Netflix is once again facing criticism in the Arab world over its casting decisions, this time for selecting African-American actor Denzel Washington to portray the Carthaginian general Hannibal in an upcoming movie. Hannibal, known for his remarkable military achievements, hailed from Carthage in present-day Tunisia and had West Semitic ancestry. His feats, such as leading elephants across the Alps... 

Lang Lang, a Chinese pianist, plays the piano at the White House on Jan. 19, 2011. The music he is playing is the theme song from an anti-American propaganda movie about the Korean War. US humiliated in eyes of Chinese by song used to inspire anti-Americanism. From the beginning of his Presidency, Barack Obama has been criticized for bowing to foreign heads of state. But those missteps are nothing...