(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: November 4, 2010) Singapore Airlines has joined Qantas in grounding all flights of its A380 jets, following yesterday's emergency landing of a Qantas jet in...
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: July 6, 2010) Barack Obama, in talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, described the bond between Israel and the U.S. as "unbreakable." In Lebanon,...
This film short, from the director of "Veiled Voices," Brigid Maher, discusses the impact of women religious leaders in their communities in the Arab world through the eyes of Ghina...
In this interview, "Veiled Voices" director Brigid Maher talks about her inspiration for the film, and her discoveries about the pluralistic aspects of Islam. Brigid Maher is a filmmaker and...
Magda Amer is a "daiya" or caller for Islam in Cairo, Egypt. Magda is certified by al-Azhar in Egypt to teach Islam and teaches in several mosques in Cairo. ...
Hanan al-Lahham is a religious teacher in Damascus, Syria. Although she did not receive a formal education in Islam when she was young, she endeavored to study and now...
Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt opened its doors to women over 40 years ago in a separated, segregated campus. Students discuss their studies and the role of women in leadership...
This short, from "Veiled Voices" director Brigid Maher, profiles the Abu Nour School in Syria, part of the Sheikh Ahmed Kuftaro Foundation run by the founder's son Sheikh Salah al-Deen...
Democracy Now's Amy Goodman interviews Chisun Lee and Scott Horton on the Bush administration's secret Justice Department memos on detention, interrogation, surveillance and prosecution. Chisun Lee is an award-winning reporter...
(February 21, 2008) Turkey's ban on women's headscarves kept religious women from attending college. Is the lifting of the ban a liberalization, helping equalize the poor and the rich? Or...
This special preview from Season Two of The Freedom Files, “Freedom from Government Spying: Surveillance,” reveals how the federal government is turning the U.S. into a nation under surveillance.