We’re entering the second week of a U.S.-led military operation in Libya, under the guise of humanitarian mission. NATO is expected to take over enforcement of the no-fly zone, with recent reports suggesting that the...
Over the past month, Libya has been thrown into turmoil as the government’s forces have violently suppressed a popular uprising against Libyan leader Muammar Qaddhafi. As a result of the violence, tens of thousands of...
This week, Republican Congressman Peter King of Long Island will chair hearings on what he is calling the “radicalization” of US Muslims. Many have criticized King, saying that by alleging hidden radicalism among Muslim...
After Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) complained to CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein about a new adjunct professor's Middle East course reading list, Brooklyn College canceled the appointment of Kristofer...
Last Thursday, Mousa Abu Maria and his brother Yousef were arrested by Israeli soldiers for organizing demonstrations in Beit Ommar. The brothers are co-founders of the Palestine Solidarity Project and have been...
Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist, has been described alternately as one of the most wanted women connected to al-Qaeda and as an innocent victim of the US-led regime of “enforced disappearances.” After ten...
Monday, January 11 was the eighth anniversary of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center, and on January 22, it will be exactly one year since president Obama issued his executive order to close the prison within a year. We...
The piano has been perhaps the most iconic and influential instrument within Western musical history. Now UK-based composer and percussionist Geoff Smith has invented an acoustic piano which uses fluid tuning. It allows...
Beginning in early 2010, American troops will begin arriving in Afghanistan as part of President Obama's escalation of military forces in the region. But as experts discuss the military strategies and political...
This weekend the Asian American Writers' Workshop brings the first annual Pageturner festival to Brooklyn, including the winners of the 12th Annual AAWW Literary Awards. We'll preview some highlights of the...
