‘Daddy, help! They’re killing me!’

By Ruben Navarrette Jr., CNN Contributor Editor’s note: Ruben Navarrette Jr. is a CNN.com contributor and a nationally syndicated columnist. San Diego, California (CNN) — As evidenced by media stories and public awareness campaigns, Americans have resolved to get tough on bullying. In that spirit, it’s time to send a message […]

Prepare for the long haul in Syria

By Michael Young, The Daily Star, Lebanon One thing that the Lebanese can usually do with some precision is predict stalemate. Their own conflict between 1975 and 1990 was one long, debilitating lesson in destructive deadlock. So when those in Beirut look toward Syria today and shake their heads, that’s […]

Why girls are the solution to ‘overpopulation’

By NOWELL SUKKAR BLACKLAW ARABNEWS In the midst of rapid, constant and never-ending change it is easy to overlook one of the fundamental causes at the core of many social, economic and environmental problems… “overpopulation.” Demographers, environmentalists and scientists estimate that the earth has the capacity to support and sustain […]

Presidential vote splits Egypt’s strict Islamists

By TAMIM ELYAN | REUTERS ARABNEWS ALEXANDRIA, Egypt: At Al-Taqwa mosque in Egypt’s second biggest city, a preacher defends his ultra-orthodox Salafi group’s decision to endorse Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh, an Islamist who casts himself as a moderate, in this month’s presidential election. “Don’t consider his media statements only. He […]