War on terror drives Arab actor to "Zigzigland"
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Bashar Daas comes from Zigzigland, an imaginary country just below South America where people respect Arabs and he always has cash to pay the utility bills.
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RIYADH - Yasser Esam Hamdi, a US-born Saudi held for nearly three years in the United States as a terror suspect, arrived in Saudi Arabia Monday and renounced his US citizenship, an interior ministry spokesman said.
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Osama bin Laden's first video in almost three years has drawn enthusiastic support from al Qaeda supporters but other Muslims in the Arab world seem less impressed, and wary of new violence.
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The triple terror bombing of Israeli tourists in Egypt overnight Friday may signal the opening of a new front in al-Qaeda&#39;s battle to supplant pro-Western regimes in the Arab world.
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CAIRO -- The new Al Qaeda video featuring an American calling for his countrymen to convert to Islam raised fears it signaled an imminent attack, but analysts in the region said yesterday it is more likely a bid to soften the terrorist group's image.
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ON THE ISRAELI-EGYPTIAN BORDER -- Sergeant Tzipora Schindler , a 2004 graduate of Newton South High School, is on the front lines of Israel's other border war, on the lookout for terrorists and smugglers along the country's southern frontier.
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A documentary about Islam  and homosexuality is vying for attention at the Toronto  International Film Festival, where high-profile movies set in  the Middle East are already making a splash.
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PARK CITY, Utah  - After years of watching Osama bin Laden in grainy television footage, U.S. audiences have a chance to see a less chilling version of the al Qaeda leader -- as a cartoon character dancing to rap music and a video game villain.
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The effort is changing into a terror war of its own.
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An Israeli actor will  play Saddam Hussein in a four miniseries from the BBC and HBO.
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No bombs. No bloodshed. No bin Laden. Belly dancing is the theme Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch says can best communicate the Arab world to the West and reconcile cultural differences.
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Inside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, Samir Zedan dons a flak jacket and helmet. But Zedan is not your typical high-level U.S. government employee: He is Palestinian.
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YUHMOUR, Lebanon -- The fighting stopped two weeks ago, but it's still too dangerous for Abdullah Ziaeddine to move back into his war-blasted home, much less start to rebuild.
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Arts & entertainment: Can Morgan Spurlock succeed where the US Army failed? The director on global quest for Bin Laden
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Hanging out with Khalid Abdalla, the 27-year-old star of the new film adaptation of âThe Kite Runner.â
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The Palestinian refugee believed to be the mastermind of bomb attacks on Israeli tourists in Egypt began dressing and talking like a Muslim fundamentalist more than a year ago, his neighbors and relatives said Tuesday.
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His trip includes Israel and the Palestinian territories.