The Wild Bunch: Still wild 40 years later
Forty years ago, Quentin Tarantino was just a young boy; the future great director was taken to a showing of Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch. Set in 1913, the neo-western…
The thief that stole El-Hakim's thunder
Great Egyptian writer Tawfiq El-Hakim is one of Egypt's most brilliant minds of the 20th century. His prolific career bridged several forms of writing: theater, fiction, political analysis, philosophical writings,…
Overcoming religious prejudices through education: the experience of Bethlehem University
BETHLEHEM: A Christian professor teaches about Jesus Christ, the Church, and the Holy Trinity at a Catholic university. It may seem normal to do so, except that 75 percent of…
Learning from the Cold War
NEW YORK: Every war is fought three times. First comes the political discussion over whether to start or enter it. Then comes the question of how to fight it. And,…
How much is enough?
LONDON: The economic downturn has produced an explosion of popular anger against bankers' "greed and their "obscene bonuses. This has accompanied a wider critique of "growthmanship - the pursuit of…
Diabetes NGO to revamp website
CAIRO: The Egyptian Society for Diabetes Care (ESCD) joined forces with the European Hospital Georges Pompidou in France last week to renovate the organization's website sukarmazboot.com.ESCD signed an agreement with…
Ministry of Health announces 10th swine flu death
CAIRO: The Ministry of Health announced the 10th swine flu death in a 48-year-old woman from Shubra Monday.The patient was admitted to Sadr Hospital in Abbassiya on Nov. 19 suffering…
Campaign to raise money to pay off MP's fine
CAIRO: The movement "No to Selling Egypt has launched a campaign to collect LE 20,000 from the public to pay the fine imposed on independent MP Alaa Abdel-Moneim by a…