By: Denis Bonneau | 2010-04-04 | Politics Are you watching the news? It's easy to look at the fighting between the Lebanese Armed Forces and Fatah al-Islam in Lebanon and dismiss this as the usual hodgepodge of conflict associated with the Middle East. After all, we've been seeing this for years. Or have we? read more
By: Prasoon Kumar | 2010-09-23 | Book Reviews Gerald Seymour's is perhaps one of the most enduring names in realm of British writers who have enjoyed worldwide success. His first book Harry's Game appeared on the literary scene way back in 1975, which revolved around a British agent who infiltrated Provisional IRA, that too at a difficult time. The first book was almost like an explosion, which took the literary world by storm (cliché but true). read more
By: Lance Winslow | 2010-04-21 | Politics Al Qaeda is said to be also in Lebanon. It's so interesting because it really is not news in the intelligence community and it has been known for a very long time. read more
By: Gary Ashb | 2011-03-21 | News and society The edition aims to highlight some of the most relevant historical, literary, political and theological issues informing contemporary discourse around the topic of Islam, as it is found in recent literature. read more
By: Joe Baaklini | 2010-04-04 | Politics What is Nationalism? What is its origin and how impacted society and people? Lebanon as a case study. read more
By: Don Sutherland | 2010-05-22 | Politics An examination of the immediate aftermath of the combat in Lebanon suggests that a return to the status quo ante is likely. Hezbollah will not be disarmed and it will continue to receive assistance from its Iranian and Syrian patrons. Moreover, the risk of regional instability has now increased with Israels doctrine of deterrence having been significantly eroded by the inconclusive outcome. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-11-21 | Politics The playboy son of Colonel Gaddafi, Saif Al-Islam, was captured by Zintan fighters near the southern town of Obari and flown to the city of Zintan in the north. He would be facing a firing squad as the Libyan government yesterday refused to hand him over to the International Criminal Court. The latest Gaddafi son news gives a great cheer to Libyan people. A commander of the Zintan militia told the press that he had been captured along with several aides as they tried to smuggle him out to neighboring Niger. One of his captors said, “At the beginning he was very scared. He thought we would kill him”. Saif Al-Islam is the last key Gaddafi family member to be seized or killed and be wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity read more
By: Prasoon Kumar | 2010-09-27 | Writing The latest book - The Dealer and the Dead - from Gerald Seymour is raw and hypnotic at the same time, though it does look more like reporting rather than fiction. You may also be disturbed by its brutality. This is the story of a British arms dealer Harvey Gillott who got payment for delivering arms to Croatian villagers anticipating a Serbian attack, but he never delivered. It resulted in the death of Croats against advancing Serbs, the men were murdered and the women were violated. read more
By: Prasoon Kumar | 2010-09-23 | Book Reviews The latest book - The Dealer and the Dead - from Gerald Seymour is raw and hypnotic at the same time, though it does look more like reporting rather than fiction. You may also be disturbed by its brutality. This is the story of a British arms dealer Harvey Gillott who got payment for delivering arms to Croatian villagers anticipating a Serbian attack, but he never delivered. It resulted in the death of Croats against advancing Serbs, the men were murdered and the women were violated. read more
By: Nicolas Hanhan | 2010-04-04 | Politics Go back to the civil war my beloved country, for your leaders are unable to reach a pact that will make Lebanon triumph over a definite civil war. read more
By: Prasoon Kumar | 2010-09-23 | Book Reviews The difficult world inhabited by his characters finds full echo in the writings of Gerald Seymour. Despite all the difficulties his characters go through, readers are surprised when no protagonist ever comes out and says he did things for his country. Instead, those characters are pinched and pushed, as there is no respect for them in the real world; everyone is living for himself or herself. read more
By: clare | 2010-12-29 | Clothing Being a way of life which gives guidelines to all aspects of lifestyle, Islam also provides for codes of public decency. While there is no hard and fast rule to Islamic clothing, there are particular types of clothing that Muslims have to wear as a minimum standard that they have to comply with. read more
By: Elyah Israel | 2010-03-29 | Spirituality In Numerology (number science) "7" signifies "Holiness" and "closeness with God." The number 7 occurs in much of the symbolism of Christianity, and Judaism. read more
By: Uday Gunjikar | 2010-03-31 | International studies When Islamic extremists in Pakistan blow up cinema houses, claiming that they are un-Islamic, one has to wonder why radical Islam seems to feel so threatened by Hollywood. Religious extremists are invariably threatened by the arts because the arts represent freedom of expression and a representation of the truth. read more