Posted By:  RaquelEvita Posted On:  Jul 26, 2008	This Muslim knows how to have fun & great minds to watch out for
We all have our vices, whether we like to ‘fess up to them or not. Mine are slightly embarassing. But I’m willing to own up to them: * Independent bookstores: the one in my neighborhood has the most incredible Middle Eastern politics, current affairs and history sections...... [view]

Posted By:  RaquelEvita Posted On:  Jun 18, 2008	Afghanistan: the latest
A friend recently wrote to me on the subject of Afghanistan. She wondered if, given all of the attention being given to other situations worldwide - Afghanistan has slipped many people’s radar screens. She elaborated: people are still...... [view]

Posted By:  RaquelEvita Posted On:  Jun 3, 2008	“Barack Obama clinches Democratic nomination”
Now this is a presidential smile…                                                     They had better not be messing with me . I can’t take it any longer. More to come. But nothing until I can pull myself away from the...... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason Posted On:  Dec 11, 2007	My reading list
My lack of a television and a slim selection of print reading material has led me to find other ways of staying connected to what is going on in the reast of the world. These were some of the interesting things that I read about this past week. DEVELOPMENT The AIDG blog presents an...... [view]

Posted By:  RaquelEvita Posted On:  May 27, 2008	Women tearing each other down - stop the madness!
I’m certainly deviating from my usual subject matter, but this is ridiculous . I commend Princess Beatrice for responding to this with grace. ... [view]

Posted By:  RaquelEvita Posted On:  May 20, 2008	Barack Obama - Portland, Oregon
I love the child who says he wants to be president “like Obama” - priceless and precious!   ... [view]

Posted By:  RaquelEvita Posted On:  May 19, 2008	U.S. soldier uses Qur’an for target practice
Read more about this here and here .     ... [view]

Posted By:  RaquelEvita Posted On:  May 17, 2008	Inspirational Muslim - Abdou Bala Marafa, the Emir of Gobir
“As the father of the community of Gobir, when I see a girl married too early, who became fistulous? Who can’t contain her urine, who cannot live in the society, who is really marginalized. I don’t have the right to stay seated and let things continue this way. We have been...... [view]

Posted By:  RaquelEvita Posted On:  May 19, 2008	Myanmar to accept help from ASEAN neighbors
(FROM THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE - AN ARTICLE BY SETH MYDANS) Myanmar agreed Monday to let its Southeast Asian neighbors help coordinate foreign relief assistance for cyclone victims, bending to international pressure to allow in aid, said George Yeo, foreign minister of Singapore. ...... [view]

Posted By:  dchase Posted On:  Mar 15, 2008	Global Issues Network & the IBO
I am currently in Dusseldorf, Germany at the Global Issues Conference (I know a database driven site for a conference, I was confused too), which is the annual gathering of the Global Issues Network . The network is made up of a number of private school, mostly international schools (as...... [view]

Posted By:  RaquelEvita Posted On:  Nov 2, 2007	Rudy Giuliani: If it was good enough for Pol Pot, it MIGHT be good enough for me!
Rudy Giuliani “isn’t sure” if waterboarding - a simulated drowning technique allegedly used by the United States armed forces in the war on terror - is torture. Waterboarding induces the feeling of imminent death - see also, mock execution - which is illegal under...... [view]