The tragedy of monotheism
PHILADELPHIA: Everybody needs a tribe. One person alone faces a frighteningly big,…
Who should lead the IMF?
BERKELEY: The International Monetary Fund, many say, has had a good crisis.…
India shines on
MUMBAI: Every day, a small Japanese jet brings another 60 businessmen from…
Iraq elections: A victory for Iran?
A leading hard-line Iranian newspaper close to President Mahmoud Ahmadinezhad summed up…
Two Israeli and Jordanian journalists tell the story no one else will
JERUSALEM/Amman: It was supposed to be an exercise in cross-cultural reporting: find…
The Other Switzerland
BRUSSELS: As policymakers scratch their heads and wonder how best to absorb…
Editorial: Another Arab summit
CAIRO: As Arab leaders bask in the Mediterranean coastal city of Sirte…
Home-grown Hybrid Records hopes to revive lost heritage
Egyptian culture is in a pitfall; but that's old news. Whenever this…
Synagogue in Lebanon rises from the ashes
BEIRUT: The Magen Abraham synagogue, in the heart of downtown Beirut, is…
Renminbi and reality
BEIJING: The exchange rate of the renminbi has once again become a…