Arab talent in spotlight as Mideast meets West
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The political thriller  "Rendition," which opens Friday, might feature Reese  Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal on the poster, but its real  stars are two actors who hardly qualify as A-listers.
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With news of politics, war and baseball dominating the headlines, it is easy to overlook events in faraway lands. But people interested in long-term peace in the Middle East should be encouraged by the historic
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Arab, Muslim and Western nations gather in Morocco on Saturday in an effort to promote economic and political reform in the Middle East that is widely seen within the region as US meddling.
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JERUSALEM - Many Middle East observers believe the word opportunity describes the situation in the region after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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KARMIEL, Israel -- Fatina and Ahmad Zubeidat, young Arab citizens of Israel, met on the first day of class at the prestigious Bezalel arts and architecture academy in Jerusalem. Married last year, the couple rents an airy house here in the Galilee filled with stylish furniture and other modern gr...
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NABLUS, West Bank -- Talk about the Middle East is upbeat these days in Washington, Europe, and Jerusalem, as presidents, prime ministers, and diplomats express enthusiasm about new opportunities for peace created by the death of longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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Leaders in the Arab world have congratulated incumbent US President George W. Bush on his re-election. Arab League chief Amr Moussa hopes Bush will actively push forward the
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Powerful signal of international and Arab support for independent state at donor conference
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The imminent passing of Yasser Arafat will mark the beginning of a new era in the Arab-Israeli conflict. For a century, Palestinian national politics has been dominated by two men: Hajj Amin al-Husseini led
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The recent death of a Middle East leader could change the direction of peace and terrorism in the Middle East and the Coachella Valleyâs international news followers were eager to hear
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SALFIT, West Bank -- Worn down by four years of bloody conflict with Israel, Palestinians found a welcome diversion yesterday: Watching Ammar Hassan, one of their own, compete for the title of best singer in the Arab world.
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This year's Frankfurt Book Fair opens its doors to Arab writers by inviting writers from Middle East countries to the annual literary festival.
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Foreign policy chiefs from around the globe have been lining up to visit Israeli and Palestinian officials, proclaiming a new era of opportunity has arrived.
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U.S. News & World Report - GENEVA--In search of a restaurant to break the day's fast, Tariq Ramadan negotiates the crowded rush-hour streets of his native city with the easy grace of the athlete he once was. But the soft-spoken scholar, whose short, receding hair and closely cropped beard reveal flecks of gray, is barely remembered, if at all, for those displays of soccer brilliance that almost turned a semi-professional career into a professional one. Instead, his renown--some would say his infamy--derives from his standing as one of Europe's most influential and provocative Muslim thinkers.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s disappearance from the scene has raised hopes that perhaps a window of opportunity to a new era has now opened.
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Washington is sending a veteran Middle East hand. Tehran's envoy is a British-educated diplomat considered one of Iran's leading Western analysts.
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Tony Blair on Tuesday evoked a &quot;moment of opportunity&quot; in the Middle East as he held exploratory talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on his inaugural tour as international envoy.