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 PHOTO: Christiaan Briggs, flickr creative commons.
Ahmad is an Iraqi kid whose leg got blown off in a car bomb. He has stunning green eyes contrasted by jet black hair and olive skin. He’s featured in Richard Engel’s video on Iraqi children paying the price of war on Engel’s MSNBC.com Iraq blog.
Why Engel’s reports are not more […]

PHOTO: Palestinian women and children in south Hebron. flickr creative commons. 
Researchers at Israel’s Industry, Trade and Labor Ministry say that Arab women are the most exploited force in the Israeli work force, according to an article in Ha’aretz. Long working hours, low wages and cultural expectations are all factors to consider.
According to the researchers, Arab working women […]

PHOTO: Palestinian security forces clear rubble in Gaza City after a bombing in 2002.
Egypt is patching up the wall that Hamas officials brought down to allow Gazans access to Egypt after Israel imposed a blockade following an exchange of fire between Palestinian guerrillas and the IDF.
 When the wall was pushed down, Palestinians flooded the border town […]

For whatever reason, the entry on the Lebanese movie Caramel, set to start showing February 1 in some cities, was very popular.
Part of the curiosity was in the method of waxing. This particular way, called “sukkar” or “halawa” in Arabic, is common across the Middle East. Women can do it on their own, or like in the movie, they frequently […]