This week’s Africa-India Forum Summit in Ethiopia shows how hungry India is for Africa’s energy resources and minerals. Twenty years after China began to arrive on the continent, this reportage shows how large Indian companies are eager
Month: May 2011
With Internet piracy taking a major bite out of their bottom line, adult film producers are going three dimensional in an effort to lure new, paying customers.
A R A B I C A ارابيكا AUTO REVOLUTION*The fallout from the arrest of a Saudi woman, Manal al-Sharif, continues. Last week, al-Sharif posted a video of her driving in east Saudi Arabia on YouTube. She was arrested and remains in custody for violating the public order. The Facebook reaction was swift. The “I […]
Officially dissolved in 1992, the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) continues to exert influence in Algeria, where it recently helped negotiate the release of 7,000 prisoners from the country’s bloody civil war. It may be the boost the Islamic group needs to
Editorial: At the E-G8 in Paris, world leaders and digital stars could build the foundations of a new dialogue — and expand the ‘infrastructure’ — to allow for the Internet to bloom, and the economy to reap the benefits.
Best known for his operas, Gioachino Rossini also had quite a flair for culinary composition. That hardly comes as a surprise considering he grew up on Italy’s Adriatic coast, which continues to wow visitors with its natural beauty, exquisite architecture
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Prix Bayeux 2010
Photo Category | jury international Véronique DE VIGUERIE (Paris Match / Getty Images) “La guerre du pétrole” – Nigéria – Jully 2009 The Prix Bayeux is one of the world’s top journalism awards for reporting on war and conflict, held each year since 1994 in the northern French town of Bayeux. The 2011 edition is […]
A R A B I C A ارابيكا TO DRIVE OR NOT TO DRIVE*A Saudi woman named Manal al-Sharif was arrested for violating the public order after she was caught driving in the eastern part of the country. *Budoor tweets, “King Abdullah signals that women will soon be allowed to drive!” linking to an interview […]
Jailed and tortured under Muammar al-Gaddafi, whose son ran the rival team, Benghazi’s local club supporters are now at the heart of the Libyan revolution.
In the small Greek village of Kalapodi, German archaeologists have excavated one of the primary Greek sanctuaries of the ancient world: the Oracle of Abai.
The “spectacle” that the American judicial system has made of Dominique Strauss-Kahn is not only “unbearable,” it is also “disgraceful,” argues French sociologist Michel Fize.
Situated at the heart of the Xinjiang region, Karamay is rich in oil and increasingly vital to China’s energy strategy. The ‘black gold’ has fueled local development, and transformed this sleepy backwater. But ethnic splits could create conflict.
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Ferran Adria’s Final Menu
The Catalan genius of molecular gastronomy is tired of cooking people meals, and is set on closing his restaurant El Bulli. But the final few months, and very last meal, is the maximum of foodie exclusivity.
The revolt in the Arab world is featured in several participants at this year’s film festival in France, as newfound freedom is celebrated in celluloid, if not yet incomplete in practice.
A R A B I C A ارابيكا SYRIA LIVE*On the Friday billed as the “Day of Freedom,” the Al Arabiya and Al Jazeera satellite channels unveiled a double blow to the regime of Bashar al-Assad: Both channels aired live feeds of massive protests around the country. It is not clear how this happened since […]
Editorial: The next IMF chief should hail from the Old Continent, and the best European candidate is (another) French Finance Minister, says France’s top business daily
Speaking English during state visits to China and Chinese when visiting the West, long-serving leader of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew walked a delicate line between cultures while bringing his small nation into the economic big leagues.
A shrinking budget, and ever increasing influence of private actors could spell the end of the UN agency as we know it.
After a trip to the region, European Parliament Member Daniel Cohn-Bendit is convinced that Israelis and Palestinians can “be realistic and create the impossible”: two independent states.
