Saudi Arabia and the United States: working toward a better world
JEDDAH: Two initiatives — US President Barack Obama’s vision of interfaith harmony as expounded in his historic June 2009 address to the Muslim world from Cairo, and the interfaith dialogue…
The price of clarity
LONDON: “Through the contrivance and cunning of stock jobbers there hath been brought in such a complication of knavery and cozenage, such a mystery of iniquity, and such an unintelligible…
Iran's nuclear deal and the new global power brokers
The visits to Iran of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva for meetings with Iran’s leaders on May 16, followed by the…
In defense of Facebook…and yes, I am a Muslim
CAIRO: In Pakistan, people are furious, and fury is contagious. A Facebook group aiming to mark May 20 as “Draw Mohammed Day” was created to elicit caricatures of the…
Cannes awards for controversial Danish war film, Vietnam movie
A controversial Danish movie set in Afghanistan and a first feature from a Vietnamese director on Thursday scooped awards in Cannes' Critics Week section. "Armadillo", about the growing cynicism and…
Watts stars as CIA operative Plame in Cannes film
Naomi Watts has gotten used to playing unstable women. But with the Cannes Film Festival entry "Fair Game," Watts is playing a woman as steady as they come in Valerie…
Cannes protests for France-Algeria war film
Riot police held off protestors on the Cannes waterfront Friday during a demonstration against the film festival screening of an explosive thriller about the Algerian war of independence. Police with…
The Middle East's new war: Facebook Popularity
CAIRO: Egyptian Nobel Peace Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei become the most popular Arab political figure on Facebook, overtaking Jordan's Queen Rania's previously dominant position across global social networks. ElBaradei, the former…
New Nile agreement a wake-up call for Egypt
CAIRO: A new agreement by five African states on Nile water sharing has been a wake-up call for Egypt, which has long considered the river its own, analysts say. Until…
Cannes red carpet dresses lack wow-factor
Whereas Cannes is regarded by die hard movie buffs as the film festival by which to gauge the next big movie or two of the year, for the fashion minded…