In a lyrical, unexpectedly funny talk about heavy topics such as frayed relationships and the death of a loved one, Elizabeth Lesser describes the healing process of putting aside pride […]
Source: Time By Joseph Hincks The video shows a skier in a blue jacket slaloming down a slope before the camera pans upward, an ominous score playing in the background. “This is what families skiing on Mount Hermon in northern Israel saw when they looked up,” reads the on-screen caption […]
Source: New York Times By Kamel Daoud; is an Algerian novelist. State secularism works in funny ways. PARIS — What to do about Islam in France? Considering Islamist terrorist attacks, […]
HAKKI ÖCAL @hakkiocal After getting 67 percent of the national votes, the next day Reuters reports, “A bag of rice on a hungry family’s kitchen table could be the key […]
Ramzy Baroud January 28, 2019 Forget the hype, Israel’s “security technology” has nothing to do with why some African countries are eager to normalize relations with Tel Aviv. What is […]
Updated 28 January 2019 AFP January 28, 2019 08:17 621 ‘I am seriously thinking of running for president’ The self-described ‘lifelong Democrat’ said he ‘will run as a […]
NOOR NUGALI Rawan Radwan January 20, 2019 Saudi Arabia’s Shoura Council has moved to abolish a practice that remains a hidden scandal in many parts of the world […]
The Yazidi faith emerged in Iran more than 4,000 years ago and is rooted in Zoroastrianism, over time integrating elements of Islam and Christianity. (File/AFP) AFP January 28, 2019 […]
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Epigraph: “And We (Allah) made the son of Mary and his mother a Sign, and gave them refuge on an elevated land of green valleys and springs of running water.” (Al […]
By Olivier Pauchard Jan 23, 2019 The Principality of Liechtenstein is marking its tercentenary. But 2019 is also 100 years since its rapprochement with Switzerland. Since 1919, links have been […]
Jan 27, 2019 By Abdul Qadir Sediqi, Jibran Ahmad and Rupam Jain KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Taliban officials said U.S. negotiators on Saturday agreed on a draft peace pact setting […]
Jan 27, 2019 – Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has unveiled plans to help entrepreneurs in the Middle East to set up businesses. He is asking other countries to contribute […]
His actions are an almost exact replay of what was a staple of the Cold War years: US attempts by fair means or foul, to determine what happened in what […]
Ali Usman Qasmi Updated Jan 16, 2019 Composition by Marium Ali An electoral reform law containing provisions related to the holding of elections in Pakistan became a focus of controversy […]
The politics of Hindi–Urdu division — and unity — stretch back to at least the 19th century. David LunnUpdated Jan 24, 2019 —Illustration by Khuda Bux Abro/Dawn “Where did […]
The Observer Refugees As European elections near, Rome’s populists are advancing a pointed narrative that firmly blames the Elysée for migration Kim Willsher in Paris Sun 27 Jan 2019 […]
January 26, 2019 Ruth Sherlock Lama Al-Arian Felicia Perkins-Ferreira cried while recounting how her two young sons were taken by their father from home in Trinidad to live with the […]
Aamir A Rehman Senior Advisor on Islamic Finance, UNDP — The term ‘Islamic Social Finance’ refers to modes of finance that are rooted in Islamic ethics and intended for social […]
Source: Al Hakam Children who love both their parents often find it difficult to answer the question: “Who do you love more, mummy or daddy?” This question is often received with a perplexed look at both mummy and daddy as they try to muster up the right answer that can […]