Putin's Balkan mischief
Russia is again on a tear. This time, the Kremlin has stuck its finger in the West's eye over the long and painful effort to bring Kosovo to formal independence.…
Preserving Pakistan's history to safeguard its future
Poor Lahore. This jeweled city of the Raj was recently hit by a suicide bomber aimed at lawyers protesting President Pervez Musharraf s imprisonment of his top judiciary. As body…
China's Dangerous Nobodies
Ever since their reinvention by Pierre de Coubertin, the Olympic Games have always been politicized. The first took place in 1896 in Athens in order to embarrass the Turks still…
Youth Views: To wear or not to wear the hijab
We are American Muslim women, who strongly identify with our faith. We are Georgetown University seniors who remain active and involved with the American Muslim community. One of us wears…
Promoting culture and hope in Gaza
The giant eucalyptus tree in front of the spacious yard of the Centre Culturel Français (CCF) - or French Cultural Center - in Gaza is symbolic enough. One of the…
Take it from 'halfies,' alienation is tricky
CAIRO: I was talking to a friend the other week in my painful Arabic when a woman tapped me on the shoulder."Excuse me, she said. "My sister doesn't believe that…
Book fair visitors protest in solidarity with Gaza
CAIRO: As negotiations between Palestinian leaders take place in Cairo this weekend, Cairo International Book Fair was the scene of two demonstrations Friday, in solidarity with the people of Gaza.The…
Repair ship to reach damaged internet cables next week
CAIRO: A repair ship is expected to arrive next week to the site of severed cables off the northern coast of Egypt to begin work on the damage that has…
Internet outage disrupts business operations
CAIRO: Egypt's internet outage continued for a second day Thursday after two submarine cables in the Mediterranean were damaged the day before, causing a slowdown in business operations across the…
HAMSA's third annual essay contest underway
CAIRO: Young contestants from all around the Middle East and the United States put the finishing touches on their essays in a rush to meet Wednesday nights' deadline for "The…