Middle East

Peace Process Unleashes Violence  by Yaffa Shira Fredrick, Israel

President George W. Bush will need more than a magic wand to create peace in the Middle East. His trip to the region earlier this month seems to have ignited a new spate of violence between Israel and Palestinian forces. Having...

Home – Bitter Sweet Home  by Sheinei Saleem, Kurdistan

Sheinei Saleem left Kurdistan 10 years ago to escape the horrors of war. Yearning to return to the country she loved, Saleem traveled back to her home town of Slemani after graduating from university. What she discovered was...

Israelis Want Peaceful Coexistence  by Yaffa Shira Fredrick

Despite the terror and fear that describes much of the daily life in the Middle East, most Israelis yearn for the days when harmony between two groups can exist, when the land that is rich in religious history can be shared.

Islam Under Fire  by Falastine Dwikat, Palestine

Racial profiling on the basis of one’s religion is wrong but it is happening in many airports and other checkpoint areas around the world because people are very afraid of the followers of Islam. Islam is in a deep crisis....

Life of Terror  by G.S. Petit and N. Belabdelouahab, Nablus, Palestine

More than 20,000 people live in the Balata refugee camp on the West Bank where poverty is rampant and unemployment is over 60%. Out of desperate circumstances like Balata, many feel resistance is the only option. Two...