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Syria: Has the tide turned in favour of Assad?Franklin Lamb
May 16, 2011
(Damascus) As many of us observe the great Arab and Islamic awakening of 2011 in stunned amazement, as it rapidly spreads across the region, this observer agrees with those who declare, "well it's about time-Godspeed to the rebels and goodbye to the despots."
The haunting of Daniel Pipes by Poe’s 'Tell Tale Heart'Franklin Lamb
March 13, 2012
Daniel Pipes, the anti-Arab Islamophobe is reportedly spooked these days. "Actually he has become an almost terrified man", so says a colleagues at Pipes Islamophobic Middle East Forum (MEF) and the MaCartyesque Campus Watch Organization.
The Egyptian people are demanding the return of their sovereigntyFranklin Lamb
May 22, 2012
According to recent opinion surveys they believe it was partially ceded to Israel by the two post-Nasser dictators, Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak, at the behest of American administrations, from Nixon to Obama.
Expelling Diplomats: the DownsideFranklin Lamb
July 19, 2012
Beirut The Houla massacre has whipped up a new wave of outrage at the claimed brutality of Syria's government. Syrian envoys were kicked out of some Western capitals, more financial sanctions slapped on the regime in Damascus, and more furious demands are being made for a regime change toppling Bashar al-Assad and more calls for military intervention issued.
Return to Seyeda (Lady) Zeinab-now secured and in protective handsFranklin Lamb, Seyeda Zeinab, Syria
March 6, 2014
During a meeting at the Dama Rose hotel in Damascus the other morning, this observer was briefed by "Abu Modar," a reputedly battle-honed field commander of the "Death Brigade," a unit based in the northern Syria Eskanderoun region, north of Latakia. Abu Modar explained that he personally had chosen the rather peculiar name for his outfit to symbolize the willingness of its members to die for their cause-protecting Syria.
Tecumseh's story cries out for a Hollywood filmFred Donnelly
October 23, 2013
Oct. 5 marks the 200th anniversary of the death of a North American hero and leader who has never been the subject of a Hollywood film.
The American Monkey Can't Let GoFred Reed
February 24, 2011
Pondering Whither America, I reflected on a story, probably apocryphal but which I am going to believe because I like it, about catching monkeys. Tribesmen somewhere craft a heavy pot with a hole in it large enough that a monkey could insert an open hand, but not withdraw a closed fist. They then put monkey food in the pot. The monkey reaches in, grabs the food and, refusing to let go when the hunters approach, is caught and eaten.
Solar energy, ready for deploymentFrederic Pouyot
October 28, 2009
The next decades will see one of the largest technological shifts in the way people use energy, and this shift has already started.
A Killing in SaskatchewanGabrielle Scrimshaw
February 21, 2018
Last Friday, a jury in Battleford, Saskatchewan, found Gerald Stanley not guilty of second-degree murder. Mr. Stanley, a farmer, had killed Colten Boushie, a 22-year-old indigenous man who he believed was trying to rob him. Mr. Boushie was shot in the head while sitting in the back seat of a parked vehicle.
Torture as Foreign Policy: the Omar Khadr DecisionGail Davidson LLB
February 18, 2010
The decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in the Omar Khadr[1] case, which implies that remedies to prevent torture and punish perpetrators are a privilege to be granted or withheld at the pleasure of the Prime Minister, is wrong.

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In the second instalment of Women of the Resistance, Dimitri Lascaris speaks with Palestinian-Canadian artist, Rehab Nazzal.