” — EZBT ABED RABBO, Gaza Strip — Nasser Abu Freeh was one of the first to see the Israeli soldiers as they entered this

Neither The US Nor Israel Is A “Genuine Party To Peace.” By Noam Chomsky January 28, 2009 ” Information Clearinghouse ” — Barack Obama is

Appointment of Iranian American Vali Nasr to Obama Administration http://www.niacouncil.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1323&Itemid=2

Interview with Shirin Ebadi, in Light of of recent IR accusations and regime’s intimidation because of her continued  defense of women and the arrested Bahá’ís in Iran.  

The latest hostilities came despite separate ceasefires called by Israel and Hamas that ended a 22-day Israeli offensive in which 1,300 Palestinians, including at least

an internal defense document reveals that even settlements deemed legal by Israel are in part, and sometimes in large part, effectively illegal outposts. .This is

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad awarded murderer Samir Kuntar an honorary statuette Thursday during a ceremony in honor of former political prisoners from Iran and the

پیراشکی خسروی، موزه محمود صنعتی،  شعبه نفت ، تیری ده شاهی، باغ گلستان، کالباس آرزومان، کوچه آب منگُل، رسومات، کاخ جوانان، مسگری، آبجو بشگه آندره،

GAZA, Jan 29 (Reuters) – A Palestinian man on Thursday accused Islamist Hamas militants in control of the Gaza Strip of torturing and killing his

Reporting from Baghdad — Soldiers, police, prisoners and hospital patients cast early ballots Wednesday in provincial elections that are intended to redistribute power across Iraq

The best-selling poet in America today could never have known that someday there would be such a thing as America. Born over eight centuries ago

A Very Cute and provocative photo of Princess Soraya in a French Magazine. (1960’s)

Officials of Barack Obama’s administration have drafted a letter to Iran from the president aimed at unfreezing US-Iranian relations and opening the way for face-to-face

It’s a perfect day in Southern California.  From Doheny to Leo Carrillo, the beaches are crying out to be cruised, the canyons to be raced,

In the most recent episodes of Prophet Yusef, Yusef is seen travelling to distant areas in Egypt, visiting the poor and trying to resolve their

Of course silence, the lack of words in social interaction ( and for the purpose of this blog, I include the written word) can be

The Iranian leadership has finally given its first signal in response to President Obama’s talk of engagement with Iran. It’s anything but an olive branch.

“(They tried) to turn the region to confrontation in the interest of Iran, which is trying to use its cards to escape Western pressure …

TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran’s government spokesman on Tuesday branded the Holocaust a “big lie” created to place the Islamic republic’s arch-foe Israel in the Middle

  HEAD AND HEART       I was struck by John Martyn’s music when I saw him in concert at a student union concert in Oxford