Summer's family films focus on fantasy and fun
Animated animals and pint-sized aliens. Museum relics that come to life at night. Magic rocks that make wishes come true. A bouquet of balloons big enough to lift a house…
A different face of Mexico
As the world directs its attention to Mexico with the current outbreak of the swine flu, a small theatrical production arrives to put a face to the crisis, highlighting along…
One on one with award-winning writer Deborah Moggach
In her most celebrated works, award-winning British novelist and scriptwriter Deborah Moggach has constantly displayed a strong interest in past eras, in different worlds and in atypical characters. In her…
Vatican paper: 'Angels & Demons' film is harmless
Reviewers at the Vatican s newspaper have passed judgment on Angels & Demons, finding the religious thriller commercial and inaccurate, but concluding it is harmless entertainment and not a danger…
Individuals must not be punished for the actions of their governments
TEL AVIV: If Operation Cast Lead proved to be the breaking point for Gaza's healthcare system, it also illuminated where the responsibility for its collapse lies. The pressures that left…
The return of American realism
NEW YORK: There are many recurring debates in American foreign policy - for example, isolationism versus internationalism, and unilateralism versus multilateralism. But no debate is more persistent than that between…
One hijabi guinea pig at a time
CAIRO: Over six years ago, I sat in a Zamalek café with an American journalist discussing my decision to wear the veil. It was more than a year after Sept.…
Decoding Egypt: Is the Escalation of the 'Mideast Cold War' in Egypt's Interest?
CAIRO: The Egyptian regime's political and verbal confrontation with Hezbollah demonstrates that Egypt has opted for deepening the rift with Iran and its allies.Egypt's hostile posture towards Hezbollah predates the…
The Great Depression Analogy
PRINCETON: Whenever today's economic crisis is discussed, analogies to the Great Depression are never far away. In its latest "World Economic Outlook, the IMF examines the analogy explicitly, in terms…
Religious-secularist mix impacts women's rights in Turkey
MONTRÉAL: Turkey has strong ties both with its Muslim history and with secularism, understood as not mixing religion with politics. After decades of struggling between these two identities, this strategic…