Malala Yousafzai's receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize just over a week ago was not only just recognition of her contribution to the advancement of girl's education but a timely response to inflammatory and unfounded comments made by Bill Maher in July on his television show, Real Time with Bill Maher. The American stand-up comic and political pundit suggested that Israel had become very good at defending itself largely due to Jewish expertise in science. “Jews have, I think, 155 Nobel Prizes, Muslims have two,” said Maher, calling it “kind ...

When asked how Great Britain could help end the conflict over Kashmir during a visit to Pakistan in 2011, Prime Minister David Cameronsaid: "I don't want to try to insert Britain in some leading role where, as with so many of the world's problems, we are responsible for the issue in the first place." The UK passed a non-binding motion to recognize a legitimate Palestinian state last week, stealing headlines and winning some hearts. Still, something was off. There was an elephant in the Parliament last monday - was it ...

A new conspiracy theory has been juicing content on the internet’s more dubious “news agencies” with reports that Islamic State (IS) terrorists may send infected jihadists to spread the Ebola virus to the West. Now U.S. national security and health experts are giving credence to the possibility of low-tech biological terror attacks. The Israeli News Agency (INA), self-described as Israel's first online news organization, initially reported that dozens of IS fighters in Syria have fallen ill with symptoms of the disease, allegedly contracted in African training camps. Citing confirmation by ...

What’s the low down on getting down and dirty in the Middle East, virtually and voyeuristically? That’s right, we’re talking about the p word (or ‘b’ as it might get mis-pronounced in Anglo-Arab-speak). Get set to come over all steamy and sweaty as we uncover what’s happening between those Egyptian cotton sheets where the action is intensely internet. Leaving out Lebanon who’s not getting lucky lately, with a ban on six graphic websites sites imposed (why those six is anyone’s guess, maybe they came up short for those ministers enforcing ...

The Islamic pilgrimage Hajj took place last week and created all the usual buzz. International media fretted about the spread of MERS or Ebola. Saudi security forces braced themselves for sectarian spillover. Instead, the Mecca menace that claimed the most victims came from a cell phone, at least according to the religious scholars still up in arms about it. That’s right folks, we’re talking about the selfie . With Muslims documenting their every move with selfie-sticks and good old fashioned flip phones, many were left wondering, is no place safe ...