(2025-11-03). When Zohran Mamdani Campaigned In Arabic, He Was Speaking an Old American Language. scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani made a campaign ad in quite passable colloquial Arabic for the some 180,000 Arab residents of New York, who live primarily along Steinway Street in Queens and in Brooklyn. Mamdani's wife, artist Rama Duwaji, is a Houstonian whose family hails from Syria. …
(2025-11-01). Syrian HTS-regime ruler expected to visit Washington. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — United States Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said on Saturday that Syrian self-proclaimed President Ahmed Sharaa, previously known as ŸéAbu Mohammad Jolani, was expected to visit Washington.
(2025-11-01). Belarus-China cooperation in film production seen as strategic priority. eng.belta.by The 31st Minsk International Film Festival Listapad hosted a Day of Chinese Cinema. The opening ceremony of the event was attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Zhang Wenchuan.