Confronting Fear
WASHINGTON, DC: Even as the squeeze in interbank lending has started to ease after the rescue of financial systems across the advanced countries, falling economic indicators have sent stock markets…
A notorious absentee in the US presidential campaign
NEW YORK: The US presidential campaign has been waged with unusual vigor and energy from Senators Barak Obama and John McCain, its two main contestants. They have both been very…
Microfinance empowering Egyptian women
CAIRO: The Association for the Development and Enhancement of Women (ADEW) embarked on its operations over 20 years ago in Mainsheet Nasser, at that time one of the largest unrecognized…
Why Barack Obama?
NEW YORK: The winner of America's presidential election will inherit a perfect storm of problems, both economic and international. He will face the most difficult opening-day agenda of any president…
Why the fight in Balochistan matters
ISLAMABAD: The scarred Pakistani province of Balochistan has been suffering from conflict with the central government since the country's inception in 1947. Steeped in violence and deprivation, bitterness, hunger and…
BBC under fire for star presenters' radio stunt
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown weighed in Tuesday on a row over offensive on-air comments by two top BBC presenters which has escalated into a media and political storm.Brown called…
Addicted to acting: an interview with Asser Yassin
For Asser Yassin, acting isn't about creating a character from scratch, but rather searching within one's self for certain traits that can be accentuated on screen. But when playing intense…
Blood in the sand
Czech film director Václav Marhoul says that his latest work, "Tobruk, is not a movie about a war; it is a movie about the people in a war. The distinction,…
The Jazz Factory storms Cairo next week
Jazz is a language, not just a style, said Ramón Blecua, the Cultural Counselor of the Spanish Embassy in Egypt during the launch of The Jazz Factory, Egypt's first international…
The breathing sculptures of Armen Agop
I magine yourself walking into an aquarium after announcing that a new species has been discovered. Consider for a moment the apprehension, hesitation and awe one senses on witnessing these…
