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France: Arab history: Fraxinet

Fraxinet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The “plateau of Moors” near Fraxinet Fraxinet or Fraxinetum (Arabic: فرخشنيط Farakhshanīt‎‎ or فرخسة Farakhsha, from Latin fraxinus: “ash tree“, fraxinetum: “ash forest”) was the site of a 10th-century fortress established by Muslims at modern La Garde-Freinet, near Saint-Tropez, in Provence. The modernMassif des […]

Why I Just Can’t Shake Your Hand

  by Labeeb Ahmed An incredible amount of controversy and interest has been generated regarding the refusal of two Muslim students in Therwil, Switzerland to shake hands with their female teacher, and the subsequent threat of a 5,000 dollar fine by Swiss authorities to the parents of students who withhold […]

Who has the best nationality?

GLOBAL RANKING Who has the best nationality? By Simon Bradley JUN 2, 2016 – 12:00 The QNI measures the opportunities and limitations that nationalities impose on citizens (AFP) Can you independently measure the value of a person’s nationality? A new index has tried, ranking nations according to economic and development […]

A greying planet from north to south

By Duc-Quang Nguyen JUN 6, 2016 – 15:32 The ageing population is increasing at an unprecedented rate. If the phenomenon only affected developed economies in the past, now it has a worldwide effect. Pensions, health costs, lower economic growth … Through a weekly series of graphics, swissinfo.ch will help explain […]

Just another ploy …

Jun 04,2016 -JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Israel has dampened down any hope that the French initiative of convening a meeting in Paris on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be in any way successful, even before the meeting started. Dore Gold, the head of Israel’s foreign ministry, went as far as to compare […]