The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall highlights both the inherent thirst for freedom and proclivity to hypocrisy ingrained in the human condition.

As people across the world are joining to celebrate the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, there is...

Israel forcibly removed Palestinian families from homes that its government declared to be under Jewish ownership last weekend.

Never mind that the Palestinians had been living on the land in Sheikh Jarrah for decades. But within hours, Jewish families settled into the evacuated homes.

In a statement on...

In Lebanon, where divisions dominate both the political and media spectrum, a new and independent youth newspaper, is shaking up the status-quo.

Sawt Ashabab, which translates to "Youth Voice" in Arabic, began as part of a media literacy project, but has evolved into the successful launch...

The most volatile region in the world is going nuclear.

As North Korea restarts its main nuclear plant and Iran continues to flex its nuclear muscles, a less publicized nuclear renaissance is underway in the Middle East.

Putting the Chernobyls and Hiroshimas aside, in the Arab...

Iran is flexing its nuclear muscles again. North Korea has kicked out nuclear inspectors, and now the world's most potentially explosive region is going nuclear as Arab nations begin importing nuclear technology at an unprecedented pace.

President Obama, who recently spoke of his commitment to pursue a world without nuclear...

What if there were a small city whose entire purpose for existing was to promote education for an entire country?

Scratch that...an entire region?

Well, on the outskirts of Doha, the capital of Qatar, is Education City, possibly the beginning of just such a place.

Founded ten...

"People were buying anything" my cousin told me over dinner at an empty, but delectable, Lebanese restaurant at The Emirates Mall of Dubai.

"It didn't matter what it was or even if it was worth it. Everyone was buying whatever they could, even if they couldn't afford it," she said.

The answer to the question posed in Bob Simon's bold 60 Minutes segment, "Is Peace Out of Reach?" may be rhetorical, but perhaps can be best answered with the conditional, "Well, it depends who wins Israel's elections?"

On Tuesday, Israeli voters will go to the polls to elect a...

Last week, environmental activists, politicians and business executives from the world's leading energy companies met in Abu Dhabi for the second annual World Future Energy Summit.

But why would a country with one of the highest per capita carbon footprints in the world and 10% of the world's...

The visceral response seen across the world to Israel's attacks on Gaza has been described by many as an unprecedented outpouring of support for Palestinians suffering in Gaza. Millions have taken to the streets to protest the war, even in Kuwait, a country that is one of America's closest Arab...

The exasperating traffic along Beirut's corniche creates a symphony of beeps and horns that drowns out even the sounds of construction surrounding the street. But the orchestra has quieted in recent days, even as young members of Etelaf Al-Khair, a charity that aims to coordinate relief operations for Palestinians...

Some may call it propaganda but I call it hardcore reporting. If you are not watching Al Jazeera English's coverage of the War on Gaza, you are missing much, if not, most of the story.

Israel has invaded Gaza, divided it, and banned foreign journalists from entering -- but Al...

Millions across the Arab world are demonstrating, demanding that Arab governments do more to support Palestinians trapped in Gaza. The growing gap between public policy and public opinion in the Arab world highlights the lack of democracy in the Arab world.

Just hours before Israel launched its ground invasion...

Israel may win this war, but Hamas is not going to lose it.

They will suffer great losses, but once this is over, just as Israelis will support their newly elected prime minister, Gaza's 1.5 million Palestinians will also rally around Hamas, their democratically elected government -- and many Arabs...

Unlike in Baghdad and Beirut, in Kuwait, there were no widespread protests following Israel's incursion into Gaza, though several hundred gathered Monday in front of the National Assembly to protest the attacks and dozens of banners lined the city's looping highways reading, "Gaza, we are with you."

The organized...

The media's emphasis on the retaliatory nature of Israel's air strikes on Gaza distracts from the more consequential, newsworthy elements -- Israel's disproportionate use of violence and its upcoming Parliamentary elections.

That Israel attacked Gaza is no surprise. Since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel ended on December...

Beirut, a city all too familiar with bombings and resistance, is now booming and resilient.

As the rest of the world braces for a global economic dive, thousands of visitors (many from Arab Gulf countries) flood into Beirut to get down and dirty, or up and holy. Either way,...

It happened again, just slightly different this time.

Two men were captured by Israeli soldiers near the town of Blida on Lebanon's southern border with Israel on Friday. The two brothers, Tarraf Tarraf and Hassan Tarraf, claim they were beaten and interrogated by soldiers asking them about possible links with...

More people, sending more weapons to the Middle East -- marvelous.

Despite announcing plans to increase military support to Lebanon's army, the U.S. has stalled, prompting Russia to step in. Ten new fighter jets are to be sent to strengthen Lebanon's weak Air Force as Russia attempts to challenge...