By : Sabria S. Jawhar Apparently the good folks in government in Ontario, Canada, didn’t get the memo that colonialism is no longer fashionable. There’s a bit of a dust-up in Ontario’s higher education circles that Algonquin College opened a

By : Abdulateef Al-Mulhim The term “spring” is used to describe a popular uprising against a political system. It is mainly used in Europe. In the recent history of mankind, the term was used to mark a period of a

By : Rajeev Sharma In the past 20 months since taking over as prime minister of India, Narendra Modi has visited 32 countries; five of these twice — Nepal, France, Russia, Singapore and the United States. The 27 countries he

By : Abdulateef Al-Mulhim Two reports that I came across recently left me confused or should I say sad. According to one report quoting the traffic department, the number of road accidents and fatalities has substantially decreased after the introduction

By : Saad Al-Dosari At a time when the world, particularly Saudi Arabia, was busy fighting MERS, reports about the emergence of another dangerous virus is doing the rounds. The name of this new threat is Zika. It is not

By : Turki Al-Dakhil Videos and photographs have circulated online of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Nayef’s visit to Al-Ahsaa region in the Eastern Province following the terrorist attack on Imam Rida mosque last week. He even appeared in a

By : Rasheed Abou-Alsamh A group of young Saudi contemporary artists is causing a sensation in the country and throughout the Middle East with their modern works, questioning some of the aspects of our society. Gathered in art collective called

By : Bikram Vohra No campus erupted in shrill protest against the mob that stripped a Tanzanian lady student in Bengaluru and paraded her because she was black. No women’s association called for a sit-in and demanded action because she