Earlier this month, Aswat (http://zawaya.org/site/?page_id=7), a San Francisco Bay Area musical ensemble dedicated to preserving folkloric, classical and contemporary Arabic music, staged an ambitious musical tribute to honor two of...

With all the buzz on the latest release from the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: Into Darkness (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1408101/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), I entered the theater expecting at least some social commentary to pop...

Jacki Bakker, of Carpentersville, wanted to learn more about Islam, which is her daughter-in-law's religion and now her son's. Lyn Humbrack, a member of Elgin's First Congregational Church, has heard...

Two and half years after young Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi triggered the beginning of Arab Spring when he immolated himself in front of his local municipal building, Tunisians are...

Access to internet in Iran is being increasingly stifled as next month’s presidential elections loom, users and experts have said. Although authorities deny claims of a government crackdown on the web,...

Love, betrayal, espionage: together, the three make for a winning combination, especially when it’s set to the well-known 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis story told from the rare perspective of an...