By Therese Taylor Forbidden Love and Burned Alive are both best-selling memoirs about honour killing in the Arab world. Published in 2003, they attracted rave reviews from major journals, and also the enthusiastic recommendations of […]

By Franklin Lamb – Marjayoun, Lebanon  "The difference, my dear Christian friends, between Israel and the Arab world is quite simply the difference between civilization and barbarism. It’s the difference between good and evil and […]

Riding Roughshod: How to Choose Your Neighbours By Ingrid B Mørk You steal their land and their water,Destroy their hopes and their dreams,You break their bones with bloody great stones,`Cause nobody heeds their screams. You […]

By John V. Whitbeck  Kosovo has now issued its anticipated unilateral declaration of independence, and the United States and most European Union countries, with which this declaration was coordinated, are rushing to extend diplomatic recognition […]

By Ahmed Yousef The bombing of the YMCA library in Gaza is the latest in a series of attacks on Christian or Western institutions since Hamas won the Palestinian elections in January 2006. The perpetrators of […]

By Ramzy Baroud We know well who killed top Hezbollah commander Imad Mugniyah on February 12 in Damascus. Although in the US media only journalists like Seymour Hersh have the nerve to point out the […]

By Kevin Zeese Senator John McCain has only one issue with the chance of uniting the Republican base and presenting a challenge to the Democrats in the General Election – war and more of it. […]

By Ivan Eland Both the book and movie Charlie Wilson’s War glorify the “colorful,” liberal, Democratic congressman’s successful crusade to bludgeon the reluctant, neoconservative Reagan administration into dramatically escalating funding, arming, and training of radical […]

By Fidel Castro The moment has come to nominate and elect the State Council, its President, its Vice-Presidents and Secretary. For many years I have occupied the honorable position of President. On February 15, 1976 […]

By Stephen Lendman On January 10, Swiss-based Manas Petroleum Corporation broke the news. Gustavson Associates LLC’s Resource Evaluation identified large prospects of oil and gas reserves in Albania, close to Kosovo. They’re in areas called […]

By Abid Mustafa Whenever western governments mention weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and Muslims in the same breath, the western media immediately breaks into wild frenzy warning its people that a catastrophic event of epic proportions […]

By Emily Spence Too often news coverage focuses on discreet current events at the expense of a more synthetic approach to notable happenings. While it is important that the public learns of major incidents in […]

By Rannie Amiri “If you think we are going to sit with our hands tied, then perhaps we would have to burn everything. If you want chaos, then we welcome chaos. If you want war, […]

By Nicola Nasser The breaches created by bombs and bulldozers in the border wall between Gaza and Egypt have been described as "the biggest prison breakout in history". For a brief moment, Palestinians hemmed in […]

By Uri Avnery Every people elevate the profession in which they excel. If a person in the street were asked to name the area of enterprise in which we Israelis excel, his answer would probably […]

By Hasan Afif El-Hasan Free media is an important institution in a democracy. The media in a democratic society must be responsible for conveying the sort of facts and analysis that is necessary for an […]

By Stu Littlewood James Gordon Brown, you are a ‘son of the manse’, which means you were raised in the household of a church minister. You’ll be quite big on Christian principles, then.  So how […]

By Ralph Nader Dear President Bush: I was listening to your address before the self-described Conservative Political Action Committee gathering in Washington, D.C. last week, while reviewing materials on occupational hazards in the workplace. The […]

By Kevin Zeese 2008 Campaign provides the opportunity to build a movement for fundamental change away from militarism The issue on which Sen. Obama scored the most points in the January 31st debate with Sen. […]

By Sam Hamod Ethnocentrism is one of America’s greatest weaknesses. Unfortunately, too many of our citizens think that only our way can be the "right way." If we would learn to "walk in the shoes […]

By Kathleen and Bill Christison You would think that showing maps clearly delineating the truncated, obviously non-viable area available for a possible Palestinian state and showing pictures that define Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories would […]

By Ramzy Baroud As the race for the presidential nominations progresses, the stances of and attitudes towards both Republican and Democratic candidates continue to bring up causes for concern, in terms of their past behaviour, […]

By Joharah Baker On February 3, a court under the deposed Hamas government in the Gaza Strip ordered a ban on the distribution of the Palestinian daily, Al Ayyam. Apparently, the court order came after […]