People call him "The Godfather of the new Islamist Middle East." Rachid Ghannouchi, whose Ennahdha party won Tunisia's first free elections last November, does indeed spearhead the post-Arab Spring Middle East. After being imprisoned and forced into exile ...

French producer Rachid Bouchareb, who is of an Algerian descent, was absent at the closing ceremony of the International Section of the festival, which was held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall evening Monday. Directed by Roschdy Zem, the film was the Moroccan ...

For years, he and a small team of talented reformers, led by Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and activist Trade Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid, battled Egypt’s entrenched bureaucracy and its military/security elite, which seemed determined to block ...

The founder of the political party that won Tunisia's first free elections last year, Rachid Ghannouchi, says the Arab world finally has the opportunity for a "dream" of democracy to emerge. But he cautioned that huge risks remain. "The process ...

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) celebrates today the three Arab winners of the Oxfam/PEN Award given to writer and journalists defending for freedom of expression: The Moroccan Rachid Nini and the two Sudanese, Alhaj Warrag and ...

Michael Cohen and Rachid Ez-Zaïdi, co-founders of the year-old Bagel Corner, recall earlier in the week being visited by another pair of Frenchmen who'd launched a bagel shop. "We got to talking about our businesses and we asked about their ...

The political roles and sacrifices made by Nurcholish Madjid and Gus Dur (Indonesia), Anwar Ibrahim (Malaysia) and Rachid Ghannouchi (Tunisia) in this endeavour are significant examples. Nurcholish Madjid (d. 2005) was an Indonesian Muslim modernist whose ...

Algeria now has 22 legal political parties that can run in elections, including six Islamist ones. Political expert Rachid Tlemcani said Tuesday he believes the move is intended to fragment the Islamist vote among several parties. Algerian ...

“By combining Castel’s products with Voci’s speech recognition appliance, we’re launching a new footprint in the way call centers communicate with their customers,” said Rachid Cheaib, Castel’s CEO. “Castel Detect™ v2 is an ...

Tuesday, January 31st was culmination of a journey that began as a twinkle in the eye of Bank’s Country Director for Pakistan Rachid Benmessaoud. While discussing ideas and themes for the office calendars and diaries, he was struck by the thought of ...