An antihero is a story’s protagonist who holds values and exhibits behaviors against that of the archetypal hero, who nevertheless elicits a significant amount of admiration and sympathy.  In the wild and wonderful world of the comic books, called graphic novels by some, antiheroes are everywhere. With the recent explosion of comic book movies and their resulting popularity, even John Q Public has [...]

From David Anthony Hohol… “Don’t worry, Fatimah,” my father said, stroking my tear stained cheek.          “They’re only moving us to another location, Habibi.”             Even at the age of eleven, I knew it wasn’t the truth. Even more so, I knew my father didn’t trust them for a minute, but he did his [...]

From Saudi Arabia Corespondent Eman Al Nafjan… Historically Arabs are notorious for their autocratic business model, however in today’s highly competitive world companies fall over each in trying to gain consumer loyalty through quality products and better customer services. Unfortunately not all Saudi companies have caught on to this approach. In the majority of Saudi [...]

From Philippine Congressman Mong Palatino… Please visit the special page I created about Philippine Airport Terminals. I also edited my profile page The Philippines is often recognized by global institutions for its strong commitment to human rights. Indeed, compared with other countries in the region, where government critics are given insanely long prison sentences and [...]

From India Corespondent Divyaa Kummar… Mind expansion…. is like climbing a mountain…the higher you get, the more extensive becomes your view of self, life, the other and god! The higher you climb you begin to see in fresh ways those spots you had dwelled in on the way up!! No scene, no concept ever remains static and done with…. [...]

From Uganda Corespondent Arinaitwe Rugyendo… I spent the last three days of the passing week in Rwanda at the invitation of the Office of the President of Rwanda, H.E Paul Kagame. The purpose of the invitation was that the president wanted me to see for myself how Rwandans run their affairs and report objectively. The [...]

No one ever likes to hear the words “You’re Fired!” the fact is however, is that it happens everywhere, all the time. Funny thing is, more often than not, its deserved. There are certain people that just refuse to conduct themselves in a manner expected by most any boss. Laziness, constant complaining, excuse making, job evasion, and, gossip mongering could all [...]

From Special Guest Iman Hassad… Throughout my lifetime, I have learned to seek wisdom in what apparently seemed insane, to seek it in the uttered words of the illiterate and in the spontaneous actions of a little child. I have never depreciated the tiny rays of light in hostility. I have always believed in the [...]

From Thomas Megginson… When I was a kid, ethnic stereotypes often made their way into Halloween costumes. It was a more innocently ignorant time, when dressing as a “Mexican Bandito”, and “Indian” or a “cannibal” was seen as OK. Here, for example, is a scene from a costume party in the 1983 comedy Trading Places. [...]

From Tanzania Corespondent Lute Wa Lutengano… So we have just celebrated, or rather marked, 50 years of Tanganyika or Tanzania Mainland’s independence. There were several events to mark the occasion in all major towns and cities in the country and in all cities where our embassies are located be it in Asia, Europe, the Americas [...]