Santa Barbara Film Fest Lineup: From 'Barrymore' to Andy Serkis to 'Ben Hur'
… five food-themed "Screen Cuisine" films, and special presentations of another 15 films, including "Dogtooth" director Giorgos Lanthimos' "Alps," Wim Wenders' "Pina," Lasse Hallstrom's "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," Amy Berg's "West of Memphis" and …
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Nightlife in Muscat, Oman
It is bordered by the UAE to the northwest, Yemen on the southwest, and Saudi Arabia on the west. Although Oman is renowned for its abundance of cultural landmarks, historical forts, and numerous shopping venues, one of the best kept secrets about the …
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The walls of the past are broken down by this new Arab unity
The younger Al Assad executed the perfect recipe for a city famous for its cuisine: a recipe for complete control. The regime bought, threatened and enforced absolute loyalty. Today, that loyalty translates to deafening silence. …
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Yemen's Shiite rebels form political group
Saleh had suggested he would travel to the United States for medical treatment after he signed a political transition deal brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council. Saleh has since said he would stay in Yemen to help his vice president's presidential …
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Travel Q&A with '1000 Places to See' author Patricia Schultz
I'd also love to see more of Central Asia, and am sad that the Arab Spring has temporarily kept countries like Yemen and Syria, among others, off our radar. A Travel light. Unless you're having dinner with the queen, you don't need three pairs of shoes …
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US Doubts Intelligence That Led to Yemen Strike
Mr. Saleh's relationship with the US is under renewed scrutiny this week as the White House weighs whether to let him travel to the US for medical treatment. Administration officials have said they hope that in exchange for the visit, Mr. Saleh will …
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Yemen readjusts official weekend
The order will come into effect in February to enhance communication between Yemen and the international community, Saba quoted the government's statement as saying. Such an order was aborted due to religion-related objections by the former government …
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Arab Spring becoming an Islamic Revolution
For years western governments used the spectre of rule by religious fanatics such as happened in Iran to justify their support or tolerance for dictatorships in Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia and more recently Libya, or for absolute monarchies in Saudi Arabia …
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Nobel winner blasts lack of support for Yemen uprising
"Don't be afraid of any religion, of Islam or Christianity or Judaism," she told AFP. "All the religions respect democracy, they respect human rights, they respect anti-corruption, all the values that we are struggling for. …
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Party Official Says President to Remain in Yemen
Al-Shaif told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Saleh is needed in Yemen to implement a power transfer deal he signed last year. He said officials "urged President Saleh to refrain from traveling to the US or elsewhere and told him that in this …
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US weighing travel request for Yemen's president
Until now, the White House had not commented on Saleh's assertion Saturday that he would be leaving Yemen and traveling to the US Saleh insisted he was going in order to help calm tensions in his country, not for medical treatment. …
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Ron Paul Is No More Pro-Israel Than Barack Obama
Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism[72 virgins, I'm assuming] deprives this life of its grace and …
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NUMSA's end of year message 2011
Thus we see already the effects of the capitalist crisis in the Arab Spring Revolutions – Morocco, Egypt, Libya, Syria, and Yemen – and so on. 3. The global crisis is riding on the back of the massive neo-liberal destruction of rural agriculture, …
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Let's all rebuild Yemen
Yemen has been through the most difficult times in its modern history where most of its infrastructure was destroyed and many of its buildings, roads, electricity, oil pipes and the list is long were all subject to sabotage. Change is a good thing but …
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Three women for peace
By Sofia Logarta For the New Year, let me share the thoughts of three women who share the Nobel Prize for Peace: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia; Tawakkol Karman, “inspirational activist for peace and women's rights” of Yemen; …
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Peace prize recipients show the power of women
Her involvement in the Yemeni Arab Spring is the culmination of years of human rights leadership. The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Karman, Gbowee and Johnson Sirleaf is international recognition of the power of women to bring meaningful and …
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Al-Qaeda Militants Escape Yemen Prison
The killing shows "the genius of America's political culture," he writes. "It not only finds way to obliterate the most basic individual liberties designed to safeguard citizens from consummate abuses of power (such as extinguishing the lives of …
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Saudi Arabia Coins Absent Until 1700s
These days scientists are talking maybe 50000 years ago for the earliest boats, but examples of the earliest stone tools have been found on the Yemeni island of Socotra 200 miles from Africa in the Indian Ocean. Those were Oldowan culture pebble tools, …
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Africa: A year in review
Two Liberian women, the country's first female leader and Africa's first-ever elected female head of state Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee, jointly won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize (together with a Yemeni pro-democracy …
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Yemeni Parliament Endorses Interim Government's Political Plan
The Yemeni parliament endorsed a political program proposed by the country's interim government that aims to maintain stability after President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to give up power. The measure passed today as Prime Minister Mohammed Salem …
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Yemeni leader's request for US visa still in flux
But a top adviser to Saleh expressed surprise Tuesday at the denials, saying the Yemeni government was told by the US Embassy in Sanaa that the visa had been approved. “We were informed yesterday from the American Embassy about the arrival of the visa …
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Yemen's “Manhattan of the Desert” Boasts 400 Habitable Clay Towers
… Historic Cities of Yemen) launched the Shibam Urban Development Project (SUDP) to help the city and its residents to thrive once more. Already more than 100 homes have been restored, and sustainable agriculture and cottage industries reintroduced. …
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