19th Experimental Theater festival continues to push boundaries
In a country where complex forms of cultural content are always marginalized, it is still astonishing how experimental theater - one of the most demanding of all arts - continues…
Music is a messenger for peace
New York - Political and religious leaders are finding help for their peacemaking efforts from an unlikely source: contemporary musicians. An inter-religious orchestra of Jewish, Muslim and Catholic musicians was…
No world security without "neighborliness"
New York: There are 1.3 billion followers of the Prophet Mohamed; every fifth person prays facing Mecca; every fifth country celebrates Ramadan. In the near future Muslim populations will only…
A delicate balance
It is no secret that the PLO and the Palestinian Authority leadership are participating in the boycott of Gaza, in the hope that this will turn the population against Hamas.…
The caliphate: a threat to democracy?
The Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) hosted the International Khilafah Conference last month. Since this event, Indonesian mass media has been discussing the pros and cons of implementing a caliphate system…
Another surge, this time in Middle East diplomacy
WASHINGTON - This past July, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates made an extraordinary joint visit to key Middle East countries. Focused on securing…
Nuclear Steps Undermine Peace
By abandoning many of the nuclear arms agreements negotiated in the last 50 years, the United States has been sending mixed signals to North Korea, Iran, and other nations with…
The life of Rumi is fictionalized for the first time
CAIRO: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) is commemorating the 800th anniversary of the birth of famed Sufi Persian poet and philosopher Jalaluddin Al Rumi, whose works…
Ibrahim Eissa released after seven-hour interrogation
CAIRO: The public prosecutor released Ibrahim Eissa, chief editor of Al-Dostour independent daily newspaper, without bail, after a seven-hour interrogation, on Wednesday Sept. 5,The editor of the independent Egyptian daily…
Russia launches worldwide Arabic TV channel
CAIRO: In an effort to provide Arab living rooms around the world with insight into Russian international and domestic affairs, Russian TV is launching the Arabic TV channel; Rusiya Al-Yaum…