Yesterday, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted to recognize Palestine as an independent state. The vote follows PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ wildly...
One of the most striking and moving images from the Egyptian Revolution was a line of Coptic Christians, linking arms and protecting the Muslims from the military police during their call to prayer....
The Quest For the Historical Satan, Miguel A. De La Torre and Albert Hernandez, Fortress 2011. It’s a familiar image to most people in (post) Christian societies - the red, pitchforked Satan. but...
I remember the first time I visited the United Nations. I walked through the courtyard, marveling at every flag of every nation majestically poised against the backdrop of the beautiful, glass...
The Devil's Double is a new film, a fictionalised version of the real-life story of Latif Yahia, who served as the double of Saddam Hussein's son Uday. Unlike Jona Lewie you will never find Uday...
There was much celebrating yesterday as rebel forces, aided by increased NATO surveillance, moved into Tripoli. Though fighting continues in pockets throughout Tripoli—most notably over Gaddafi’s...
In February, the world watched in awe as Egyptians converged on Cairo’s Tahrir Square to peacefully overthrow the autocratic regime of Hosni Mubarak. The previous overthrow of Ben Ali in Tunisia...
Like the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, the one in Syria, the product of decades of fierce repression, was sparked by more immediate acts of defiance. As political analyst Emma Sky was told that...
“Funny, I thought that all this would happen in the middle of the night and it would be done by masked Israeli soldiers,” tweeted Joseph Dana, The Nation Magazine’s correspondent aboard the US...
Although they might not have been the first terrorists, the Sicarii wrote the book on terrorism. Rejecting everything but their narrow view of the world, they believed their inner might could defeat...
