[escenic_image id="55194060"]A controversial Egyptian television series, Al-Gama’a, was broadcast daily at prime viewing time during Ramadan this year. It depicted the foundation and early…

[escenic_image id="55193031"]In a speech this October at the national conference on “soft war” in Tehran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad emphasized that, “there are many interpretations of Islam, but …

[escenic_image id="55193977"]In a Middle Eastern region beset by cross border and internal conflicts, and a growing sense—explored by radicals—of being in a clash of civilizations with the West, a…

[escenic_image id="55183455"]As the war in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate, doubts increase in the US and abroad as to whether American military strategy there is on the right path. The…

[escenic_image id="55183388"]Most people know that the Roma exist, but few know much about them. Who belong to this mysterious community, which people frequently associate with petty crime and self…

[escenic_image id="55183253"]In a speech in Atlanta shortly after 9/11, President Bush stated that through the “war on terror” the US not only protected its own values but also those of the …

[escenic_image id="55180742"]Foul play, or justice? These are different characterizations that have surrounded last week’s verdict of Tariq Aziz by Judge Mahmoud Saleh Al-Hassan. Aziz, who is to be…

[escenic_image id="55178284"]Thirty years ago, Iraqi forces thrust across the Iran-Iraq border to the east of Basra, leading to eight years of war that can best be described as “a bare-knuckle fight…

[escenic_image id="55175223"]HERAT: Mullah Kareem is an unlikely member of the Taliban. Stridently un-ideological, he shrugged off his Kalashnikov and abandoned jihad against the infidels as soon as…

[escenic_image id="55171498"]A day after the one-year anniversary of the disputed 12 June elections, a series of YouTube clips appeared on the web showing a group of plain-clothed young men and a…