Learning Center Conducts Workshops on Empowerment of Women

By Judith Latham Most development experts agree that improving the economic and political status of women is a key to combating the conditions that give rise to religious extremism, particularly in th

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Rebuilding And Reconciliation

By Jeffrey Young At the end of 1995, after three years of war, Bosnia and Herzegovina was bloodsoaked. The conflict among Serbs, Croats, and Muslims - the so-called Bosniaks -- had shattered Sarajevo

US Supreme Court to Hear Medicinal Marijuana Case

By Julie Carpenter Doctors in some parts of the United States have prescribed marijuana to people suffering from a variety of medical conditions; and though it is used for medicinal purposes in many p

Analysts Discuss Yasser Arafat's Legacy

By Judith Latham In this special report, Judith Latham discusses Mr. Arafat's legacy, the issue of succession, and the prospects for progress toward peace and security with regional specialists. Among

The Quest for Honor

By Zlatica Hoke The concept of honor varies from one culture to another. It has also changed over time. Social scientists say understanding what honor means in other cultures is an essential part of e

Post-Arafat Palestinian Authority -- Who Will Lead?

By Jeffrey Young Yasser Arafat has led movements and then an administration -- the Palestinian National Authority -- representing the Palestinian people. His powerful personality has affected relation

Understanding Muslim Opinion

By Freshta Azizi America's troubled relationship with the Islamic world was the topic at a recent conference held by The World Affairs Council of Washington along with the League of Women Voters and t

Reporting from Iraq is a Deadly Job

By Zlatica Hoke Reporting from Iraq has proven to be a deadly job: more than 40 reporters have been killed in the 19 months since the start of the war. The security situation has grown so perilous in

Can Thai Royalty Stop the Violence?

By Brent Hurd Violence continues to escalate between Buddhists and Muslims in southern Thailand in the wake of a government action that killed scores of Muslims. Civic leaders fear still more bloodshe

Murder in the Peace Corps

By Ed Warner Since its founding in 1961, the Peace Corps has sent 170,000 Americans to developing countries around the world offering help in projects ranging from housing to health to education to ag

A Musical Blind Date Makes Sense of the High Zero Festival o

By Lawrence Lanahan and Marissa Melton The High Zero Festival of Experimental Improvised Music takes place in Baltimore, Maryland, every October. It is billed as

International Journalists Discuss

By Judith Latham The Sudanese government agreed Tuesday to halt military flights over the Darfur region, and it signed a separate agreement to allow access to aid for the nearly two million people dis

United States and European Union,

By Jela De Franceschi Many Europeans see President Bush's re-election not only as validation of a unilateralist national security strategy by fellow Americans, but also as repudiation of certain ideal

American Muslims Disagree About Nature of Islam

By Ed Warner A group of young Muslims - pious, intense, hostile -- made Haitham Bundakji, the mosque chairman, uneasy. Isolated from other worshippers, they criticized him for wearing western clothes,

Tribal Traditions Clash with Modern Technocratic Society in

By Zlatica Hoke Monday's terror attack on the U.S. Consulate in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah is the latest violents against Westerners in the kingdom since last year. Zlatica Hoke report the count

America's Handguns are Controversial,

By Jeffrey Young Dunblane, Scotland. March 13, 1996. A man walks into a school with a number of handguns and opens fire. Sixteen kindergarten children and a teacher are slaughtered. Britain reacts wit

U.S. Military Women Closer Than Ever to Combat Zone

By Zlatica Hoke A growing number of American women are joining the U.S. Armed Forces to serve in an ever wider array of duties. In the past decade, they have eroded one of the last remaining barriers

U.S. Election Fuels Political Partisanship

By Brent Hurd The man President Bush called the architect of his successful re-election, Karl Rove, is rarely in the spotlight. Yet he took center stage after the election victory. On a Fox News telev

Scots-Irish Immigrants in America

By Nancy Beardsley The late Johnny Cash was a preeminent symbol of country music in America. He was also Scots-Irish, a product of the Southern rural culture where that music was born. James Webb says

Public Transportation Expands Around the World

By Brent Hurd Many governments are promoting above and underground transit systems to fight increasing congestion. Urban trains are appearing even in the wide expanses of the western United States, in