US enrollment of international students has declined for the second year in a row, amid worries about gun violence, harsh immigration policies, resentment over trade and a culture of nativism. “Foreign students are big business,” writes Michelle Hackman and Douglas Belkin for the Wall Street...
UK-produced Muhammad (Pbuh) The Last Prophet, a story that traces the life of Mohammad and the birth and rise of Islam, arrives in theaters after overcoming impediments over Islamic law's ban on depicting the Prophet and other notable figures. The cartoon tells the story of Muhammad through...
The first Islamic cartoon? But what's it all about, asks Amina Elbendary
It caused quite an uproar when it was in the early stages of production, which makes the non- existent reaction, on its Egyptian release, to...
As NATO plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, stability is in doubt for a country with inept governance and stubborn opposition from an obscurantist group. Crime reports from Afghanistan suggest the Taliban are waging attacks on police and schools, including the recent attack on a convoy...
Battle for Afghanistan’s future: Afghan students celebrate graduating from Thunderbird School of Global Management's Project Artemis (top); back home, the Taliban destroy a girls’ school. (Top Photo: Project Artemis)
EAST LANSING: As NATO troops...
In a caustic critique of France and Germany's proposal to form a 'core Europe', Heather Grabbe, deputy director of the Center for European Reform, argues that such a plan would only damage the dream of an integrated Europe. The economic viability of the European Union is already...
When the European Union's Brussels summit collapsed last weekend, Jacques Chirac, the French president, reached immediately for his Plan B: the idea of a "two-speed" Europe led by a pioneer group with Germany and France...
Hollywood films represent more than half, and sometimes more than two-thirds of total box-office receipts in major markets. Films that succeed in the US market also tend to succeed in foreign markets. This suggests that a convergence of popular taste may be coming about, though in many countries...
A New James Bond Movie: Die Another Day starring Pierce Brosnan
From the early years of the twentieth century, right down to the present, the United States has been the world's major commercial producer of motion pictures. According to the US...
In a book to be published this week, former US Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott tells the story of President Bill Clinton’s personal diplomacy in averting a possible nuclear war in South Asia. The conflict began in May 1999, when Pakistani commandos infiltrated the Indian part of Kashmir in...
On the brink of a catastrophe: Indian artillery pound Pakistani infiltrators in the Kargil region of Kashmir. Pakistan was reported to be readying its nuclear weapons until President Clinton intervened
WASHINGTON: During...
China’s government restricts movement of funds out of the country, but a network of middlemen charge fees for underground currency exchanges and remittance transfers. “Facing a turbulent stock market and a weakening economy, many Chinese are trying to move money offshore,” reports Chuin-Wei Yap for...
SHENZHEN, China – In a warren of tiny shops beneath grimy residential towers, a white-haired man selling Snickers bars and fizzy drinks from a kiosk no larger than a cashier’s booth is figuring out a way to move $100,000 out of China.
That is twice...
The wave of protests that swept through the Middle East in 2011, known as the Arab Spring, rocked governments and ended a handful of dictatorships. Citizens of those countries anticipated a new era in the region’s politics amid the power of activism. “All of the revolts of 2011, except for Tunisia’...
After the spring, harsh winter: The Arab Spring brought Mohammed Morsi, right, to power in Egypt only to be replaced by his defense minister, Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi; Syrian refugees flee the war in the chaotic aftermath
NEW HAVEN: February...
