A philosophy lesson for the ages
On Monday night, members of the Scream theater group treated Sawy Culture Wheel's audience to a new production of great Egyptian playwright and poet Salah Abdel-Saboor's famed text "Ma'sat Al-Hallaj…
First Sheikh Jarrah, then Baka?
JERUSALEM: Mike Huckabee recently made a virulently anti-Zionist remark - and the Jews who accompanied him on his tour of east Jerusalem cheered."It concerns me when there are some in…
What happened to Mohamed Al-Hanashi?
NEW YORK: Mohammed Al-Hanashi was a 31-year-old Yemeni citizen who was held at Guantánamo Bay without charge for seven years. On June 3, while I was visiting Guantánamo with other…
The quality of mercy
PRINCETON: The recent release of Abdel Basset Ali Al-Megrahi, the only person convicted of blowing up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, sparked outrage. Around the same…
Quo Vadis, Iran?
BERLIN: Iran is in the process of wasting the biggest historical opportunity the country has had since the revolution of 1979, and perhaps even in the last hundred years. This…
The Re-Birth of Japanese Democracy
NEW YORK: Moods and fashions in Japan often arrive like tsunamis, typhoons, or landslides. After more than 50 years of almost uninterrupted power, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has…
Shifting the focus from al-Megrahi's homecoming
WASHINGTON, DC: The aftermath of the Scottish government's recent release of Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi, the former Libyan intelligence agent who was given a life sentence for the 1988 bombing of…
INTERVIEW: Egypt's UNESCO candidate: Anti-Semitic or pro-Israeli?
CAIRO: Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni is defending his controversial bid to head UNESCO, fighting off accusations of anti-Semitism abroad while ducking attacks at home for his soft tone with…
Trial of police colonel accused of brutality begins Sunday
CAIRO: The trial of a police colonel accused of physical assault which led to permanent disability to his victim begins on Sunday at the Alexandria criminal court.Colonel Akram Ahmed Suleiman…
Advertising tycoon threatens to sue man accusing him of 'stealing ideas'
CAIRO: The creator of a Facebook group accusing advertising magnate Tarek Nour of stealing ideas for promos for his TV channel Al-Qahera Wal Nas (Cairo Centric) says he will not…