Malala calls on Suu Kyi to condemn Rohingya treatment
Reuters LONDON: Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, called on her fellow laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to condemn the “shameful” treatment of the Rohingya Muslims […]
Saudi Arabia wins praise for ensuring safe, secure Hajj
AISHA FARID & NADA HAMEED | Arab News Staff | Published — Monday 4 September 2017 JEDDAH: As Hajj winds down, congratulations poured in regarding the Saudi Arabian […]
When do lying politicians tell the truth?
Aug 31,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab Telling partial truth or untruths is prevalent with politicians. Although it should not be so, political leaders have a tendency to exaggerate, minimise and at times tell total lies in order to support a political point of view. But even lying politicians […]
It has been two years since Alan Kurdi’s death – and things have only got worse for Syrian refugees
The UK Government, like others in Europe, is once again dealing with Libya to try to block migration. But there is no Libyan regime now. Rather there are disparate parties, tribes and militias vying for power, legitimacy and money Steve Valdez-Symonds It has been two years since Alan Kurdi’s death […]
The Arabic Freud: Psychoanalysis and Islam in Modern Egypt
Book by Omnia El Shakry The first in-depth look at how postwar thinkers in Egypt mapped the intersections between Islamic discourses and psychoanalytic thought Read the introduction of the book: Psychotherapy and […]
North Korea says it conducts hydrogen bomb test; Trump issues trade threat
Source: Reuters By Jack Kim, Soyoung Kim, Steve Holland 8 MIN READ SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea on Sunday conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, which it said was of […]
Researchers Show How Simple Stickers Could Trick Self-Driving Cars
Source: Time BY David Z. Morris Sep 02, 2017 A team of researchers from four American universities has provided a troubling preview of how self-driving cars could be tricked into […]
THE WAGES OF TERROR
Source: Time BY JARED MALSIN/ISTANBUL | PHOTOGRAPHS BY EMIN OZMEN—MAGNUM FOR TIME Over the past few years, ISIS has repeatedly targeted tourist hot spots across Europe and the wider Mediterranean region. The slaughter […]
This Actress Changed Her Last Name to Get Roles in ‘Racist’ Hollywood
Source: Time BY Aurelie Corinthios / People Sep 01, 2017 Chloe Bennet is speaking out against discrimination in show business. The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star posted an Instagram praising actor Ed Skrein for stepping down from playing Major Ben Daimio in the upcoming Hellboy reboot after learning that in the original comic, the character is of mixed Asian […]
Obama team’s 2020 signals spark chatter among Dems
Source: MSN News BY Amie Parnes Democrats are expressing concern that advisers and aides to former President Obama have already begun signaling which candidate they might support for the White House […]
The beauty of being a misfit
Source: TED Talk To those who feel like they don’t belong: there is beauty in being a misfit. Author Lidia Yuknavitch shares her own wayward journey in an intimate recollection […]
World War 3: You’ll never find our missiles and we’ll ANNIHILATE you if you try – N.Korea
NORTH KOREA today fired another attack at the US and South Korea mocking any attempt to knock out the regime’s missiles as “nothing but a silly dream”. By Leigh Boobyer PUBLISHED: 00:01, Sat, Sep 2, 2017 Kim Jong-un continued the war of words with US President Donald Trump across international […]
White House holds national security meeting, pushes harsher sanctions after North Korea’s nuclear test
BY Jason Silverstein NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Sunday, September 3, 2017, 12:11 PM The White House on Sunday rushed to take national security and economic measures against North Korea after confirming that the rogue nation had pulled off its largest nuclear weapons test yet. President Trump called a […]
12 truths I learned from life and writing
Anne Lomott A few days before she turned 61, writer Anne Lamott decided to write down everything she knew for sure. She dives into the nuances of being a human […]
Ignorant People Made Me Want To Wear Hijab
Source: Huffington Post BY Kaya Gravitter, Contributor Kaya is an activist for change and speaking for the voiceless. The way a woman dresses can express what she wants you to see […]
Ted Talk: Success, failure and the drive to keep creating
Elizabeth Gilbert was once an “unpublished diner waitress,” devastated by rejection letters. And yet, in the wake of the success of ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ she found herself identifying strongly with […]
TED Talk: Dare to Refuse the Origin Myths that Claim Who You Are
By Chetan Bhatt, who teaches and writes about the numerous dangers human rights face today from resurgent Far Right movements We all have origin stories and identity myths, our tribal […]
Pope Francis Says Therapy Helped Him ‘Clarify Some Things’ Earlier In Life
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Pope Francis recently disclosed that he once attended therapy for six months to help him “clarify some things” in his life. The pontiff […]
Strong religious beliefs are only one part of Muslim American identity
Source: Pew Research Center BY GENEIVE ABDO Nearly all Muslim Americans (97%) say they take pride in being a member of the Islamic faith. But their devotion to core religious beliefs […]
Human Enhancements
Source: Pew Research Center BY David Masci Human enhancement is at least as old as human civilization. People have been trying to enhance their physical and mental capabilities for thousands […]