Entries Tagged as ‘Society’

February 19, 2007

Reading List: Iran, will the US attack (and other stuff…)

Here is a list of interesting short articles by various specialists done by Harper’s Magazine as part of an online forum on whether the US will engage Iran in military action:

Part I : Independant Analysts

This includes commentaries by Richard Norton, professor of international relations at Boston University; Wayne White, an adjunct scholar with Washington’s Middle [...]

November 27, 2006

Shame on FIFA for Iran’s Suspension

In case you have not heard about it, this past week, FIFA, Football/Soccer’s world governing body suspended IRAN from all international footballing matches.  In the immediate case, this means that Iran will NOT be able to compete in the Asian Games in DOHA, a tournament which they’ve championed three times in their history.
The reason [...]

November 23, 2006

Beautiful Words

Malheureusement, on vie dans une monde ou l’arbre qui tombe fait plus de bruit qu’un forêt qui pousse.
(English Translation: Ufortunately we live in a world where the one tree that falls makes more noise than a forest that grows)
I heard Abd Al Malik say these in and interview yesterday. He is an award winning french [...]