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, […]
The words that can make us calmer
Source: BBC News By Fiona Macdonald 27 September 2017 In the introduction to his new book The Poetry Pharmacy, William Sieghart quotes the British playwright Alan Bennett. “The best moments in […]
Michelle Obama scolds female Trump voters
Source: BBC News Former US First Lady Michelle Obama has lashed out at female voters who backed President Donald Trump. “Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their […]
Italy woman marries herself in ‘fairytale without prince’
Source: BBC News An Italian woman has married herself in a ceremony complete with white dress, three-layer wedding cake, bridesmaids and 70 guests. “I firmly believe that each of us […]
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 […]
Pope Francis’s actions not heretical, just human
Source: CNN By Jill Filipovic Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in New York and Nairobi, Kenya, and the author of the book “The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness.” […]
A conversation is unfolding about women’s voices in Christianity
Source: THE WICHITA EAGLE BY KATHERINE BURGESS The Rev. Tish Harrison Warren struck a nerve in April when she wrote a blog post titled “Who’s In Charge of the Christian Blogosphere?” for evangelical […]
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 […]
Diwali festivals grow in US, from Disney to Times Square
Source: Associated Press By BETH J. HARPAZ NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday of Diwali is starting to light up mainstream America. Diwali, a festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, […]
Why ‘Why Buddhism Is True’ Is True
Source: NPR BY ADAM FRANK Here is one thing author Robert Wright and I agree on when it comes to Buddhist meditation: It’s really, really boring. At least, it’s boring in the beginning. […]
Kosher? Historic ruling lets Israeli diners decide
Source: Religion News Service By Michele Chabin | September 26, 2017 JERUSALEM (RNS) — For decades, Israeli restaurateurs who served kosher food but who did not want to submit to the authority of […]
Toronto: ‘We are living through an all-out assault on truth and reason,’ Hillary Clinton
By VICTORIA GIBSONStaff Reporter Thu., Sept. 28, 2017 thestar.com Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took to a Toronto stage Thursday night in front of a cheering audience of thousands, a scene reminiscent of the campaign trail she left behind on Nov. 8, 2016. Her electoral loss was almost a year […]
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 […]
Why Arabs in the US are their own worst enemy
The Arab and Muslim community in America has many problems. They are often the same problems that Arabs and Muslims face around the world, including the Arab and Muslim worlds. In America, many Arabs and Muslims are there physically, but their thoughts, hearts and minds are “back home.” In other […]
Toddler shoots two children with handgun in daycare centre
Police are determining whether to file charges in the case Emily Shugerman New York Thursday 28 September 2017 Two children were shot by another toddler at an informal daycare centre in Michigan YouTube/WXYZ-TV Detroit Two children are in serious but stable condition after allegedly being shot by another toddler at […]
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 […]
I’m all for war crimes trials in The Hague – so long as we agree to prosecute every possible war criminal
Reflect on the fact that Rifaat al-Assad had been in Europe for decades after he was first accused of sending his Defence Brigades to massacre civilians in Hama. He was worth millions. He lived in luxury in London at a time when I was asking why Scotland Yard didn’t pay him […]
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 […]