Reference to Turkey's Ottoman Empire was generally frowned upon after the formation of the secular state. But judging by the record crowds that have flocked to see a new movie about the conquest of Constantinople, the days of Turkey ignoring its past are history.
When Pakistani film director Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy made the Oscar-winning "Saving Face," she tackled one of the hidden taboos of her society: acid attacks by men on women.
A film nominated for a best documentary Oscar highlights the crime of acid attacks against women in Pakistan and the London-based doctor who is making a difference in their lives.
It requires a slight feat of memory to recall a time when the late Christopher Hitchens wasn't the celebrity "Hitch" but an unknown, young, ambitious and aspiring journalist just down from Oxford. But there was such a time and, as reporters like to say, I was there.
A recent viral video of an ethnic Tajik singing a heartfelt ode to Vladimir Putin highlighted a curious aspect of Russia's upcoming presidential election. Members of the Tajik diaspora in Russia appear to be among the prime minister's biggest supporters.
An estimated 100,000 people have rallied in Moscow in support of Vladimir Putin's presidential bid. Many were reportedly pressured by their employers to attend.
Researchers say they have found a possible flaw in the setup of an experiment that appeared to show particles traveling faster than light.
The plight of a cave-dwelling mother of seven highlights the woeful conditions being endured by Afghanistan's internal refugees.
A group of independent Azerbaijani journalists has launched a website that they say will provide full and unbiased coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest, scheduled to take place in May in Baku.
A new exhibition of photos by a Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo's wife, Liu Xia, smuggled out of the country and put on display in New York provides a rare window into life under oppression.
At 36 years of age, Afghan lawmaker Fawzia Koofi can already boast a number of pioneering achievements. Now in her second term in parliament, she has been a leader in the effort to restore women's rights in the country. She has served as the Afghan parliament's only female deputy speaker; and she has found time to raise a family and become an accomplished author. Now, in her latest book, Koofi describes her harsh past and ambitions to one day become Afghanistan's first woman president.
In a country devastated by decades of war, Afghan officials believe they have found a way to teach the country's history without inflaming old animosities between Afghanistan's long-warring ethnic and political groups. The answer, they say, is to omit the past four decades from the history books.
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