Students gain more than winning in science challenge
CAIRO: The atmosphere resembles a school's annual sports day: parents and teachers eagerly looking on, teams of students cheering each other, and a general expectant buzz. Yet it is not…
Taxing the Israeli occupation
CAIRO: Arab intellectuals and policymakers have often accused Europe of using financial generosity to cover up its political impotence over the Arab-Israeli conflict. If Europe is to be taken seriously…
Declare a Palestinian state
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland: France s foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, has alarmed the Israeli government with his recent statement that one can envision the proclamation soon of a Palestinian state, and…
Let it flow
The eighteenth annual World Water Day offers the same old problems and rejects the practical solutions. On March 22 one billion people will, as usual, spend the day without clean…
Muslim, German, female – and a sports star
BONN, Germany: Fatmire Bajramaj is the carefree young face of women s football in Germany. A Muslim Kosovan, her eventful life story recalls the hit English film Bend it like…
Children's jury at film festival transcends boundaries
The Cairo International Children's Film Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary this spring, with over 359 films from 52 countries. The fest took a new step this year by choosing four…
Head of Actors' Union sues member for libel
CAIRO: Head of the Egyptian Actors' Union Ashraf Zaki is suing union member Hisham Bahaa ElDin for libel for publishing an article on the social networking website Facebook criticizing the…
Gates of Glory and Facades of Fame
The road between Bab Zuweila and Bab El-Fotouh, two of the entrances to medieval Cairo, is considered by UNESCO to be among the richest caches of Muslim architecture in the…
The beautiful loneliness of writing
A giant squid might never in its lifetime encounter another of its species. Pondering upon this most solitary of creatures, Sai is taken by melancholy. Yet even in the early…
