Late one evening I was fixated on my laptop screen with several windows open: editing material, dodging Facebook junkies, replying to correspondence and sifting through my inbox. Typical late night multitasking. I came upon one particular email with an audio file attached.

A call to use social-networking as a tool to promote free speech has one Muslim country blocking access to the king of all social media sites: Facebook.

Every American girl's dream was won Sunday nightby a Lebanese immigrant when 24-year-old Rima Fakihof Dearborn, MI was crowned Miss USA 2010.

A bizarre sexual revolution is gaining momentum in Asia: spouse-swapping. Hordes are swarming the Web for couples of a like mind using the new buzzword. Pakistan, India, the Middle East and China all seem to be shadowing the hub of this queer phenomenon, Italy.

Last month, Federal Bureau of Investigation authorities launched several raids against a Christian militia group known as the “Hutaree.” According to the authorities, members of the group had allegedly planned to kill a police officer and then kill more officers by bombing his funeral.

Everyone has sketched an image of an ideal spouse, which is usually no less perfect than the Platonic Forms. Though there is nothing wrong in desiring a beautiful wife or a financially well-off bloke, you probably want to go beyond the superficial before you commit yourself to that person.

This week, on the 15th of March, I recalled the Shakespearean play "Julius Caesar" and posted on my Facebook wall, "Beware the Ides of March." Little did I know it would foreshadow what would be happening to me in the U.S. and numerous other courageous and intelligent journalists in Cairo, Egypt.

Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who is on trial in Kuala Lumpur on sodomy charges for a second time, speaks to Wajahat Ali about the controversy and discusses the country's ethnic and religious conflicts as well as issues facing the Muslim world.

Mona Eltahawy speaks at "Islam and the Media: Who Speaks for Islam?" presented by The University of Colorado at Boulder Center for Media, Religion and Culture.

Like any other social media platform, Facebook hosts a wide range of users, some looking for intellectual stimulation, and some others looking to seek companionship.