Our ancestors managed the land with controlled fires that reduced the accumulation of dry wood and vegetation. Not doing so means we now have giant fuel stores. Sometimes, the old ways are the best
[caption id="attachment_55233519" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A file photo of the Pentagon's THAAD anti-missile defense rocket[/caption]The US has a long-standing commitment to the Gulf States…
[caption id="attachment_55233408" align="alignnone" width="620"] Brigitte Lacombe: Sudan Running Team[/caption]
Entering the exhibition Hey’Ya: Arab Women in Sport at Sotheby’s in London, I stop by…
[caption id="attachment_55233332" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Syrian refugees wash clothes at the Zaatari Camp, Jordan’s first official camp for Syrian refugees[/caption]The global response to…
[caption id="attachment_55233321" align="aligncenter" width="620"] US Repulican party presidential candidate Mitt Romney stands in front of a picture of the Jerusalem Old City walls at an event in…
[caption id="attachment_55233313" align="alignnone" width="620"] The Fear of Breathing [/caption]
Rarely has theatre responded so swiftly to pressing current events as with the production of the play…
[caption id="attachment_55233236" align="alignnone" width="620"] Anthony Shadid[/caption]
House of Stone is both memoir and meditation and a distinctive contribution to Arab-American literature and…
[caption id="attachment_55233189" align="alignnone" width="620"] Nermine Hammam Upekkha series[/caption]
Art at the Mosaic Rooms
A solo show of the Egyptian artist Nermine Hammam at the Mosaic…
[caption id="attachment_55233166" align="alignnone" width="620"] (Credit: Samir Sayegh)[/caption]
Calligraphy has always been a part of the development of written language. Calligraphy by Muslim…
[caption id="attachment_55233076" align="alignnone width="528"] Credit: David Constantine[/caption]
David Constantine’s photography expresses a dignified humanism. His images are often striking, but…
[caption id="attachment_55232938" align="alignnone" width="620"] Bahaa Taher[/caption]
Bahaa Taher was born 1935, in Giza (Greater Cairo), to parents from the Karnak village in the Luxor governorate…
An Israeli diplomat recently told Lebanese Shiites that Israel did not see them as the enemy, but it is a difficult argument to make given the death and destruction. Is there a better way?