Reinventing the Middle East lexicon
12 Jan 2012: “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “TheMajor quake shakes eastern city of Van
24 Oct 2011: A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey yesterday, triggering the collapse of buildings and killing many people, according to officials and experts. At least 50 people were taken to the single hospital in the city of Van, Anatolia news agency said,When the settlers go marching in
23 Sep 2011: Huwwara, Occupied West Bank - If there are violent confrontations later this month, as the Palestine Liberation Organisation requests full membership at the United Nations, they might well happen at a place like this, Israeli security analysts say. TheHow the World Bank and IMF Have Made African Famine Inevitable
10 Sep 2011: Famine is spreading like wildfire throughout the horn of Africa. As 12 million people battle hunger, the UN warns that 750,000 people in Somalia face imminent death from starvation over the next four months, in the absence of outside intervention. OverCrowds attack Israel embassy in Cairo
10 Sep 2011: A building housing Israel's embassy in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, has been stormed by hundreds of protesters who tore down one of the outer embassy walls. Protesters demolished the wall, erected to protect the embassy which has become a focus forDonors Help Keep Palestinians In Cages
18 Aug 2011: "Electronic Intifada" ---- “Israel besieges us, puts us in cantons — in cages — and the international community is feeding us in these cages. It’s anything but developmental and it’s helping Israel’s colonization, ethnic cleansing andOIC members vow to donate $350 mln to Somalia
18 Aug 2011: ISTANBUL — Members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, at an emergency meeting in Istanbul Wednesday, vowed to donate 350 million dollars for famine relief in Somalia. “We said we aimed (to collect) 500 million. We are committed 350 millionRamdan: A Month of Longing
01 Aug 2011: The blessed month of Ramadan is here again. Hundreds of millions of Muslims will fast for a month. They will abstain from eating or drinking from dawn to dusk. They will stand for hours in prayers each night to remember their Lord and express theirSevere Drought Bites Horn of Africa
07 Jul 2011: GENEVA – Hit by the worst drought in years, millions of people in the Horn of Africa are struggling against severe food crisis and high malnutrition rate, with some areas on the verge of famine, the United Nations said on Tuesday, June 28. "Over 10Somali Pirates Tap into Sophisticated Navigation
05 Jul 2011: Over the past few years, Somali pirates have been hijacking merchant vessels off the coast of Somalia in deep and dreadful waters, where risky and complicated operations left them significantly damaging international sea routes. Their mode of operationSlaughter Ban Angers Dutch Muslims, Jews
05 Jul 2011: AMSTERDAM – The Dutch parliament voted Tuesday, June 28, in favor of a proposed ban on the ritual slaughter of animals, to the anger of Muslim and Jewish minorities in the European country. "We are absolutely disappointed," Rabbi Moshe Stiefel in theSouth Africa fears new wave of violence against Pakistani and Somali shopkeepers
05 Jun 2011: Fears are rising that South Africa could face a new wave of xenophobic violence as mock eviction notices are issued to foreign traders in townships around Johannesburg, the scenes of bloody violence in May 2008. In one settlement, Pakistani and SomaliMohamed Ali Samatar: Former Somali Prime Minister to face U.S. court
05 Apr 2011: WASHINGTON — A US judge in the state of Virginia paved the way on Friday for ex-Somali defence minister and prime minister to face a lawsuit filed under 1991′s Torture Victim Protection Act. General Mohamed Ali Samatar is accused of killing thousandsUN Authorises No-fly Zone Over Libya
18 Mar 2011: The United Nations Security Council has voted on a resolution authorising military intervention in Libya to protect Libyan citizens, including the enforcement of a no-fly zone. The members of the UNSC voted with 10 in favour, none against the resolutionMohamed Ali Samatar: Judge denies immunity for former Somali prime minister now living in US
17 Feb 2011: MCLEAN, Va. — A judge has denied legal immunity to a former Somali prime minister now living in northern Virginia who is accused in a federal lawsuit of torture and war crimes. The judge's ruling, issued Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria,slashnews
Major quake shakes eastern city of Van
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey yesterday, triggering the collapse of buildings and killing many people, according
to officials and experts. At least 50 people were taken to the single hospital in the city of Van, Anatolia news agency said,
The wretched scandal of Gaza
Past bombed suburbs and scrubland stands the house on the frontier of hell. Once, Abdullah Wahdem's home was a pleasant villa set
in the citrus groves of northern Gaza. Now its cream stucco frontage is pitted by the bullets and artillery salvos that
From Hate to Love -
Story of Adiy ibn Hatim
In the ninth year of the Hijrah, an 'Arab king made the first positive moves to Islam after years of feeling hatred for it. He
drew closer to faith (iman) after opposing arid combating it. And he finally pledged allegiance to the Prophet, peace be on him,
Microsoft Bing in search deal with China’s
Baidu
Microsoft has signed a deal with China’s top search engine, Baidu, to provide the site with censored web search services in
English. Baidu, which dominates 83 per cent of the local market and whose success is built on its Chinese language services, said
