Ban Ki-moon’s second term as secretary general of the United Nations is ending this December. He was an ideal man for the job as far as the United States and its allies are concerned.Of course, there will always be other Ban Ki-moons.

“A photograph, no matter how emotionally wrenching, can only do so much,” wrote Paul Slovic and Nicole Smith Dahmen in QZ.com.The photograph referenced in their comment was that of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, whose body was washed ashore on some Turkish beach in September 2015.It

Division within Palestinian society has reached unprecedented levels, becoming a major hurdle to a unified strategy to end Israel’s violent occupation or to rally Palestinians behind a single objective.Newly appointed Israeli ultra-nationalist Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman u

The Italian “activist” was keen on that photo, as if her social media activism career was dependent on it. As if the misery of the poor Syrian child was not palpable enough on his dejected face and his rash-infested skin, she wanted to define a point of absolute misery for a

“You deserve to see your loved ones suffer and die.

Everyone seems to have a theory on how to obliterate Daesh.

As Palestinians in the occupied territories begin preparations for local elections, which are scheduled for next October, division and factionalism are rearing their ugly head.Palestinian political platforms and social media are abuzz with self-defeating propaganda: Fateh support

Donald Trump wants to keep us out of the country altogether. But Bill Clinton, former president and husband of the Democratic presidential nominee, does not mind us staying as long as we, Muslims, behave ourselves.Welcome to America, where racial profiling is the countr

The refugee camp of Yarmouk was ever present in his being, pulling him in and out of an abyss of persistent fears that urged him to never return.