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Sunday, 27 May 2007 |
 World famous recitor Sayyed Mutwally Abd Al-'Aal, recites verses from the Holy Qur'an in a gathering during the holy month of Ramadhan. Having been blessed with a heavenly voice, Sayyed Mutwally has travelled the world over to illuminate gatherings with his moving recitations of the Holy Qur'an. In this recitation, he relates verses of the Holy Qur'an which call upon humanity to reflect over the innumerable Divine bounties all around us.  Be first to comment this article
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Saturday, 26 May 2007 |
 Interview on CNN International's Your World Today, veteran journalist Seymour Hersh explains that the current violence in Lebanon is the result of an attempt by the Lebanese government to crack down on a militant Sunni group, Fatah al-Islam, that it formerly supported. Last March, Hersh reported that American policy in the Middle East had shifted to opposing Iran, Syria, and their Shia allies at any cost, even if it meant backing hardline Sunni jihadists.Be first to comment this article |
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Sunday, 20 May 2007 |
 Jonathan Cook is a British journalist based in Nazareth, Israel. He has regularly published articles on the Middle East in international newspapers, English-language Arab publications and specialist magazines since 2001. This interview took place in Nazareth, Israel, on December 28th, 2006. Jonathan Cook is the author of the book entitled 'Blood and Religion: The Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State'. It concerns Israel's treatment of its Palestinian citizens during the second intifada, and the real reasons for the policies of territorial separation evident in the Gaza disengagement and the building of the West Bank wall.Be first to comment this article |
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Friday, 18 May 2007 |
 TV Debate: Over the summer of 2006, Southern Lebanon and Northern Israel became the world's latest war zone. Lebanon suffered by far the heaviest casualties, counting its dead in the hundreds with hundreds of thousands displaced from their homes and thousands of those homes destroyed. For more than a month, Israeli forces battled with Hezbollah fighters. But who asked Hezbollah to fight for Lebanon, and are they saviours as many in the Arab world believe, or terrorists, as labelled by the West. Well, our motion tonight goes to the heart of the issue, 'This House believes that Hezbollah had no right to fight a war on Lebanon's behalf.'Be first to comment this article |
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Thursday, 10 May 2007 |
 Ayatollah Hakim, leader of the Iraqi Shi'ites, was imprisoned for calling for an Islamic state. He managed to escape to Iran, where he was supported by the clerics. Hakim had pledged to fight any American military administration set up in post-war Iraq. And he had 15,000 well-trained soldiers ready to fight - the Badr Brigade. This is a report made about him a month prior to the US-led invasion of Iraq. In it he discusses the future of Iraq, if the US-led forces have policy their way.Be first to comment this article |
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Thursday, 26 April 2007 |
 One of the World's biggest news stories in one of the smallest and most claustrophobic strips of land on earth. Gaza is a virtual prison with no way in and hardly any way out. In an exclusive story, Al Jazeera talk to the grandchildren of Fatima Al Najar, the oldest female Palestinian suicide bomber. Like many children in the occupied territories, Al Najar's grandchildren relate a sombre story of daily violence and death. In the wake of decades of silence by the global community, Gaza's children have learnt to expect hardship from infancy. Today, they overcome their grief and traumas by depending on each other and envisioning a better future.Be first to comment this article |
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Sunday, 22 April 2007 |
 Dr. Azmi Bishara delivers a lecture at Berkeley University where he discusses the radical change from a unipolar world to the mode of unilateralism and what this means in the context of international relations. He seeks to highlight this shift by drawing on methods and justifications used prior to the war on Iraq. Dr. Azmi also investigates the dawning reality of 'global terrorism' and how this has influenced this shift. He dedicates a large part of the talk however, to the Arab-Israeli conflict and the pivotal role that US foreign policy has in settling this age-long 'conflict'.Be first to comment this article |
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Friday, 20 April 2007 |
 Richard Gizbert investigates the media coverage of Iran and the British soldiers' stories, and the divide between East and West. In this edition of the Listening Post programme, Gizbert also looks at the modern-era war of information involving the control of search engines such as Google. With ever-increasing importance to the process of relaying information in today's world, Listening Post also documents the case of an amatuer journalist caught up in the workings of the system.Be first to comment this article |
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Thursday, 19 April 2007 |
 You opened your eyes one day and found yourself in the midst of innumerable blessings. Think about the things that are offered to you by Allah. Through every little detail present in the world, Allah makes us aware of His existence. This film summons you to ponder over the universe, the living beings in it their flawless creation. By showing a few of the countless signs of Allah in nature, we simply ask you to think about His supreme Knowledge over all things and to consider our obligation, as recepients of these Divine mercies, to express gratitude.Be first to comment this article |
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Thursday, 19 April 2007 |
 World famous recitor, Shahaat Muhammad Anwar recites verses from the Holy Qur'an in a gathering during the holy month of Ramadhan. Born in 1950, Shahaat Anwar rose to beacon as one of the greatest contemporary recitors of the Holy Qur'an to have come out of Egypt. In this recitation, he relates verses of the Holy Qur'an which direct humankind to their simple origin and the position of belief and ethics in human society in its march towards perfection.Be first to comment this article |
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