Editorial: Just as with the Sep. 11 attacks, a surprisingly large chunk of French society is prone to turn to conspiracy theories to explain Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s sex scandal. It’s a bad sign for the health of public debate in France, says Le Monde.
May 19, 2011
In a country that has banned the building of Muslim minarets, Mormons have set up a new community center with its own, unmarked tower. The locals don’t seem to mind.
Just as the Dominique Strauss-Kahn storm hits, a well-timed book by an American reporter in Paris tries to make sense of the French codes of power, sex and gender. A review by Le Monde’s New York correspondent.
A R A B I C A ارابيكا ANATOMY OF A RUMOR *Bahraini newspaper Al-Wast and other Arabic outlets have published purported comments by the brother of the African maid allegedly assaulted by IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is a devout, veiled Muslim. “She is a committed Muslim and wears the veil,” the woman’s brother is […]
Swiss policy of neutrality has always made foreign affairs everyone’s business. Which is exactly why think tanks can play such a key role in refining the policy, says Former Secretary of State Franz Blankart.
A parish priest near Genoa is facing pedophilia and drug charges just as the Vatican lays out new guidelines for responding to sex abuse cases. Genoa’s Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, who was integral to establishing the new guidelines, has visited the local ch
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Switzerland Warming To Solar Power
A Swiss energy company has just begun construction on what will be by far the country’s largest solar energy producer, as a rooftop project in Geneva will overtake a sun-absorbing stadium in Bern.
With the IMF chief facing allegations of attempted rape of a hotel maid, the French left’s paper of record profiles Strauss-Kahn’s “women problem,” described as hedonistic and on the verge of harassment.
The author of a controversial French book about politics and seduction, which cited Strauss-Kahn’s approach to women and power, says the French media must reexamine its relationship with the ruling elite and the pursuit of the truth.
Armed only with her baby bump and an album of wedding photos, Winny Khamiri of Holland is currently on the Italian island of Lampedusa where African immigrants arrive by the boatload, trying to rescue her Tunisian husband, scheduled for deportation.
A R A B I C A ارابيكا SYRIAN STRIKE *The administrators of the Syrian Revolution Facebook group are calling for a general strike on Wednesday: “Mass protests, no school, no universities, no stores or restaurants open and no taxis.” The call comes as the Syrian military continues a brutal crackdown on the village of […]
Editorial: As far as his political future is concerned, it hardly matters whether Dominique Strauss-Kahn is found guilty or innocent of the sex assault charges being levied against him in New York. That’s because the intersection of politics with the fren
Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s arrest in New York City is likely to result in his withdrawal from the 2012 presidential elections. What’s not yet clear is how much of a benefit that would actually be for President Sarkozy, who stands to lose both a rival and a
Editorial: Allegations of sexual assault against Dominique Strauss-Kahn have almost certainly ruined his chances of ever becoming president. But the scandal’s wider implications could include a further boost to France’s far right.
Editorial: Americans used to like France’s Dominique Strauss-Kahn. From today onwards, they are going to hate him.
Murders of women, often at the hands of ex-lovers or husbands, appear to be on the rise in Turkey. Rights activists say many of the killings could be prevented – if only authorities paid more attention to cries for help.
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Bayer’s Big Bet On China
Drug giant Bayer has rarely seen risk-taking as a cure for its ills. But next month’s relocation of its general medicine headquarters from Germany to Beijing will make Bayer AG the first multinational pharmaceutical company to open a global corporate cent
Cosmetics that have become iconic have three things in common: a strong character, useable on face, hands and body, and they never leave celebrities’ make-up bags. Here are the secret of creams passed down from mother to daughter.
The question of selling his holdings continues to follow the Italian-born Parisian designer, who was always as much a businessman as a master craftsman.
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Suspicious Cash Returns To Switzerland
Criticism of current Swiss banking practices is mounting following recent revelations that funds from corrupt foreign leaders are being stored in Swiss banks. Experts and politicians are calling for money laundering laws to be tightened.