Iran resumes global oil game? – II
The addition of more oil from Iran sent a shock through oil markets with US crude benchmark WTI shedding 7.5 percent of its value as concerns of the global glut…
In Lebanon, a garden blooms on former ‘trash mountain’
Lebanon's southern city of Sidon is best known for its Crusader castle and ancient market, but a more modern landmark has marred its Mediterranean shoreline for decades - a towering…
Murder, motive and belief
Voltaire never actually said, despite the evidence provided by numerous Facebook status updates, that he may not agree with us but will defend to the death our right to say…
The forgotten war and the Imran that went missing
Remember not to mention the war. No, not the war between Raiwind and Model Town. The other one in a now-forgotten place called North Waziristan. It was all the rage…
Education apartheid
The word apartheid became well known when it was used in South Africa to discriminate against non-Europeans. Its most vicious aspect was the Bantu Education Act. Frances Baard, an activist,…
Gaza bodyguards open first private security firm
As hoards of excited fans scramble to reach Arab Idol winner Mohammed Assaf, they are pushed back by a group of tough-looking men in shades - the face of Gaza's…
Sorcery, spirits and sacrifice at Morocco Sufi festival
Sorcery, plate-smashing and animal sacrifice are not often associated with Sufi festivals, but they all feature at a popular annual pilgrimage to a Moroccan shrine linked to the "queen of…
The fulminations of Tahirul Qadri
The politicians of Pakistan are incapable of saying anything without indulging in coloured phrases of rhetorical exaggeration. The pathetic grandiloquence of their speeches is invariably laced with barbs against their…
