The Arab World’s silent feminist revolution
By Gema Martín-Muñoz MADRID: Arab societies often appear rigid and resistant to change to outsiders, because what they see is these countries’ ruling regimes, which mostly do resist development and change.…
The ‘rule of restitution’ as a paradigm for resolving conflicts
By Pinchas Leiser JERUSALEM: The Mishna, the Talmud and Halachic literature all mention a legal innovation by the Sages, contradicting a Biblical Law, which stipulates that a person must restore that…
Muslim culture, British identity
By Arwa Ibrahim LONDON: On Nov. 30 the Chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum, Lord Altaf Sheikh, urged the British Muslim community to join the armed forces and police in order…
The Blackmail Path to Power
By Abdul Tejan-Cole ABIDJAN: On Dec. 2, Côte d’Ivoire’s Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) declared opposition leader Alassane Ouattara the winner of the country’s November presidential election with 54.1 percent of the…
Iran TV to air stoning woman ‘confession’
TEHRAN: Iranian television released pictures of the woman at the centre of an outcry over her sentence to death by stoning for adultery ahead of a broadcast on Friday in…
Hundreds of Iraq Christians mark church siege carnage
BAGHDAD: Hundreds of Iraqi Christians attended mass on Friday at a Baghdad church where 46 worshippers died in an Al-Qaeda siege, marking 40 days since the killings that sparked an…
Two Palestinian teens killed in Gaza City blast
GAZA CITY: Two Palestinian teenagers were killed on Friday in a blast in Gaza City which was thought to be caused by an unexploded Israeli tank shell, medical and security…
Egypt celebrates International Anti-Corruption Day
CAIRO: Showing their efforts and commitment to fighting the different forms of corruption in the country, Egypt’s Ministry of State for Administrative Development celebrated International Anti-Corruption Day, in cooperation with…
Johnny Depp laments ‘voyeuristic’ modern times
US megastar Johnny Depp says he has mostly learned to tame the media "beast" which constantly stalks him — but makes no bones about what he would do if the…
Oman’s music-loving sultan makes vision reality
Oman's music-loving Sultan Qaboos is building an Italian-style opera house, a temple dedicated to classical music that will be unique in the Arabian Peninsula. "It is a truly 16th-century Italian…