I have been invited to Haiti by “Haiti Solidarity” so am off there shortly. I will be staying and meeting with women activists from the Lavalas movement. I have a pretty good knowledge of Haitian history and contemporary politics but there is always more to learn and I needed to focus on [...]

The common enemy is violence and terrorism, not Muslims any more than Christians or Jews.
By Kenneth Ballen Those who think that Muslim countries and pro-terrorist attitudes go hand-in-hand might be shocked by new polling research: Americans are more approving of terrorist attacks against civilians than any major Muslim country except for Nigeria. The survey, conducted [...]

Are you a school student and you having a blog? I know that many of my friends (bloggers) are collage or university students, but I don’t know of any school bloggers, do you? (And by school I mean students who are 18 years old or less). Why I’m asking is because of the following [...]

Millions of expatriate workers facing maltreatment and injustice in the Middle East and the Gulf are a time bomb that could unleash riots like those rocking France!

Just came across a new Arabic ‘Blog-to-Media’ project, which is still on beta. It’s called ArabiskBlog. What they do is quite interesting. On weekly bases they publish a PDF Magazine called ‘Blogging Beyond Borders’ (already three issues), of selected Arabic language Blog posts. Although it looks so far to concentrate on Egyptian blogs, however we [...]

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) could gain from a growing solar power industry if they provide financial and political frameworks to lure investment. The report says that in 20 years, solar power could provide the same amount of electricity as 72 coal-fired power stations. This is enough to supply 100 million people, or [...]

Ever noticed the US government practice of Neo-Racism? Instead of saying all people from the Middle-East should be treated differently, the US government says people from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Lebanon, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and [...]

2nd Conference on Planning of Education & Applied Research in the Arab Countries. Location: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Date: 13 November 2005.

One of the reasons I’m writing about this topic today, is this comment by Gladwyn, which clearly implies unclear understanding of Hijab in particular and Islam in general.

Hijab has been the subject of much controversy and debate, especially since the French government decided to ban hijab and other religious “symbols” from public schools. Everyone [...]

For years now, British Petroleum (BP) has published a fascinating annual report entitled Statistical Review of World Energy. Publicly available on their website, this report provides excellent insight into the sources and uses of fossil fuel energy around the world. Now what does this report have to do with the political issues canvassed on this blog? As it turns out, quite a bit.