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Mr. Minister of Social Solidarity .. Do you have an answer?

"Abu Halawa" is an Egyptian citizen. He is 26 years old. He graduated from college and did not find work in his village: El Horeyah. And so he devoted himself

States within the USA need to rebel

Bush & his Bandits have been watching too much FOX Television. Someone needs to tell George that he’s not living an episode of “24,” and that his view of a

Iraqi Children Pay Heavy Price of War

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has painted a dramatic picture of the situation of children in Iraq and warned that increased assistance is needed to improve their dire situation.

Bush Nudges Mideast on Democracy

Shortly before President Bush showed up in the region last week, human rights activist Abduljalil Alsingace tried to deliver a petition to the U.S. Embassy complaining about the lack of

Barack Obama – I’m sure we’ve seen him somewhere before

Like Will Smith, who in the new film I Am Legend wakes up to find himself the last man alive in a world of zombies, am I now the only

Arab Stereotypes in American Film

Al Jazeera anchor and senior correspondent Yosri Fouda -- who interviewed al Qaeda leaders Ramzi bin al Shibh and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed -- sent me this clip this morning on

How The Arab Press Sees Bush Trip

If Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder, So Is News In The Expanding Universe Of Middle East Media

George Weigel’s Anti-American Jeremiad

What, one wonders, can possibly inspire the neoconservatives’ hate for Americans, their history, their traditions, and their ideas? In the context of this question, George Weigel’s new book, Faith, Reason,

Islamists emerge in stifled Tunisia

MENZEL BOURGUIBA, TUNISIA — The jihad journey of the Nasri brothers began in this mud-splattered town where shipyards rust and umbrella sellers wait with mercenary fervor for storms to rumble

Tunisia Veil Case Threatens `Odious Rag’ Struggle

Saida Akremi, a Tunisian lawyer, specializes in human rights -- including the right to wear the Muslim headscarf that her country’s late founder called an ``odious rag