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Robert Fisk’s World: These Iranian troubadours show how music can corrupt the soul

I heard them in a narrow street in north Tehran, not one of the rich villa-lined avenues we associate with the Iranian middle classes but a tired thoroughfare of overheated

Europe’s call to intolerance

My question for Switzerland and other European countries enthralled by the right wing: When did Saudi Arabia become your role model?

President Obama: Getting to ‘Yes’

Whilst America has been absorbed by the Afghan election imbroglio, a less-noticed event slid into place in the Middle East.

Jewish settlers close the Nablus main road, threaten to occupy Nabi Yusuf

Jewish settlers demonstrated on the main road leading to the northern West Bank city of Nablus and called for the re-occupation of Prophet Yusuf's memorial in the city.

IOF troops arrest two Palestinians in Nablus

On the eve of the first day of Eid al-Adha, IOF troops arrested two Palestinians in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to local sources.

PLC: Netanyahu’s freeze of settlement building partial, aims to deceive

The Presidency of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) said that the announcement made by Netanyahu regarding a freeze on settlement activity for ten months is bogus and does not carry

Salah: Jerusalem is an Islamic, Arab city that will be restored to its owners

Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the Islamic movement in 1948 occupied Palestine, said that the occupation cannot steal the joy of the Muslims on Eid day especially in occupied Jerusalem.

Uglo calls on Muslims to unite and defend the Aqsa Mosque

Akmaludheen Ihsan Uglo, Organization of the Islamic Conference Secretary General, called on Muslims around the world on the occasion of Eid al-Adha to unite and defend their holy places, especially