As Egypt hints at an Arabic spring in science, Western museums and institutions are highlighting the rich Arabic roots of science past. I wrote a few weeks ago about a new exhibit on Arabick roots at ...

In the opening pages of Ahmed Saadawi’s novel “Frankenstein in Baghdad,” a suicide bombing shakes a neighborhood in the Iraqi capital: They all turned towards the explosion at the moment a mass of ...

Beginning in December 2010, anti-government protests rocked Tunisia. By early 2011 they had spread into what became known as the Arab Spring—a wave of protests, uprisings, and unrest that spread ...

KUWAIT, March 30 (KUNA) -- Under the auspices of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, the eighth edition of the "Spring of Arabic Poetry" festival kicked off at ...

Transcript Michael Duffy: I suspect many of us believe the Arab Spring put the Arab world firmly on the path to democracy and a better future, but according to our next guest the truth is pretty much ...