One of America’s sweetest exports just landed in the Middle East. It’s a viral sensation that’s highly addictive. It won’t cause obesity or high blood sugar, but exposure requires immediate “open-your-heart” surgery! Humans of New York (known to fans as HONY), is a Facebook phenomenon that truly exploits the power of social media while avoiding all its squalor. Its creator; a gentle man who chats to strangers and takes their pictures, producing poignant tales of modern life. His simple posts evoke thousands of comments, but not a snarky one in ...
Hero or zero: who is Hamas? As the dust settles on Israel’s longest-ever attack on Palestine , let’s rationally assess this Islamic resistance movement which can so easily be painted as poster boys for every point-of-view. Its evolution is complicated (in its infancy, it was nurtured by Israel!) and can’t neatly be summarized in a slideshow. But if we share some facts and sidestep spin, we might incite you to dig deeper towards a fresh and (relatively) unbiased view. During the heyday of Yasser Arafat’s Palestine Liberation Organization, Hamas provided ...
As the U.S. sends more airstrikes in the north in Iraq against the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) , otherwise known as the Islamic State (IS), another war is brewing in Baghdad between ousted Prime Minister Nour al-Maliki, current President Fuad Masum, and a man eyeing the now-available position as Iraq’s new leader. Until two days ago, Haider al-Abadi wasn’t really making headlines. A former communications minister and advisor to Maliki himself, Haider al-Abadi arrived quietly in Iraqi politics in 2005 after spending the last several decades exiled ...