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...years ago, he shocked the region by establishing the Jazeera Satellite Channel, which delights in criticizing other Middle Eastern leaders and giving airtime to the likes of Osama bin Laden as well as Israeli officials. Balancing acts are Hamad's trademark. Al-Jazeera's sensational talk shows and its Arab-nationalist perspectives are a counterweight to Qatar's pro-American tilt...
...threat or an opportunity? Do we care about it only because we believe Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction, or does our confrontation with Baghdad have a loftier goal? Do we seek to help build a democratic, prosperous Iraq--one that might be a model throughout the Arab world--and if so, how might...
Those are important questions, and answers to them might shape attitudes everywhere about a war with Saddam. So far, they haven't featured much in the public debate. They should. The Arab world is in a disastrous state of its own making. The Arab Human Development Report, prepared by a group of regional experts last summer, makes truly depressing reading. "The wave of democracy that transformed Latin America, East Asia, Eastern Europe and Central America," the report argues, "has barely reached the Arab States... More than half of Arab women are illiterate... The quality of public institutions...
...Albrecht says it aims to explore the hotel, not just for cutting-edge architecture and interior design, but as a source of mystery and refuge in the urban wilderness. Look out for digital renderings of Jean Nouvel's Hotel Broadway in New York, and of Dubai's Burj al-Arab, the world's tallest hotel. - L.G Treasure Trove An ethereal glow emanates from a jeweled menagerie of flowers and animals ensconced inside long cabinets in a darkened room. Visitors wield flashlights handed out at the entrance to "The Jewels of JAR," a homage to the innovative designer Joel Arthur Rosenthal...
...reassuring 150 km away. The city may not have the spruced-up-for-tourists look of Venice or Florence, but it is beautiful, an open-air museum of the foreign cultures that have conquered Sicily over the centuries. A short walk can lead one past Byzantine mosaics, Arab domes, Norman churches and Spanish sculptures. The most striking architectural hybrid must be the Church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti, a lush Roman Catholic sanctuary that was converted from a Muslim mosque after the 12th century departure of the Arabs. The church's Islamic roots can be clearly seen...