Why Barack Obama?
NEW YORK: The winner of America's presidential election will inherit a perfect…
Microfinance empowering Egyptian women
CAIRO: The Association for the Development and Enhancement of Women (ADEW) embarked…
A notorious absentee in the US presidential campaign
NEW YORK: The US presidential campaign has been waged with unusual vigor…
So many jobs, so few experts for Islamic finance
KUALA LUMPUR: The swift rise of the Islamic finance industry could hit…
Boat arrives in Gaza to protest blockade
GAZA CITY: A boat carrying 27 international activists sailed into the Gaza…
Confronting Fear
WASHINGTON, DC: Even as the squeeze in interbank lending has started to…
Building peace through health in the ME
NEW YORK: For over two decades, international health organizations have offered their…
The secret world of female circumcision
NAIROBI: As a child in rural Kenya, I was a secret admirer…
The agony and ecstasy of synthetic drugs
NEW YORK: The world is speeding up. Communications, travel, and productivity are…
Teaching Auschwitz to the Palestinians
NABLUS, West Bank: As the road dips and rises through the Hebron…