Muslims need their own Martin Luther King Jr. Day
RABBI MARC SCHNEIER January 16, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/pykhx As we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the US on Monday, let us recall the words of this peerless […]
Good governance the key to Arab world progress
HAFED AL-GHWELLJanuary 15, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/zq3t8 A confluence of unprecedented challenges has added renewed urgency to finding answers for a question that has long confounded politics in the Arab […]
Palestinians deserve more than this pointless ‘summit’
YOSSI MEKELBERG January 15, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/v4bty When it comes to the Palestinian issue there seems to be a division of labor in Israel between the “bad cop,”Prime Minister […]
Israeli killings of Palestinians are brushed aside unless victim is American
RAY HANANIA January 14, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/4bn7d Coverage of violence by Israeli soldiers and armed settlers follows a distinct pattern in which the Israelis defend their actions and describe […]
Ageing, Spirituality and What Really Matters in the End
Hamaad KhanSCIENCE, MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY 9th January 2022 THE REVIEW OF RELIGIONS ©Shutterstock Hamaad Khan, UK Wispy hair, sunken flesh, brittle bones; as we age, we are marked by the […]
Pakistani Nobel Laureate Dr. Abdus Salam on Decline of Science in Muslim World
Dr. Salam: “Islam was very strongly research-minded until about Year 1000 AD. Then there was a big battle between the Sufis and the theologians (established religious leaders). Theologians won that […]
Fatima al-Fihri: Founder of the world’s oldest university
In the Moroccan city of Fez, Fatima al-Fihri founded a mosque which developed into the famous al-Qarawiyyin university. Today it is recognized as the oldest existing university in the world.0 seconds of 0 secondsVolume 90% Watch video01:48 Fatima al-Fihri: Founder of the world’s oldest university Who was Fatima al-Fihri ? Fatima […]
Iranian weapons shipments prolonging the war in Yemen, US envoy says
The US Navy seized upwards of 1,400 assault rifles and 226,000 rounds of ammunition from a vessel originating from Iran in December 2021. (US Naval Forces Central Command) Short Url […]
Israel’s library Middle East, Islamic collection draws online attention
One of the most heavily-trafficked resources on the Arabic website is a newspaper archive with more than 200,000 pages of Arabic publications from Ottoman and British Mandate Palestine, said Raquel […]
Political correctness in the Gulf. Qatar’s textbook spring-clean
With World Cup 2022 around the corner, Qatar has embarked on a campaign to clean up its school system. Distracting from grievous shortcomings in other areas by highlighting a willingness […]
The Muslim world must do more to help Uyghurs being persecuted in China
January 10, 2022 People take part in a demonstration to protest against China’s policies towards Uyghur Turks on the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, […]
West, US claims having ‘values’ but continues to allow Israel colonise Palestine
Jan 05,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Over the holidays I began a book I read many years ago. The book is “Dust in the Lion’s Paw,” by Freya Stark, a British-Italian […]
The forgotten half
Jan 08,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh When we talk about freedom of expression, we remember one half of the matter and forget the other, which is of equal importance. The half we remember is the right of individuals to express their opinions and air their views. This is […]
Christians are under threat in the cradle of their faith
Jan 08,2022 – JORDAN TIMES By the office of His Beatitude Theophilos III, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, who contributed this article to The Jordan Times Having served as a priest […]
Israeli MP faces heat for remarks on settlers
Builders work on new constructions in a settlement zone in the Israeli-controlled Al-Shuhada street, in the old town of the flashpoint Palestinian city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, […]
Emma Watson post shows Israel’s anti-Semitism smears are beginning to break down
January 8, 2022 British actress Emma Watson in London on 17 October 2021 [JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images] Asa Winstanley AsaWinstanley January 8, 2022 Harry Potter actress Emma Watson was smeared on Monday by a […]
Recent cases expose to the world the unjust and discriminatory Israeli legal system
DAOUD KUTTAB January 07, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/vdfzn The decision this month by an Israeli judge in the Beer Sheva Court caught advocate Maher Hanna off guard. And Hanna, a […]
US turns a blind eye to Israeli violence against Palestinians
RAY HANANIA January 07, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/z4fmt Last year was the deadliest for Israeli violence against Palestinians since 2014, when Israel invaded the Gaza Strip and killed more than […]
Palestinian lives are precious and must be protected
RAMZY BAROUD January 02, 2022 ARAB NEWS Short Url https://arab.news/rz6jp The Israeli military’s recent decision to revise its open-fire policies in the occupied West Bank seems puzzling. What is the […]
We are living in an age of disorder and discontent
SIR JOHN JENKINS December 31, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/zcdsh In his remarkable book, “Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century,” the British historian Geoffrey Parker explores […]