Bangladeshi author Nasreen pleads to return home
Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has petitioned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to be allowed to return home 15 years after fleeing death threats by Islamic militants, a report said this week.…
Michael Jackson memorial cost LA $1.4 million
Los Angeles spent $1.4 million to provide security, traffic control and other services for Michael Jackson s memorial service, city officials said as they looked for ways to have others…
Fables, politics and one straying angel
Throw in a multitude of Egyptian folk tales and contemporary politics (Israeli/Palestinian conflict, social and political oppression in Egypt), blend them together, turn the folk stories upside down, rewrite them…
A subtle approach in capturing Cairo's slums
Egyptian and German collaborators celebrated the publication of their latest book about Cairo's informal areas on Wednesday at Goethe Institute's downtown branch. Guests sat through two dreary hours of academic…
Much ado about the National Theater Festival
The hot summer in Cairo is coinciding with a busy cultural season: the National Theater Festival kicked off on July 1, overlapping with the Modern Dance Festival, both sponsored by…
Who will "make the world a better place" now?
WASHINGTON, DC: In the hours following Michael Jackson's death, people around the globe shared common pain, resuscitated old vinyl records stored in their basements and stayed up later than usual…
Time to bring Mahatma Gandhi back
NEW YORK: The Congress Party's unexpected landslide in India's general election was greeted with euphoria. Many believe that Congress - with its commitment to secular values, economic growth, and helping…
Achieving a "Europe of Results"
BRUSSELS: The tsunami that has swept across financial markets is a global catastrophe. If handled correctly, however, the crisis may yet raise the esteem of the European Union and its…
Egyptians see US as 'hypocritical,' says poll
CAIRO: Seventy-eight percent of Egyptians believe that the US is "hypocritical because it does not follow the international laws it promotes in other countries, a recent World Public Opinion poll…