It took me several months after my arrival into Oslo to wonder into the city's national galleries and art centres. Admittedly, I have never been much of a museum buff, but - as a history lover - I admire and respect art's historical significance,...

Our PRIO (International Peace Research Institute of Oslo) lecture today focused on what role civil society can play in peacebuilding, primarily in post-conflict settings and preventing the recurrence of violence. Throughout the lecture, I thought...

... that caused most Western nations to walk out of the UN chamber in protest. A transcript of his entire speech can be found here. The most controversial parts of his speech that caused dismay among Westerners were his criticisms of Israel and the...

A few amateur Palestinians are suspected of launching the two rockets into northern Israel the other day. Nothing out of the ordinary. You know it's an amateur job when no one gets killed. Hezballah's operations are generally confined to the IDF posts...

Parliamentary elections were held in June. We are now in September ... still no government. An excellent editorial (below) in The Daily Star expresses exactly how I, and many Lebanese, feel about the joke that is Lebanon's politics. Spare us the...