The Mice, the Cheese and the Fox Two mice both laid claim to a piece of cheese. A fox offered to split it in half for them, and then sliced pieces off to even the two pieces up, eating the bits as he went. Eventually the fox ate all the... Read more
Opinion
It seems that Arabian Business magazine, published in Dubai, is gambling with its name and reputation in the Middle East by describing the Muslim hero and leader Salaheddin (Saladin) as (infamous)
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News
Caabu (The Council for Arab-British Understanding) has written to the British Government to urge them to demand that Israel release Khader Adnan or, if there are valid grounds, charge him with a crime
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Herstory
The launch of the world’s first Muslim model agency, in New York’s fashionable Tribeca district, offered an interesting alternative to the options presented at New York Fashion Week a few blocks uptown. A coming-together of a... Read more
Events and Activities
This scholarship is offered to international students who have applied to study the MA Multi Media Journalism course at Bournemouth University beginning in September 2012, and who can demonstrate they already have an outstanding academic... Read more
Poetry & Literature
By Iqbal Tamimi The literary club of Riyadh invited a number of women, poets, to participate in the evening of poetry held yesterday as part of the activities of the Janadriyah Festival, an annual national festival for heritage... Read more
Art and Culture
SPANISH photographer Samuel Aranda has won the 2011 World Press Photo of the Year award for an image of a veiled woman holding a wounded relative in her arms after a demonstration in Yemen
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Herstory
By Iqbal Tamimi A Kuwaiti man trying to regain custody of his children accused his ex-wife of having relationships with two thousand men, basing his accusation on her activity on Facebook and Twitter. He provided the court of snapshots of her... Read more
News
Seven members of the UK’s House of Lords and a leading MP have appealed to Formula 1 chiefs to cancel this year’s Bahrain Grand Prix, which is due to take place in April
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Art and Culture
Nominations are now open for the 5th edition of the Channel Middle East Awards, the leading awards event for the region’s IT channel
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