King Saud University (KSU) (www.ksu.edu.sa), Saudi Arabia invites online applications for Master and PhD Studies in all disciplines for its 2013/2014 academic year. The admission most probably will be granted in Sept. 2013, however, Feb. 2013 may also be possible, if visa issued faster.   Interested students can apply online athttps://dgs.ksu.edu.sa/DGS8/Login.aspx. Both Arabic and English version of the website is available. All relevant information is available there. Pls …

You did not create yourself nor did you descend from apes and monkeys. It certainly cannot be attributed to a vigorous, virile and wholesome ancestry; you know what I am talking about.  Humanity shares a common heritage. Whether you speak for the white people or black people, whether you speak for the Americans or Anglo Saxons this is entrenched reality, we are one human race with  one …

  Al Jazeera's Nadim Baba, reporting from Gaza, has said that the search continues for survivors of an Israeli air strike that killed nine members of the same family in Gaza. Our correspondent said rescue workers worked frantically to pick up the debris from "the massive crater where the residential building stood". Five children were among the nine members of the …

A short interview broadcast by CNN late last week featuring two participants – a Palestinian in Gaza and an Israeli within range of the rocket attacks – did not follow the usual script.   For once, a media outlet dropped its role as gatekeeper, there to mediate and therefore impair our understanding of what is taking place between Israel and …