Another 5 years of Karzai: An Afghan-American Perspective from Kabul

by Wazhmah Osman - Afghanistan/USA - I was born in Kabul, Afghanistan during the good years, in the early seventies. Among my fondest memories is walking to and from school holding the hand of my stylish mother who was then...

Posted by Wazhmah Osman on January 7, 2010 12:00 AM

Modern Malaysia Grapples with Islamization

by Mahi Ramakrishnan - Malaysia - Eight years ago I followed the Muslim religious authorities, dubbed the morality police, on a raid in Malaysia's federal capital, Kuala Lumpur for an article I was writing on the religious body and its...

Posted by Mahi Ramakrishnan on September 9, 2009 12:00 AM

Bahrain Offers Women No Protection from Spousal Rape

by Suad Hamada - Bahrain - Getting a divorce and custody of one’s children is very difficult in Bahrain, even in cases where a husband sexually attacks his wife. The issue was exposed to the public last year, when an...

Posted by Suad Hamada on June 29, 2009 12:00 AM

The Rise of the Right: Europe’s Solution to Immigration
"Austria has inhaled enough people - we are full."

by Handan T. Satiroglu - Turkey / Western Europe - Not too far from the Baroque palaces and Gothic cathedrals that made the city of Vienna famous, a group of jubilant men and women are packed into a café. Glasses...

Posted by Handan T. Satiroglu on January 7, 2009 12:00 AM