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Beirut Nightclub Plays Israeli Music

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November 2, 2010, 10:57 am

The South Asia Studies Project

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) today launches its South Asia Studies Project (SASP). This project tracks emerging developments in Pakistan and Afghanistan on a day-to-day basis. To read the full report, click here. ...
October 21, 2010, 10:32 am

Saudi Arabia Refuses Pakistani Diplomat Over Vulgar Name Translation

In an unfortunate result of translation, Pakistani diplomat Akbar Zeb will not become the next Pakistani ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Zebs credentials seem in order: He is the former ambassador to the United States, India and South Africa. He held ...
February 14, 2010, 1:36 am

Saudi Arabia: When the color is red

TOMORROW (Feb. 14) means something special for a lot of people around the Western world. It is Valentines Day, a day on which the tradition of honoring your loved one has become a social custom in societies that celebrate such events. [...] In the ...
February 13, 2010, 3:29 pm

Valentines Day in Pakistan

This picture taken on February 11, 2010, shows a woman choosing Valentines Day gifts at a shop in Peshawar (Pakistan) ...
February 13, 2010, 3:26 pm

Rock & Roll Jihad: A Muslim Rock Star's Revolution

The rise of Pakistan's most popular rock musicianunfamiliar to most Americansis the subject of this well-meaning autobiography. Ahmad, the leader of the band Junoon, recounts his wealthy upbringing at an elite British school in Lahore and ...
February 13, 2010, 3:12 pm

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February 12, 2010, 3:00 pm

Marjan Kalhor, Iran's first woman in Winter Games

Marjan Kalhor has grown on the slopes of the Winter ski n Dizin, north of Tehran, but never thought she would achieve such a feat, that of being, at the age of 21, the first Iranian to participate in the Winter Olympics. Source: Ennahar (Algeria), ...
February 8, 2010, 3:28 am

Erdogan honors two masters of Traditional Turkish music

Two master performers of traditional Turkish music Niyazi Sayin, who plays the Neyzen (reed flute), and Necded Yasar, who plays the tambur (a mandolin-type instrument) were honored with the 2009 Culture and Art Grand Award of the Culture and ...
February 6, 2010, 3:47 am

Istanbul Fashion Week

Organized for the first time in August 2009 and attracted great attention in local and international platforms, Istanbul Fashion Week, is going to be held between 03 - 06 February 2010 parallel to global fashion schedule, to showcase 2010-2011 ...
February 4, 2010, 3:22 am