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The participation of the UAE woman in the political arena is a natural development of her role in society, said Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum, Wife of General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince and UAE Defence Minister.

In 290 BC, the Alexandria Library was the first in the world to pay homage to the achievements of human knowledge in the fields of literature and the sciences.

With a few bold strokes, a cartoonist expresses more than words can say. The best cartoonists in the world are adept at expressing their perception of reality without being weighed down with words.

A group of Saudi intellectuals presented last month a document entitled The Vision, to Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. The Vision lists a number of proposals for change and internal reform in Saudi Arabia.

Anticipation of the outcome of an attack or war against Iraq is currently the dominant mood in the Arab world.

A three-phased plan on rehabilitating Iraq was detailed in a report published by an Independent Working Group co-sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University. The report was published late last year.

No sooner I heard that the U.S.-led forces have moved into the Kuwait-Iraq demilitarised zone, my immediate reaction was to turn on the television set. Almost simultaneously in a lightening speed the minds eye scanned a dozen or so warfront images.

On the evening of July 27, 1890, Vincent Van Gogh carried his palette and easel to the fields. Rather than going for the brush his fingers caressed the cold trigger of his revolver - the bullet pierced his chest.

Without a "just, comprehensive and lasting" peace to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Middle East will continue to reel under an endless cycle of violence.

Of all American presidents, George W. Bush is the most pro-Israeli ever. For a long period of time in his presidency, Bush maintained a policy of "disengagement" as far as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was concerned.

The picture is not gloomy, though, for there are people in the U.S. who have taken on pro-Palestinian positions, which has manifested itself at the grassroots levels.

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