Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai was a superhero long before she came to the attention of the world for being the target of a Taliban assissination attempt in October 2012.   In…

In this update of her pioneering Killing Us Softly series, the first in more than a decade, Jean Kilbourne takes a fresh look at how advertising traffics in distorted and…

A few months short of 10 years ago, in my flat in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, I watched the events of 9/11 unfold on CNN and BBC. I sat…

What kind of poison did A.A. Gill have for breakfast that caused him to spew such a disgusting torrent of racist, slanderous vitriol on Dubai and its residents ?

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“I hadn’t thought about it,” said award-winning science writer Jessa Gamble. We sat side-by-side in the theater at Ted Global 2010 in Oxford, UK, chatting as we waited for the…

  We’re working hard to get TED to work harder on gender parity. ADD YOUR VOICE HERE. Susan notes: I couldn’t help but feel disappointed that, yet again, less than…

Over the next six to eight weeks, Amazing Women Rock will migrate to a new site with a new look and feel. But don’t worry, you will still be able…

Susan notes: over the past several days, as governments across the Middle East react violently to populist protests, I’ve also been shocked and appalled by some of the recent news…

Susan notes: The post below is a reproduction of Mark Makhoul’s original post on Kuwaiti blog 2:48AM talking about what he thought of newly opened Kuwaiti restaurant Benihana. Dubai blogger…

Update February 18: Asmaa Mahfouz is safe and praying in Tahrir Square today 🙂 Susan notes: it’s February 6, 2011, and 26-year-old Egyptian activist and prolific vlogger Asmaa Mafhouz hasn’t…