Being understood: a basic human right
During a session at the first conference for the UN s Alliance of Civilizations held in Madrid on January 15-16, 2008, I presented a new dimension of human rights, namely…
The EU is missing in action in Afghanistan
The withdrawal of Britain's Paddy Ashdown as a candidate for the post of UN envoy in Afghanistan means that the international community still has some way to go before it…
Will it take more than Annapolis?
Now that the dust has settled from the Annapolis conference, and before the effective beginning of the negotiation process it created, it might be helpful to summarize the strategic issues…
Hillary, Martin Luther King and US mideast policies
Hillary Clinton's remark on Martin Luther King's role in the success of the American civil rights movement triggered a firestorm in the US and world press. Clinton said that Dr…
My talks with Hamas
Now I can reveal this: Several months ago, I participated in a series of meetings in Europe that involved a small group of Israeli and Palestinian public figures and academicians,…
The Open Education Revolution
As the founders of two of the world's largest open-source media platforms - Wikipedia and Connexions - we have both been accused of being dreamers. Independently, we became infected with…
With a Grain of Salt: Our Blessed Ministers
A friend of mine copied me on an email he sent to everyone he knew to boost their optimism about the state of our country, which the press - since…
The ginger and blond elements in Pharoanic genes debated
CAIRO: Doubts about the ethnic origins of the Pharaohs are surfacing with the unearthing of mummies with red and blond hair. But an Egyptology scholar stresses that such doubts are…
