Where the wind blows
Renowned Iraqi author Mahdi Issa Al-Saqr explores themes of race, inequality and post-colonialism in “East Winds, West Winds,” an account of stark contrasts and divisions at a British-run oil…
Venice film festival kicks off Wednesday
The Venice film festival kicks off Wednesday with a spotlight on the new generation of filmmakers as 41-year-old US director Darren Aronofsky raises the curtain with "Black Swan." The psychological…
Iraq: ‘Give us back the Torah’
Iraq is demanding Israeli authorities return an antique Torah scroll smuggled into Israel in the early 1950s. Israel’s Arutz Sheva reported that the ancient scroll, written in the early 20th…
French film director Alain Corneau dies aged 67
One of France's most well-known film directors, Alain Corneau, whose latest thriller "Love Crime" has just released, died aged 67 overnight Sunday to Monday, his agent said. Corneau, also a…
Military Court acquits 3 civilian workers, suspends sentences of 5
CAIRO: The Military Court acquitted Monday three workers of eight accused of leading a strike to protest poor safety conditions inside an army-affiliated factory. Another two workers were sentenced to…
Al-Badri admits frontline inefficiency
CAIRO: Ahly coach Hossam Al-Badri conceded that his side's strikers are anything but prolific, in the wake of the Red Devils' 1-1 draw with a 10-man JS Kabylie side in…
The kindness of strangers
NEW HAVEN: I admit that it is an unusual way to see the world, but, when reading the newspaper, I am constantly struck by the extent of human kindness. The…
Ismaili hearts broken at Heartland
CAIRO: Ismaili, desperately needing a win to boost their hopes of reaching the Champions League semi final, threw away their lead to lose 2-1 at Nigeria's Heartland on Sunday. The…
Catastrophe and prosperity
Millions are suffering and thousands have died from flooding in Pakistan and China. An extraordinary heatwave in Russia sparked fires causing dreadful pollution and wiping out swathes of the wheat…
Explosions in Palestine, but not what you think
NABLUS/WASHINGTON, DC: The explosions in Nablus, Palestine began in the evening on 21 July, and continued throughout the next day. Was it the beginning of the third Intifada? Absolutely not.…