Houston enhances its link with Arab culture
By MARIA PETRINGA, LIFE.STYLE@ARABNEWS.COM The city of Houston, Texas, is widely known for its achievements in energy, space and medical technology. During the past few decades, thanks to its excellent […]
Why Banks Shun 30 Million Americans?: The Unbanked and the Debanked
CNBC: They are 30 million consumers, representing a quarter of U.S. households, who earn a collective $1.3 trillion a year. But banks don’t want to serve them, because they lose money. And the nonfinancial institutions who do serve them may not be offering them much value in the long term. […]
Jimmy Carter: the Role Played by Faith
Jimmy Carter Interview: Real Story behind Egypt Israeli Peace Deal Jimmy Carter is the 39th president of the United States, founder of the Carter Center and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He has authored many books, the most recent being “Through the Year with Jimmy Carter: 366 Daily Meditations […]
Want to pursue the American Dream? Move to Canada or Europe!
RT: Long gone are the days of Cinderella stories in America. Rags-to-riches tales may have at one point been part of the American Dream for those aspiring for success in the states. New statistics show that moving up the social ladder is no longer a dream as obtainable as before. […]
Behind Every Great Woman
Bloomberg: As more women earn high-level corporate roles, more husbands are staying home, raising the kids, and changing the rules. Among the 80 or so customers crammed into Bare Escentuals, it’s easy to spot Leslie Blodgett. It’s not merely her six-inch platform heels and bright magenta-and-blue dress that set her […]
History channel sets ambitious miniseries
By DAVID BAUDER | AP Published: Jan 4, 2012 23:32 Updated: Jan 4, 2012 23:32 NEW YORK: After its successful series on the history of America in 2010, television’s History […]
Man Confesses in New York Firebomb Attacks, Was it Terrorism?
http://s.wsj.net/media/swf/VideoPlayerMain.swf The featured picture is courtesy of loonwatch.com
Overtures to Egypt’s Islamists Reverse Longtime U.S. Policy
Source: NY Times Khaled Desouki/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Voters in Minya, Egypt, took part in the final phase of parliamentary elections on Tuesday. The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party holds the lead. CAIRO — With the Muslim Brotherhood pulling within reach of an outright majority in Egypt’s new […]
Obama distances US from Iran attack
Source: asiatimes on line: WASHINGTON – United States President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are engaged in intense maneuvering over Netanyahu’s aim of entangling the United States in an Israeli war against Iran. Netanyahu is exploiting the extraordinary influence his right-wing Likud Party exercises over the Republican […]
A mistaken case for Syrian regime change.
Source: asiatimes on line: War with Iran is already here,” wrote a leading Israeli commentator recently, describing “the combination of covert warfare and international pressure” being applied to Iran. Although not mentioned, the “strategic prize” of the first stage of this war on Iran is Syria; the first campaign in […]
Muslim hero overlooked at 9/11 memorial
RT: Mohammad Salman Hamdani was on his way to his job at the DNA analysis lab at Rockefeller University on September 11, 2001 when the 23-year-old EMT and police cadet raced to the World Trade Center to lend a hand. It was months before Hamdani’s mother learned that her son’s […]
Overtures to Egypt’s Islamists Reverse Longtime U.S. Policy: Unholy Alliances
NY Times: CAIRO — With the Muslim Brotherhood pulling within reach of an outright majority in Egypt’s new Parliament, the Obama administration has begun to reverse decades of mistrust and hostility as it seeks to forge closer ties with an organization once viewed as irreconcilably opposed to United States interests. […]
Why don’t the US and Iran choose dialogue first?
By LINDA HEARD, ARAB NEWS If you believe that current hostilities between Washington and Tehran are all about Iran’s uranium enrichment program opening the door to a potential Iranian-made nuclear bomb engraved “Tel Aviv,” you’ve yet to peel the layers of this increasingly poisonous onion. Once you do, you’ll understand […]
Canada’s Government Plan for the Office of Religious Freedom
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says his department’s new Office of Religious Freedom won’t become a vehicle for playing domestic politics in Canada’s immigrant communities. Mr. Baird dismissed criticism […]
Do Christians believe in atheists? UBC study finds believers distrust atheists as much as rapists
Religious believers distrust atheists more than members of other religious groups, gays and feminists, according to a new study by University of B.C. researchers. The only group the study’s participants […]
New York firebomb attacks hit mosque, Hindu site
Source / Courtesy: Daily Times (Reuters) – New York police are investigating as bias crimes four Molotov cocktail attacks on Sunday night including one against a mosque with 75 people inside and another against a Hindu place of worship. No injuries were reported. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday […]
1,200 Ahmadi Muslims gather in Chino for 26th West Coast convention
This past Christmas weekend heralded more than just the traditional church services, turkey dinners, holiday sales and gift-giving. At the Baitul Hameed Mosque on Ramona Ave. in Chino, an overflow crowd of 1,261 Ahmadi Muslims and guests filled the prayers halls and lecture auditoriums for three days of invigorating spiritual […]
Muslim Americans Celebrate New Years in Times Square
Muslim Americans spread the message of peace in New York’s Times Square on New Years Eve. Source / Courtesy: CNN ireport Around one million people gathered in the Time Square […]
Islamic Ambassador reads Quran at Mormon Tabernacle
FULL STORY and PHOTOS may be downloaded at The Spectrum Newspaper http://www.theSpectrum.com -275 E Saint George Blvd, St. George, UTAH USA(435) 674-6200 Dr. SaLee’ Amina Mohammed, a fourth generation American citizen and former resident of United Arab Emirates, was invited by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter […]
Here’s What The US Education System Can Really Learn From Finland
Over at The Atlantic, Anu Partanen, a Finnish journalist based in New York City, has an interesting article that asks what exactly the US can learn from Finland’s unorthodox yet remarkably successful education system. Partanen, currently writing a book about what, more broadly, the US can learn from Scandinavia, points […]