On the heels of International Women’s Day, the Moroccan government has announced plans to increase women’s political participation at the local level. By raising awareness of a recent change increasing the minimum quota for women’s representation in local councils from 0.56 percent to 12 perce...

An Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President Bush tells the judge his action was natural but is jailed for three years....

George Galloway is awarded a Palestinian passport by a Hamas leader in Gaza for his support for their cause....

The Middle East: Life After the Oil Bust Source: Knowledge@Wharton Time was when oil was being sold at $140 a barrel, and while consumers cringed at the high prices, the oil-rich nations of the Middle East prospered. The result was an economic boom that spanned industries ranging from financial serv...

An Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President Bush tells the judge his action was natural but is jailed for three years....

BBC News - Mar. 12 (News Report) - Police in the Pakistani city of Karachi have used sticks to beat up protesters outside the high court, as lawyers began an anti-government protest march. NewsTrust Rating: 2.9 average (not enough reviews) - See Review » - Review It   ...

Reformist former president Mohammad Khatami's announcement on 8 February that he will run again in the 2009 Iranian presidential election, attracted a lot of attention in the virtual as well as the real world. Several bloggers shared their hopes, doubts, questions and concerns about Khatami who ...

Our friend Greg from JR Telegraph has a piece in today's Boston Globe that unabashedly contrasts Israel positively with its anti-Democratic neighbors, talks about the rockets and trauma of Sderot, and explains the Israeli elections and the Avigdor Lieberman phenomenon......

Juan Cole gives us some useful context for this latest bombing at Abu Ghraib: The NYT reports that a suicide bomber killed 33 persons and wounded over 60 at Abu Ghraib, striking at a meeting of tribal sheikhs accompanied by military officers. Seven of the dead were officers, including the commanding...

Multi-ethnic Israel: [via Israellycool]......