief over climate change policies

UKSeptember 26, 2022
Mina Al-Oraibi
Barbara Leaf, US assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs. Antonie Robertson / The National
Barbara Leaf says 'ball is in Iran's court' over nuclear deal

US assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs says the agreement on the table is a good one

WorldSeptember 25, 2022
Mina Al-Oraibi
Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi during an interview with Mina Al-Oraibi, Editor-in-Chief of 'The National', in New York. Photo: Iraq's Prime Minister's Media Office
Elections are our path out of political impasse, Iraqi prime minister says

Mustafa Al Kadhimi speaks exclusively to ‘The National’ before addressing UNGA for the first time

IraqSeptember 22, 2022
Mina Al-Oraibi
US President Joe Biden addresses the UN General Assembly in New York. Getty Images / AFP
Postcard from UNGA: no surprises from Joe Biden at poorly attended speech

Middle East barely mentioned as other pressing issues distract

WorldSeptember 21, 2022
Mina Al-Oraibi
Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) annual meeting in New York, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. For the first time since 2016, CGI will convene alongside the United Nations General Assembly. Photographer: Michael Nagle / Bloomberg
Grandi: crisis of millions displaced a 'worrying symptom' of world's problems

Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, speaks to 'The National' at the start of General Assembly in New York about Syria, Ukraine and Afghanistan

USSeptember 20, 2022
Mina Al-Oraibi
Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the UAE to the United Nations, at a meeting of the UN Security Council at the UN headquarters in March. AFP
‘We can’t just keep firefighting in the region' says UAE's UN ambassador

Exclusive: UAE Permanent Representative says this year’s UN General Assembly meetings chance to work through pressing issues

USSeptember 19, 2022
Mina Al-Oraibi
Rania Al Mashat said climate action needs to be nationally motivated. Bloomberg
Climate and development go hand in hand for Egypt, minister says before Cop27 talks

African ministers gather in Cairo to push for continent’s needs to be addressed

EgyptSeptember 06, 2022
Mina Al-Oraibi
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India's Minister of External Affairs in Au Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
India external affairs minister: 'World in enormous transition'

Exclusive: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar tells 'The National' UAE and India 'can create a kind of axis of stability'

WorldSeptember 01, 2022
Mina Al-Oraibi
Members of Saraya Al Salam, affiliated with Moqtada Al Sadr, clash with Iraqi security forces in Baghdad's Green Zone on Tuesday. AFP
Baghdad must end street violence as a step towards disarming the country’s militias

Iraq’s political system has become unsustainable and Monday’s clashes are further proof of the need for an overhaul

CommentAugust 30, 2022
Mina Al-Oraibi
Borge Brende, President of the World Economic Forum (WEF), listens to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), displayed in screens during the Davos Agenda 2022, in Cologny near Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. The Davos Agenda, which takes place from Jan. 17 to Jan. 21, 2022, is an online edition of the annual Davos meeting of the World Economy Forum due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Salvatore di Nolfi / Keystone via AP)
World Economic Forum meeting wraps up with uncertainty in a multipolar world

Renewed sense of solidarity in Europe - but there are wider questions about the global order

OpinionMay 26, 2022
Mina Al-Oraibi
Ohood Al Roumi, Minister of State for Government Development and the Future, told the World Economic Forum about the benefits of the UAE's new working week. Bloomberg
The future of work top of mind for leaders in Davos

Regardless of location or industry, Covid-19 has disrupted work practices

OpinionMay 25, 2022
Mina Al-Oraibi
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan. AFP
Optimism for the future of the Middle East tempered by realities on the ground

Opportunities such as the green transition, technology and the region’s youth highlighted at the WEF annual meeting

OpinionMay 24, 2022
Mina Al-Oraibi
Host Mustafa Alrawi and Mina Al-Oraibi, The National's Editor In Chief, at Davos. The National
Energy security and the future of work at Davos - Business Extra

Mina Al-Oraibi and Mustafa Alrawi explore some of the key themes at the high-level gathering

Business ExtraMay 24, 2022
Mustafa Alrawi
The World Economic Forum 2022 is under way in in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. Photo: World Economic Forum / Ciaran McCrickard
Energy a key issue as global leaders meet in Davos

Concern after prices rise 500% since last WEF annual meeting

EditorialMay 23, 2022
Mina Al-Oraibi
Only patches of snow remain above Davos as it hosts the World Economic Forum in May instead of January. AFP
Rare spring meeting in Davos in search of solutions for major challenges

Leaders of private and public sectors consider future of globalisation

WorldMay 22, 2022
Mina Al-Oraibi
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