June 23, 2007

Interview with Tunisian human rights activist Abu Khawla

AT contributor and blogger Stefania Lapennaa interviewed Tunisian liberal academic and human rights activist, Abu Khawla recently.Tell us more about your commitment as human right activist. As you mentioned, I'm a Tunisian academic and Human Rig...

April 8, 2007

The Ancient Persian Empire

Tensions between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the West have been heightening. After years of appeasement in the hope of getting something in exchange, Western leaders now seem to have realized that multilateral talks on the nuclear issue inevitab...

February 19, 2007

Unworthy Heirs to Cyrus

Sadly, the legacy of one of the world's greatest civilizations is in peril, as vandals control the territory once ruled by giants.If there were a debate among historians of ancient civilizations with topic being the relative greatness of Greek and Pe...

December 28, 2006

Iran's So-called Elections

For one moment, the world's focus on Iran shifted from its regime's nuclear program to what many still naively call "elections". Once again, the business-hungry European nations have applauded the 'victory' of the self-proclaimed 'refo...

December 1, 2006

European reaction to Dem win

The mainstream media is enthusiastic to let us know that "the world welcomes the outcome of the U.S. mid-term elections". In addition to the cheers from the world's worst tyrants and terrorist groups the Democrats s...

September 30, 2006

The Pope and Muslim Ambassadors

The Pope recently met with ambassadors from Islamic countries. Although the meeting itself was widely reported, important details and contextual information have not been widely reported even in Italy, much less in the worldwide media. They provide i...

June 23, 2006

Iran and the World Cup

Germany escaped an awkward situation thanks to Iran's World Cup tournament defeat last Saturday by Portugal, and its elimination from championship competition. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats against Israel and his open Holo...

July 2, 2005

The Agenda the G8 should have

On Tuesday, July 6, the leaders of the eight most powerful nations will meet in Scotland to take stock of the world and debate about what is still to be done on issues such as the fight against mass poverty and terrorism. Simultaneously, hundreds of ...

June 5, 2005

Unfinished business in Iran

On Saturday  May 4th, the Associated Press quoted a source from U.S. intelligence and foreign allies who avowed havingg enough evidence to prove that several top Al Qaeda operatives are hiding in Iran — with the complicity of the Iran...

May 26, 2005

Castro defied by open opposition in Cuba

The Cuban resistance — on the island itself — has celebrated its first open—air conference in Havana on May 20th and 21st. More than two hundred delegates from more than 350 opposition groups traveled from several Cuban provinces to...