A synthesis of art and journalism: International photo competition takes on a political edge
CAIRO: Jewish settlers in Gaza resisting Israeli police forces. American troops invading a suspected insurgent's home in Iraq. Hugo Chavez, hand raised high, triumphantly greeting a crowd of supporters. And…
Wilco returns triumphantly with "Sky Blue Sky"
Looking over the American Billboard music chart every week, one can t help but feel sorry for the current state of American music. As R n B, Hip-Hop, teen pop…
Sherif Madkour: interior designer, TV presenter
Wearing a funky colorful shirt, dirty blue jeans and flip-flops, Sherif Madkour does not look like the typical Egyptian television presenter. That's because besides being a young, charismatic TV presenter,…
Lesson for Iraq in the Asian Soccer Cup
Two very dissimilar events with contradictory results took place recently in Iraq, practically simultaneously: the withdrawal of five Sunni ministers from the so-called unity government of Nouri al-Maliki and the…
The flawed options in Darfur
The long-sought joint peacekeeping force for Darfur, which would combine the existing 7,000-man African Union force with as many as 20,000 additional military personnel and civilian police under UN command,…
Pakistan's 60 year struggle for democracy
As Pakistanis celebrate sixty years of independence, the country finds itself embroiled in yet another seemingly intractable political crisis. The state, founded by one of the Indian subcontinent s most…
The women of Egypt, and their children
There seems to be a general attitude among Egyptian women that problems that occur in the home should remain there. In a series of conversations with a group of average…
Empowering youth for the common good
What do religious extremists and interfaith youth organizers have in common? A lot more than one might think. College students begin their search for summer internships with enthusiasm and excitement…
France Revived
Nicolas Sarkozy won the French presidential election in May in part because he attracted a substantial portion of the far right's supporters to his conservative banner. Indeed, the Front National's…
50 years of Merdeka
What is Malaysia s greatest achievement in the last 50 years of Merdeka (independence)? It is our ability to maintain a remarkable degree of inter-ethnic peace. By inter-ethnic peace we…