The Arab media paradox
Today›s Arab media is rife with paradox. Compared to only a decade ago, today›s Arab world enjoys a dizzying variety of television stations, newspapers and internet sites....

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Now is the summer of our discontent with climatic extremes
This summer has been one of weather-related extremes in Russia, Pakistan, China, Europe, the Arctic – you name it. But does this have anything to do with global warming, and...

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Looking for the Wahabs
We are just ending a family vacation on Ocracoke Island off the coast of North Carolina. We have been coming here for 35 years now, and though so much has...

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Significance of Taqwa
All is well that ends well, is an old saying. It shows how important the end is: a blissful end is promised in the Holy Quran for the righteous. What...

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Hijabs, revisited
This has nothing to do with the Caucasus, but it’s important and this blog is called Haley Bureau and I’m Haley. Which means I get to write whatever I want....

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Abandon peace talks? No the US shouldn't
The flotilla incident off Gaza reminded us of the spillover effects of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians....

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From Britain to Yemen a life experience
I write to you all as my friends and take this opportunity of sharing with you my experience of living and working in Yemen, this most beautiful and most challenging...

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Prejudiced people can’t run the show
This media campaign fuelled many protests against mosques being opened in US cities. Despite this, many interfaith groups in the US — led by Catholic priests, rabbis, Protestant ministers and...

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Yemen: not on the verge of collapse
The Republic of Yemen is often spoken of in the press and in policy circles as a society on the verge of collapse (last year it was “another Somalia”), based...

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Water right won’t work
On 28 July a big majority of the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution recognizing “safe and clean drinking water and sanitation” as a human right....

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