Movies
Runaway children in Pakistan demonstrate deeply moving resilience in a clear-eyed overview of strife and poverty.
Nov. 27, 2013
Awards
‘Asad’ creators hope to roll out Oscar red carpet for refugee boys
Feb. 21, 2013
Entertainment & Arts
June 13, 2018
World & Nation
Troops were on lockdown at the base housing U.S. soldiers in western Iraq hours before it was struck by a barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles.
Jan. 13, 2020
Sports
First came Paul Newman and “The Hustler.” Later it was Tom Cruise and “The Color of Money.”
June 22, 1989
A paean to artistic expression and youth’s unhindered possibilities, director Patricia Chica and her ridiculously photogenic cast offer an engaging portrait of a young man discovering his own voice.
June 5, 2023
Moshe Ma’oz, professor of modern history at Hebrew University in Israel, has written a survey of contemporary Syrian political and military affairs and foreign policy, together with a selective review of Syrian internal politics.
Dec. 4, 1988
Books
In a dust-jacket blurb, John le Carre dubs it “a thriller, a textbook, and an invaluable contemporary history.”
June 18, 1989
California
LAPD names its first Islamic chaplain
June 29, 2009
A Los Angeles-based developer announced plans Wednesday to build a $65-million hotel and business complex next to the city’s proposed civic center on the site of the former Jungleland wild animal park.
July 12, 1990