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Commuters at an Underground station in London, Britain, 21 November 2013. London Underground has announced that it will run a 24-hour service at weekends from 2015, but will close most ticket offices, causing the loss of 750 jobs, according to reports. EPA/ANDY RAIN

Opinion: Please Mind the Culture Gap

by Bakir Oweida | Nov 30, 2013 | Opinion

A few minutes before the train arrives at the station, a recorded message alerts passengers to “Please Mind the Gap.” I have gotten used to hearing this message at London Underground stations over the past thirty years. I do not know if similar messages are heard in...

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Fireworks illuminate the sky around Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower, on November 27, 2013, after the Emirati city was chosen to host the World Expo 2020. The Gulf city state beat Russia’s Ekaterinberg in the final round of voting to clinch a prestigious event credited with delivering a huge boost to tourism and […]

Opinion: Dubai Expo and the Dream of Arab Youth

by Afshin Molavi | Nov 28, 2013 | Opinion

More than 50 years ago, a seven-year-old boy visited the Seattle World Expo with his family. He marveled at the scientific and technological innovation on display. He rode the Monorail trains, enjoyed the roller coasters, and visited the futuristic exhibits, including...

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Franz Schottky (center back) at work with young musicians. (Dieter Müller/Courtesy of Franz Schottky)

Franz Schottky: Classical music should be for everyone

by Jenna Marangoni | Nov 4, 2013 | Lifestyle & Culture

London and Munich, Asharq Al-Awsat—Classical composers have long been familiar with the Arab and Islamic worlds. From Beethoven’s Turkish March to the Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, based on One Thousand and One Nights, the Middle East clearly...

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epa03929090 A woman waves the Turkish national flags and shout slogans during a rally marking the 90th anniversary of the Turkish Republic’s Day, in Istanbul, Turkey, 29 October 2013. EPA/SEDAT SUNA

Opinion: Turkey has not abandoned the West

by Aylin Kocaman | Nov 3, 2013 | Opinion

What kind of place would the world have been if Turkey, the gateway to the Middle East and the intersection of Europe and Asia, had been a representative of a radical right with a strategy based on violence, or if it had been closely aligned with the former Warsaw...

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In this Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 photo, Jordanian youths play on a hill on the outskirts of Zarqa, Jordan’s industrial center where thousands of Syrian refugees are living, northeast of the capital Amman. More than 420,000 Syrian refugees have settled in Jordan’s cities, struggling for survival on U.N. foods stamps and straining the meager resources […]

Opinion: We must prepare Arab youth to be effective leaders

by Bakir Oweida | Nov 2, 2013 | Opinion

It is impossible to fix the future without reconciling it with the past. How can the Arab societies that have witnessed civil wars or entered into wars with their neighbors build better relations among their future leaders if the legacy of hostility is passed from one...