DURING the presidency of John F. Kennedy, the United States, fearing the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, deployed military advisors to support South Vietnam, a Western ally, against North Vietnam, which was aligned with the communist regimes ..
JEWS from the Middle East and North Africa are commonly referred to as “Mizrahim”, a term derived from the Hebrew word “mizrah”, meaning “east”, with some identifying as Arab Jews.The Mizrahim trace their roots t ..
Intellectuals, thinkers, and philosophers - Arabs, Muslims, and foreigners alike - have long looked into the causes of our backwardness. After centuries during which we were a beacon of enlightenment to the world, we have become, in many respects, ..
THE definition of a “child” varies from country to country. According to the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, anyone under the age of 18 is considered a child, unless a country’s law defines adulthood as occurr ..
By Ahmad Alsarraf In the late 1950s, the late Amir Abdullah Al-Salem learned that the British planned to request the allocation of Area G1 as a military base. He immediately ordered the Ministry of Defense to relocate from its original site in Safa ..
By Ahmad alsarraf MY friend and colleague, the banker Ibrahim Dabdoub, known affectionately as Abu Shukri, is perhaps the most renowned bank manager in Kuwait.Abu Shukri led the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) under the most difficult circumstances, ..
