A new glass exhibit at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv is set to dazzle the local art world this summer. Dubbed the ‘largest glass art exhibit’ in the history of the State, the display includes 100 works by 67 Israeli artists. From cute, oversized glass animal figurines to […]
Dr. Barak Weiss, a Ben-Gurion University of the Negev mathematician, has been selected to receive a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) in 2011. ……… Dr. Weiss’s research focuses on “exceptionally symmetric higher dimensional objects called parameter spaces, their groups of symmetries move points around inside them and […]
Jordan Times Turkey’s role and attempts at solving some major regional conflicts have increased, and the fact that Istanbul recently played host to two conferences on Libya and Syria is proof of the fact that the country is acknowledged as a linchpin by the nations in the area. The international […]
Religious Council figures show only 3,149 couples tied the knot in Israeli metropolis last year, including eight people over 80 and 22 couples who decided to remarry each other after divorce Tel Aviv has had the highest divorce rate in Israel for the past several years. Now it turns out […]
Europe Takes Bigger Role in Push for Peace in Middle East. WASHINGTON — With Middle East talks at a standstill, the Obama administration now finds itself on the sidelines, and Europe is emerging as the key diplomatic actor. More:
Commentators both in Israel and around the world have pointed out that the movement toward the right is endangering Israel’s liberal democracy. But maybe it’s time to see what stands behind this flood of anti-liberal legislation. The sound and the fury Israel’s anti-boycott law has not yet died down: Avigdor […]
By MD RASOOLDEEN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: The family of a Sri Lankan maid murdered in Saudi Arabia has agreed to pardon her killer and accept SR50,000 in blood money, the Sri Lankan Embassy here announced on Tuesday. Pavani Devi Sinnaiyah, 36, who was working in Qurayat in Al-Jouf province, […]
Annual survey taken by New York’s Travel + Leisure magazine finds Cape Town to be readers’ favorite Middle East/Africa city to visit. Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are among the top three cities in the region to visit, according to a recent poll taken by the New York-based magazine Travel + […]
By MUHAMMAD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: According to Jeddah police reports, on an average, 145 wives beat their husbands in a month, constituting 20 percent of the annual rates of such incidents. Wives only go for physical violence when they reach a state of explosion and can no longer […]
Source: News-Leader.com I write this as the countries surrounding Saudi Arabia and Israel are at obvious boiling points with respect to their government’s overthrow or potential revolutions. The people are rising up, fuelled by a hatred of either the ruling leaders now in power, or the Americans occupying their country […]
By Raed Omari AMMAN – Lawmakers on Sunday endorsed the public agencies budgets draft law for the fiscal year 2011 as referred by the government, with some recommendations. During yesterday’s Lower House session, an overwhelming majority of deputies voted to approve the law and all recommendations put forward by its […]
By Oraib Al-Rantawi, The Daily Star, Lebanon On May 10, at their 13th consultative summit, Gulf Cooperation Council leaders accepted Jordan’s application for membership, noting that it had originally been tendered 15 years ago. The GCC leaders also issued an invitation to Morocco to join their “super-rich Arab club” even […]
By SHEYMA BUALI, LIFE.SYLLE@ARABNEWS.COM London’s three-week long Shubbak festival of contemporary Arab culture opened on Monday on a strong note from Tamer Abou Ghazaleh, Zeid Hamdan and Maryam Saleh, performing together for the first time in Europe. The first week of Shubbak sped by with music, history, film and literature […]
By MAHA AKEEL, LIFE.STYLE@ARABNEWS.COM This book answers the question: What has the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), recently renamed as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, done in the past 40 years of its existence? It courageously addresses some existential questions of its relevance and place in today’s complicated, interconnected […]
Source: ynetnews.com Dozens of members of Council of Progressive Rabbis sign ‘manifesto’ calling controversial bill adopted by Knesset ‘a dangerous move unlike any other, which repeatedly erodes Israel’s Jewish character’ Dozens of Reform rabbis have signed a “manifesto” against the boycott bill adopted by the Knesset this week and are […]
Source: haaretz.com “The will of Israel” does not derive from civilian, minority-majority norms, nor is it based on a constitution that guarantees minority rights and defines when a minority has the option to rise up against the government. Instead, “the will of Israel” derives from an ultra-nationalist version of the […]
In his novels Sayed Kashua, a very famous author in Israel, talks about the lives of the country’s Arab citizens. Nader Alsarras spoke to him about his new novel that deals with the co-existence of different nationalities and religions in Israel. Source: http://en.qantara.de/ Sayed Kashua, a Palestinian author and journalist with […]
by Yair Altman Ynetnews Israeli, Palestinian activists march along line that divided Jerusalem in 1967, call for establishment of Palestinian state. Organizers say they will not resort to violence Some 2,000 people are taking part in a march for the independence of Palestine in east Jerusalem. The organizers of the […]
Source: Ikhwan Web The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) condemns UNESCO’s recent decision to introduce Occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on its website, in a grave violation of UN Security Council Resolutions which consider East Jerusalem Occupied TheMuslim Brotherhood (MB) condemns UNESCO’s recent decision to introduce Occupied Jerusalem as the […]
By ARAB NEWS Published: Jul 14, 2011 21:18 Updated: Jul 14, 2011 21:40 MAKKAH: The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has urged municipal authorities in Makkah to take urgent steps to protect the sanctity of some graveyards that it says are being slowly ruined in the holy city, Al-Madinah […]