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Israel's demographic concerns

Suddenly, after a period of the stalemate, the Middle East witnessing a wave of attempts aiming at revitalizing the efforts to find a solution to the prolonged Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

 

President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had toured the region hoping to revive the peace process. This latest effort has not led to more than just showing goodwill and a chance for taking pictures. Final settlement between Israelis and Palestinians seemed to prove that it is just an elusive goal. In fact, many believe that the lack of effective leadership in both parties is leading to the current stalemate. But there may be some demographic reasons that are rarely addressed.

Iraqi Children Suffer from Intolerable Conditions

Amman / Baghdad / New York, April 25, 2008 - The Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for Children Affairs and Armed Conflict, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, at the conclusion of her visit to Iraq which took place from April the 20th to the 25th, that Iraq's children are the silent victims of the on going violence

In Baghdad

In Baghdad,

I feel home, with all of its pros and cons.

When I wake up in my bed, when I breathe that air,

Yes, I do feel home.

The Iraqi Youth, Reading their Concerns and Aspirations

The Iraqi youth nowadays are living a transitional phase that is consistent with the Iraqi political situation that eventually cast its shadows on the Iraqi society after 2003. Of the distinct characteristics of this period are the social developments that came as one full package. Shortly before that, the Iraqi youth was banned from living decently aspire to move on to live their own experience in life wildly. On the educational level, this part of the society suffered from the shallow education on both secondary and higher educational levels. They used to study very old curricula that have no relation to today's world science, not mentioning the scarce representation of this youth around the world.

Is the West Christian?

We read from time to time from some of the writers and especially from our Muslim brothers; they consider everything that is produced or comes from the Western nations (Europe and America) is Christian!!

That made me go back to holding my pen to write a set of sentences to make clear of the matter to our brothers in order for all of them not to make wrong judgments without researching nor inspecting them and at least matters ought to be put to their right place...

The South of the world is prospering at "Kaddouri Café"

"Kaddouri Café", or as it is said in Arabic" Makha Kaddouri", is where the well-educated of Al-Diwaniyah province in Iraq meet daily and display their activities. It has recently become one of the most distinct monuments there. On June, 29th, Friday night, the local café witness a huge crowd accepting the invitation of the" Cultural Wall" – one of the cultural organizations in the city and the one who has taken this café as his main site and perpetually ensures its vividness is the...

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