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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States.

The Enlightenment Project

by David Brooks | Mar 3, 2017 | Opinion

Being around a college classroom can really expand your perspective. For example, last week we were finishing off a seminar in grand strategy when one of my Yale colleagues, Charles Hill, drew a diagram on the board that put today’s events in a sweeping historical...

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Opinion: 25 Years of Enlightenment

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Sep 21, 2016 | Opinion

The years have passed by quickly since MBC TV was launched but the journey has not been a smooth one. It was not just an ordinary TV station and it was not established just to fill the gap for entertainment channels or make a profit. When Sheikh Waleed founded it, he...

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CEOs of Saudi Aramco and Indonesia’s Pertamina shake hands in Cilicap (Reuters)

Opinion: Aramco TV and the Beginning of Cognizance

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Dec 22, 2015 | Opinion

I enjoyed reading the book “Aramco TV” by Dr Abdullah Al-Madani, a study of the first Arabic language TV channel in the Gulf. The Arab American Oil Company (Aramco) has left a positive mark on many aspects of life in this region, and television is one of them. This is...

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TOPSHOTSBoys wearing Guy Fawkes masks stand on top of a public bus at Taksim square on June 7, 2013. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday his Islamic-rooted government was open to “democratic demands” as he hit back at EU criticism of his handling of a week of deadly unrest. Amid international condemnation of Ankara’s handling of the unrest, European Union Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule told Erdogan that police violence “has no place” in a democracy, urging a “swift” probe into the unrest in Turkey, a longtime EU hopeful. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC

Opinion: Erdoğan and the culture of democracy

by Hashim Saleh | Jun 18, 2013 | Opinion

It should be acknowledged that democracy does not constitute a part of our culture. This is the least that can be said. Democracy is absent on all levels, from the head of the family to the president, from primary schools to universities. We are all immersed from head...