The Question Of Syria
By Anthony Zeitouni In Beirut the Syrian crisis invades and surrounds you; it is always there on the table, not just because we are neighboring countries but because we are “one people in two countries” as the late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad said. Also, more Syrians fled to Lebanon during the current crisis, than the […]
Syria: Without Turkey’s Backing Assad’s Days In Power Are Numbered
To make the brutal repression less visible, the Assad regime is not allowing any international journalists into Syria. The estimate death toll from Assad’s crackdown on protesters is more than 1,300 people according to several human rights organizations. In the last few days, the repression has been even more severe as the protesters are not […]
US Drone Strikes And Bin Laden’s Killing: Turning Pakistan Into A Time-bomb
Today, more than 150 Pakistani Taliban attacked a military check point in North-Western Pakistan killing at least ten Pakistani soldiers. The bold attack occurred near the town of Makeen in South Waziristan, near the Afghan border. Lately, South Waziristan has seen a surge in strikes by US drones in the aftermath of the assassination of […]
Does Our Hyper-Connected World Make People Socially Inept?
If someone would have given me an accurate description of today’s communication and information world back in, let us say, 1971, I would have told them that they should stop believing in science fiction novels. Back then there were no cell phones or the internet, although both communication technologies were in the pipeline in various […]
Oxfam Report: ‘The Global Food System Is Broken’
According to a new report from Oxfam, a broken food system and environmental crisis are reversing decades of progress in the fight against global hunger. Oxfam projects that spiraling food prices will create millions of hungry people unless we radically transform the way we grow and share food. Starting June 1, 2011, Oxfam will launch […]
