Abdellah Taia: Feeling Like a Traitor 0

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Post Views: 18 Taia’s French is based on an economy of language and speaks of the other Morocco that has been rendered invisible by the media and elitist literature When the award-winning and openly gay young Moroccan novelist Abdellah Taia

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Mahmoud Abbas: Negotiating Palestinian State Away 0

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Post Views: 6 Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas attended a meeting at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on 8 June 2012 There had been no indications that the Palestinian Authority (PA) intends to forfeit its bid for statehood at the

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Lebanese Women in Gaza: No Way Home 0

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Post Views: 7 Lebanese women married to Palestinians and living in Gaza face difficulties in returning to Lebanon for visits, including the difficulty of obtaining visas for their children. Amahl Saghir flips through her passport, one page at a time.

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Mexican drug cartel ‘laundered money through US horse breeding’ 0

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Post Views: 2 Oklahoma ranch and New Mexico racing track raided as federal agents claim Zetas gang bought horses with drug money US federal agents have raided a ranch in Oklahoma and a prominent horse track in New Mexico, alleging the brother

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UN official calls Syria conflict ‘civil war’ 0

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Post Views: 4 UN peacekeeping chief says government has lost “large chunks of territory” as witnesses describe heavy shelling in Homs  The head of the United Nations’ peacekeeping operations has said that the situation in Syria now amounts to a

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Scores killed in Iraq blasts 0

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Post Views: 1 At least 57 people killed in attacks targeting Shia pilgrims in Baghdad and police in Hilla during religious event Bombs targeting Shia pilgrims in Baghdad and police in southern Iraq have killed at least 57 people and injured

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