Youth frustrations communicated in new dance performance
This week, young choreographer Mounir Saeed presented two dance performances: "The Game and "View the Dead Art at Downtown's Rawabet Theater. Saeed is one of 15 Egyptian dancers/choreographers who recently…
An art sanctuary at Syria's Deir Mar Musa
About 50 km north of Damascus, past the town of An Nabk, a road winding across the barren landscape ends at the foot of a staircase. A gate adorned with…
Waiting for Obama
This is the season for Asian gatherings. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Thailand in late October brought all the key players of Asia together. Come mid-November,…
Hope for the Roma
BRUSSELS: Hated, alienated, and shunned as thieves and worse, the Roma have for too long been easy and defenseless targets for disgruntled racists in Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic,…
The new monetary disorder
PRINCETON: Currency chaos is back, highlighting demands for a revised international monetary order. The rapid decline of the dollar and the pound, but also of the renminbi - now more…
Italian judge convicts 23 in CIA kidnap case
MILAN: An Italian judge found 23 Americans and two Italians guilty Wednesday in the kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect, delivering the first legal convictions anywhere in the world against…
Murderer confesses in Marwa El-Sherbini trial
DRESDEN: A Russian-born German man admitted in court Wednesday to killing a pregnant Egyptian woman in a frenzied knife attack but denied he was driven by racism.A spokesman for the…
Algeria's Yahia to miss Egypt trip
CAIRO: Algeria and Bochum defender Antar Yahia has been ruled out of his country s critical World Cup qualifier against Egypt due to injury.Bundesliga side Bochum announced on their official…
Ismaili close in on Etoile's Opara
CAIRO: Ismaili are close to signing Etoile Sahel s Nigerian striker Emeka Opara, a club board member said on Tuesday. Opara will arrive in Egypt soon to conclude talks and…
Zamalek's Ayew recalled by Ghana
CAIRO: Zamalek midfielder Rahim Ayew has been named in Ghana s squad for the final World Cup qualifier with Mali on Nov. 15.Ghana boss Milovan Rajevac, who already guided the…