Joy and magic
Teaching hockey to a Yemeni boy is what Canada s game should represent.
2004
Helping new mothers survive
Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. Most of us will likely say thanks to your mom in some fashion. Good thing. A mother’s job is not easy.
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Dying to give birth
Childbirth is killing poor mothers at the rate of 1,600 a day.
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Passion proves a hit in Muslim Mideast
Okay, let’s not be totally surprised that Jesus wields power outside the West. He did, after all, live in the Middle East. But after its big splash in North America, did anyone — I mean anyone — expect The Passion of the Christ to be allowed in the Islamic Middle East, let alone break movie records here?
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Reflect on Calvary
Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ resonates because it poignantly reveals God’s mysterious love.
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Only responsible sexual conduct will make a dent in AIDS deaths, STDs
We’re reading the papers in the heart of Africa and this is what we see: How a woman’s derriere needs the right jeans. Photo included. A cartoon of a married fellow who’d rather give up drinking than sex on the side. And a story about boda-bodas — the motorcycle- taxis everyone here uses — and how ladies of the night like to proposition drivers while on board. One driver says he gets headaches if he refuses.
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I’m safer in Yemen
Yemen is an arms bazaar, but has far fewer firearms than the U.S., with its almost one gun per person.
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Yemen battling image problem
The Middle East. Quick, what do you think of? Oil? Terrorism? Women wearing head-to-toe burqas? Islam? Script with funny squiggles? Can you honestly think of much good? If you had a free ticket to holiday anywhere, would this region even make your short list?
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