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.” “TheYemen Cabinet approves immunity law for president
10 Jan 2012: SANAA: Yemen’s Cabinet approved a law granting President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and anyone who has worked under him, immunity from prosecution for any crimes committed during his 33-year rule. Sunday’s decision came as a surprise to many in Yemen, whoAlchemy in Islamic Times
01 Dec 2011: On 8 June, A.D. 632, the Prophet Mohammed (Peace and Prayers be upon Him) died, having accomplished the marvelous task of uniting the tribes of Arabia into a homogeneous and powerful nation. In the interval, Persia, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Egypt,Hague warned over UK abstention in Palestinian statehood vote
09 Nov 2011: Britain will face severe consequences in the Middle East when it abstains in a UN vote on whether to recognise the Palestinian territories as an independent state, senior Conservatives have warned. As the foreign secretary, William Hague, prepares to tellMuslim Identity and Demography in the Arakan state of Myanmar
27 Oct 2011: 1: Introduction Burma (or today's Mayanmar) is a country of many nations - many races, ethnicities and religions. It is not a country either of or for any particular group - be they are the majority Bamar (Burman), the minority Shan, Kachin, Kayah, Kayin,Major 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,The wretched scandal of Gaza
10 Oct 2011: 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 thatPreparing for The Realities of Marriage
07 Oct 2011: How ludicrous would it be for a person to hold a grand opening for a new business then leave for vacation the next day or go to a job interview without having read the job description? Equally absurd is the way many people get married each year withoutDina al-Shibeeb: Is Iran helping Iraq to become a civilian nuclear power?
23 Sep 2011: In the game I call politics, it is OK for western allies such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan to go nuclear provided they are able to prove that the endeavor is purely of a civilian nature. Even if countries are not western allies, if they want toUAE to hold second limited polls to choose 20 representatives at Federal National Council
23 Sep 2011: Voters chosen by the traditional rulers of the United Arab Emirates will cast their ballots Saturday in the second-ever polls to elect half the members of the toothless Federal National Council (FNC). Some 129,000 Emirati citizens are expected to elect 20When 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. TheAs the UN Debates Its Bid for Statehood, Palestine Disappears
23 Sep 2011: It’s the show that time and the world forgot. It’s called the Occupation and it’s now in its forty-fifth year. Playing on a landscape about the size of Delaware, it remains largely hidden from view, while Middle Eastern headlines from elsewhereThe Middle East's New Geopolitical Map
23 Sep 2011: The Arab Spring is not the only revolution in town. The toppling of dictators in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya; the mounting death toll in Syria and Yemen, where the outcome is still undecided; the revival of long-suppressed Islamic movements demanding a shareHow 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 forslashnews
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
