Joharah Baker’s acceptance speech at the Eliav-Sartawi Awards
First of all let me thank Search for Common Ground for this award. I would also like to thank my own organization, MIFTAH for providing me with the platform from…
Asian-backed ship set to sail with Gaza aid
DAMASCUS: An aid ship backed by Asian activists will soon set sail for the blockaded Gaza Strip from Syria, a spokesman for Palestinian groups based in Syria said on Monday.…
Youth unemployment sparks Tunisian tinderbox
By AFP TUNIS: Days of rioting in Tunisia by mostly jobless and frustrated young people protesting violently against the government has exposed the crippling unemployment problem in the North African…
West Africa delegation to confront Gbagbo
ABIDJAN: A delegation of West African leaders headed to Ivory Coast on Tuesday to confront Laurent Gbagbo and demand he step down from the presidency before he is forced out.…
Africa in 2010: World Cup highlights a year of progress
LAGOS: Africa showed its potential in 2010 with a successful World Cup and economic growth, but violence and an election crisis tainted a year when a list of nations marked…
South African police find weapons bound for Somalia
JOHANNESBURG: A shipment of guns bound for Somali pirate hunters was moved from Durban's port into a house outside the city under mysterious circumstances, South African police said Tuesday. Police…
Kuwait cbank denies Islamic banks’ liquidity request, says paper
DUBAI: Kuwait's central bank denied a request by Islamic lenders to grant them exceptions from liquidity ratio requirements and allow for the withdrawal of excess liquidity, a newspaper reported on…
US Muslims: a new consumer niche
NEW BRUNSWICK: In the ballroom of an upscale hotel a short train ride from New York, advertisers, food industry executives and market researchers mingled — the men in dark suits,…
Iraq oil output above 2.6 million bpd, says minister
BAGHDAD: Iraq's oil production currently exceeds 2.6 million barrels per day, the first time it has reached that level in 20 years, new Oil Minister Abdul Kareem Luaibi said on…
Israeli spy ring to go on trial in January
CAIRO: The alleged Israeli spy ring case is slated to go to trial in front of the Emergency State Security Supreme Court on Jan. 15 after it had been referred…