An angry Lebanese teenager, who reportedly did not seen his mother for the past seven years, kicked her on live television this week while participating in an Arab talk show that seeks to resolve family problems. The mother sought to appear on, “Bil Akeed,” or “For...

Within the small community of minority Arabs where he lived in southwest Iran , Hashem Shaabani was known as a teacher, an advocate for civil rights and a poet. But to the Islamic Republic he was seen as a threat. Shaabani, 32, was arrested in February 2011 and accused of...

A leading Islamic scholar, and a winner of the King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies, has slammed orientalists in the West for spreading false information about the religion. Muhammad Mustafa Azmi, who specializes in Hadith studies, said: “Their false and misleading...

Children in Asian countries are on average better problem solvers than their European and American peers, according to a new study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. In 2012 the organization tested more than 85,000 15-year-olds in 44 countries and...