Since the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) launched its offensive in Iraq on 6 June this year, the suffering of innocent people has been without bounds. They have been displaced, murdered and robbed of their property and possessions. Places of (...)
AMMAN: Over the past ten years, much has been written in an attempt to make sense of what happened on 11 September 2001. It is a difficult task. Analysing evil is not easy. Terror makes no sense to the rational mind. All that seems clear is that, (...)
AMMAN: Over the past ten years, much has been written in an attempt to make sense of what happened on Sept. 11, 2001. It is a difficult task. Analyzing evil is not easy. Terror makes no sense to the rational mind. All that seems clear is that, for (...)
AMMAN: At the time of Eid ul-Adha, which marks the end of the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca; Hanukkah, when Jews commemorate the dedication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem; and Christmas, when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, we look back, yet (...)
حدث تزوير!!!
قد يكون حدث تزوير لكني لم أره بعيني لكن كل الشواهد ترجح ذلك
هل كان التزوير بتلك الدرجة المهولة؟
لا, لا أعتقد فكل من رشح نفسه و لم يحالفه الحظ يقول حدث تزوير وزي ما بنقول بالمثل البلدي حجة البليد... مسح السبوره ، و التزوير هي الحجه التي (...)
This week the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to set the first week of February of every year as the "World Interfaith Harmony Week". The resolution was proposed by Jordan and was introduced by King Abdullah's Personal Envoy and (...)
AMMAN: As the world watches the anguish in Gaza continue, I am moved to reflect on the 10th anniversary of the death of my beloved brother, King Hussein, and my family s historic involvement in all stages of the tragedy of Palestine.
For the (...)
Princess of Atlantis
For three days all eyes were on Dubai for the legendary launching of Atlantis the Palm, Dubai, located on top of the Palm at Jumeirah with extensive Arab and international celebrity presence, as well as local and international (...)
The case of a teddy bear in a Khartoum classroom has become headline news across the world. The events seem ridiculous to most, politically motivated to some and worthy of outrage to only a small minority. But the facts of this debacle are less (...)
West Asia exercises much power over the world. The region obsesses policymakers, it drives industries such as arms and energy, and it feeds the ideologies and counter-ideologies of global conflict. Yet, what sets West Asia apart from other regions (...)
Encountering homeland security in Iowa City, Mona Prince discovers the dignity of speaking up against intimidation
In a climate where the United States is seen as an aggressor enforcing her way and will on the rest of the world, I found myself (...)
Princess Fawzia (b.1940)
The daughter of King Farouk, Egypt's last monarch, Princess Fawzia died in Lausanne, Switzerland, following a long and courageous struggle with multiple sclerosis -- a disease that had left her paralysed for the past nine (...)