Thoughts about the post-revolution culture
By Joseph Fahim One of the last performances I watched at the 14th European Theater Prize last month was a children’s play entitled "Happiness" by Russian director Andrey Moguchiy. Based on…
Tunisian revolution comes to big screen at Cannes
Police firing teargas at revolutionaries belting out the Tunisian anthem: this and other striking images of ordinary people dismantling a dictatorship will hit the big screen at Cannes this month.…
A European opening for the Arab World
By Volker Perthes BERLIN: The people of Tunisia and Egypt have shown that democracy in Arab countries need not come at the barrel of a Western gun. But, while the drive…
Beyond Bin Laden
By Richard Haass NEW YORK: The killing of Osama bin Laden by United States special forces constitutes a significant victory over global terrorism. But it is a milestone, not a turning…
Count on it: Open the Box
By Philip Whitfield Free and fair elections aren’t assured by access to the ballot box. They’re secured by counting the ballots openly with invigilators on hand to verify that each voter’s…
A history lesson revolution should revisit
By Ahmed Kadry If nothing else were to happen for the rest of 2011 in the Middle East, it would still qualify as the most important year this region has experienced…
Shots in Damascus suburb, arrests mount, say activists
DAMASCUS: Gunfire rang out in a suburb of Damascus Monday as Syrian troops carried out arrests of opponents of President Bashar Al-Assad in the coastal town of Banias and other…
NATO says Qaddafi’s time up as Misrata fighting rages
MISRATA: Time is running out for Libyan leader Moamer Qaddafi, NATO Chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, even as the strongman's forces laying siege to Misrata intensified their assault on the…
North, south Sudan agree Abyei troop withdrawal, says UN
KHARTOUM: North and south Sudan have agreed to start withdrawing unauthorized troops from the flashpoint Abyei border region, the United Nations said, a week after clashes there left 14 people…
Security forces fire on Yemen protest, one dead
SANAA: Yemeni forces opened fire on protesters blockading a government building on Monday, killing a shopkeeper in a city that has seen some of the largest rallies seeking to oust…