Panahi arrested for making anti-regime film
Iran s culture minister said that the award-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi was arrested because he was making an anti-regime film, the ISNA news agency reported. The culture and Islamic guidance…
The different colors of the 'Sad Tigers'
The one image that lingered in my mind long after finishing Ahmed Zaghlol Al-Sheti's newest short story collection is that of three sad tigers sitting down for tea with a…
'Sex,' 'Shrek' and 'Toy Story' aim for summer laughs
Studio executives don t care about your money. They just want you to laugh and love. But if you happen to turn your money over to them at the same…
A Muslim's Passover
WASHINGTON, DC: Except for a casual mention of Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian lands and the tensions they recently caused in US-Israeli relations, my Passover Seder last week was very…
The Naked Euro
LONDON: Dramatic challenges, and mediocre responses: that is the history of the European Union. All too rarely does the EU rise to the level of events, which is why Europe…
A US-China climate surge
LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA: There are numerous aspects to the United States-China relationship - some currently contentious, others cooperative. One area that presents an opportunity for cooperation is energy policy and climate…
The cruelty of chance
MOSCOW: In Russia, somewhere behind every event lurks the question: Who is to blame? In the tragedy that claimed the lives of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 other Polish…
Egypt praised as model in fight against maternal mortality
CAIRO: Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) in Egypt decreased almost 70 percent, from 174 deaths per 100,000 life births in 1992 to 55 in 2008, a study revealed this week.Reducing MMR…
Egypt guards kill African migrant on way to Israel
RAFAH: An Egyptian security official says border guards fatally shot an African migrant and arrested five others trying to cross illegally into Israel.The Eritrean man, 42, had ignored calls to…