Could wood pulp make cars lighter and more efficient?
Source: BBC News By Virginia Harrison Business reporter, Singapore Car parts of the future could be made out of a surprising material. Wood. Researchers in Japan are working to create […]
What Should Trump Do About the Kurds?
By Michael Rubin On 10/1/17 This article first appeared on the American Enterprise Institute site. On September 25, Iraqi Kurdistan held an independence referendum not only in its recognized territory, […]
India is working itself into a frenzy about interfaith marriages
Source: The Economist THE older woman’s slaps come quick and hard, followed by a shrill, “Have you no shame?” The younger woman sits still, eyes downcast, holding a hesitant hand […]
A proposal for Islam
Source: The New York Times By Mustafa Aykol I am writing this column from an airplane, on my way from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to my new home, Wellesley, Mass. I’m […]
Last flight departs as Iraq imposes ban for Kurdish independence vote
Reuters International This content was published on September 29, 2017 The Erbil International Airport is seen empty of passengers in Erbil, Iraq September 29, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (reuters_tickers) By Maher […]
Pakistan ministry seeks ban on new party backed by prominent Islamist
Reuters International This content was published on September 28, 2017 FILE PHOTO – Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, chief of the banned Islamic charity Jamat-ud-Dawa, looks over the crowed as they […]
Opinion: Independent Kurdistan Looks Like a Zimbabwe in the Making
The image of Kurdistan as a democratic, progressive, prosperous state is illusory. The Kurds should get their house in order before they get their state David Rosenberg Sep 28, […]
Time for Kurdistani Political Parties to Get Their House in Order
By DAVID ROMANO 23/12/2016 – Your humble columnist just spent the last four months living in Kurdistan. Although this was not, of course, my first stay in the region, […]
A cleric arrived, the music stopped, a melee ensued: Why hard-liners stopped a Pakistani wedding
Source: The Washington Post By Haq Nawaz Khan and Pamela Constable September 26 PESHAWAR, Pakistan — For nearly a decade, nobody dared play live music at weddings or parties in much of the northwest region […]
Judge puts deportations of Indonesians on hold
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL CASEY A federal judge on Tuesday put on hold the deportation of several dozen Indonesians in New England who had lost their bid to remain […]
Christian to head Syria parliament for first time in decades
Sabbagh is first Christian to hold the post since Fares Al Khoury served sporadically between 1920-1946 Image Credit: AFP Newly elected Syrian parliament speaker Hammoudeh Sabbagh delivers a speech on Sept 28, 2017 in Damascus. Published: 18:50 September 28, 2017 AFP Damascus: A Christian legislator was Thursday elected […]
King Salman meets Russian realism
Dr. Manuel Almeida Five decades of broken diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and the Soviet Union (1938-1992) offer some perspective into the significance of King Salman’s expected visit to Moscow next week, the first ever by a Saudi monarch. In 1926, after Moscow recognized King Abdul Aziz Al-Saud’s conquest of […]
Kurdistan has voted overwhelmingly for independence – so what happens next?
The most pressing problem is funding. Much of Kurdistan’s domestic economy is dependent on Turkey, which has threatened to cut off the flow of goods and stop exporting oil because of the referendum Rebecca Richards, Robert Smith Thursday 28 September 2017 Over 92 per cent of votes were cast for independence […]
Book Review: One Billion and One Arabian Nights
by Dr. Salee’ Amina Mohammed One Billion and One Arabian Nights documents the extraordinary experiences of Dr. SaLee’ Amina, an American convert to Islam, throughout 27 years of working with Royal families in the oil wealthy Arab countries. After achieving a high level of accomplishment in the private wealth management and […]
A more complicated situation
Sep 27,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Whenever the US attempts or effects “regime change”, disaster follows. North Korea is the latest country where Washington would like to oust the leadership, perhaps because its ruler, Kim Jong-un, called Donald Trump a “dotard”, a senile old man, after he dubbed […]
Rights group accuses Myanmar of crimes against humanity
Source: Reuters BY Shoon Naing 6 MIN READ YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar is committing crimes against humanity in its campaign against Muslim insurgents in Rakhine state, Human Rights Watch said […]
Iraqi Kurdish independence poll: How far will Turkey go?
By AFP – Sep 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A photographer takes photos as soldiers stand next to tanks bearing Turkish and Iraqi flags during a joint military exercise near the Turkish-Iraqi border on Tuesday (AFP photo) ISTANBUL — Turkey has reacted with unbridled fury to the independence referendum in Iraq’s […]
In Pakistan, once-fringe Islamist radicals are making their way into mainstream politics
Source: The Washington Post By Pamela Constable September 24 ISLAMABAD — One candidate was from a banned group, its leader under house arrest for past ties to armed militants. The other was from […]
Fighting Pakistan’s food waste, one lunch box at a time
AMNA EHTESHAM KHAISHGI | Published — Monday 25 September 2017 LAHORE: Every afternoon for 20 years, Huzaifa Ahmad’s mother opened the door of her home in Lahore and fed dozens of people who had nothing to eat. “All of us in the family were instructed not to take more […]
‘Mass Hindu grave’ found in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
Source: BBC News The Myanmar authorities have accused Muslim Rohingya militants of killing 28 Hindu villagers whose bodies were allegedly found in a mass grave. The army says the bodies […]