In this melodious north-western corner of Tunisia, there are plenty of reasons to be wistful, as memories of a glorious cultural era fade. Yet there are also reasons to hope.
Protests turned into violent riots last week in Lebanon’s Tripoli when clashes erupted between security forces and protesters, leading to more than 400 wounded and one dead. Protesters hurled Molotov…
“Prisoners of History: What Monuments to World II Tell Us About our History and Ourselves” by Keith Lowe; William Collins
A pedestal is a risky place to take a stand.
In America, official…
“When television is good, nothing—not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers—nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is worse.”
Nearly 60 years ago, the FCC chairNewton…
Mayar Sherif made history in September by becoming the first-ever Egyptian female tennis player to reach the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.Sherif, who was making her Grand Slam main draw debut…
ISIS is quietly "rising from the ashes" in parts ofIraqandSyria, but this is not the first time that it has recovered from a near-death experience. Its predecessor,al QaedainIraq, also reconstituted…
ISIS is quietly "rising from the ashes" in parts ofIraqandSyria, but this is not the first time that it has recovered from a near-death experience. Its predecessor,al QaedainIraq, also reconstituted…
Mayar Sherif made history in September by becoming the first-ever Egyptian female tennis player to reach the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.Sherif, who was making her…
Before Sandra Saad was a superhero in a major Marvel property, the actress found herself in an unfortunate, potentially career-killing position for a young performer. She had to turn down acting…
A Kurdish man, standing beneath the Kurdish flag, raises his hand as several thousand sing the Kurdish national anthem while they celebrate Kurdish New Year March 20, 2005 in Lake…
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Walid Al-Zaidi was born on April 30, 1986 in the Tunisian state of El-Kef. Walid went blind at the blind age of two, but in spite of this setback he never allowed…
The strait carries up to 20% of the world's oil exports at around 20 million barrels of oil each day. Any closure could cost the global economy greatly, even if only for a short time.
For decades, Iran's supreme leader—first Khomeini, then Khamenei—pursued a strategy of backing regional militias to fight Israel, but with the 'resistance axis' in tatters, Iran is left to fight alone