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With Asian Hands

Anouar Abdel-Malek January 28, 2003
This editorial from Egypt's Al-Ahram Weekly says that Malaysia, an economically rising Asian nation whose population is predominantly Muslim, is the type of nation with whom Egypt must forge closer ties in the century to come. Thanks to the forces of globalization, the author says, the West is losing power to the other nations of the world, and Egypt and other Muslim nations of the Middle...

Education for All: The Unfulfilled Promise

Koichiro Matsuura January 22, 2003
If one of globalization's key features is an information-technology revolution, then certainly universal education deserves attention. Without ensuring everyone has access to the 'currency' of knowledge, many believe that globalization will only serve to further already-existing inequalities. In this article, the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and...

Globalization and the Middle East: Part Two

Frank Griffel January 21, 2003
Far from being anathema to Islamic societies of the Middle East, globalization has strengthened Islamic fundamentalism in the region by facilitating extensive networks of formerly dissociated Muslims - so says Yale Islamic Studies professor Frank Griffel, in the second half of this series on globalization and the Middle East. "A close look into the Islamic world reveals that it does indeed...

Globalization and the Middle East: Part One

Barry Rubin January 16, 2003
Globalization has been heralded both as the savior and the damnation of the world. Especially the attitude of Islamic countries towards all that globalization brings has been a matter of intense debate. In the first of two-part series, Middle East scholar Barry Rubin argues that unlike regions like Latin America or East Asia the Islamic nations of the Middle East have responded negatively to...

Jordanian Assaulted

January 10, 2003
With new transportation technology and an integrating world economy has arrived an era in which people can more easily travel for work or pleasure. But expressions of xenophobia may also be on the rise, as an attack on a Jordanian in Germany shows – YaleGlobal .

The World Still Watches America

Neal Gabler January 9, 2003
Some observers point to the decreasing popularity of American TV shows abroad as evidence that anti-American sentiment is on the rise around the world. Indeed, anti-globalization protestors who fear that globalization will lead to an American-dominated global mono-culture may take solace in the fact that the top-ranked US TV show, C.S.I., garners only three percent of the viewing audience in...

No Sugar Coating, Just Tea Please

Amira El-Noshokaty December 18, 2002
Modern 'Western' medicine – consisting now of pharmaceutical drugs manufactured in factories – has spread around the world as the norm for medical treatment. Despite its popularity, though, traditional medicine forms, such as acupuncture and herbal treatments, are also reaching out from their original bases to benefit people around the globe. The International Seminar on the...