New Quran in English combines translation with interpretation
ALEXANDRIA: Upon entering Dr Ahmed Zaki Hammad's home office, it's difficult to miss the shelves covering the room's walls, all filled with files that contain the finest details he used…
Duweiqa residents move from the rubble to new apartments
Late Monday evening the Suzanne Mubarak Housing Project in Duweiqa was thrumming with people and machines. Moving trucks, piled high with furniture, snaked through the crowds, entire families jammed into…
The American anti-intellectual threat
NEW YORK: In recent years, the United States has been more a source of global instability than a source of global problem-solving. Examples include the war in Iraq, launched by…
Palestinian, Jordanian, or both?
LIVERPOOL, England: "I love Jordan, whispered a young refugee girl. "I love Jordan even though I'm Palestinian. Listening to Ibtisaam, a proud Palestinian who lives in the expansive refugee camps…
Building your own state
When my father decided to buy a farm in the suburbs of Cairo and live there a few years ago, his justification was that if you decide to live in…
Seven years after the 'war on terror'
NEWARK, Delaware: It is seven years since that terrible day of Sept.11, 2001 when terrorists killed 3,000 Americans, triggering a massive global response by the United States. As President Bush's…
Syrian-Israeli negotiations pause for election outcomes
LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, Belgium: With his characteristic clear-sightedness and, knowledge of history, General Charles de Gaulle used to say that one should not insult the future. He also believed that simple ideas…
A 'third way' for confronting Russia
PARIS: "Let's engage Russia if we can, but contain it if we must. These two alternatives already defined Western strategy toward Russia in the mid-1990s. Since then, Russia may have…
The transcending sound of The Joubran Trio
"We are actually six brothers, said The Joubran Trio last Monday at their first concert in Egypt, held at Geneina Theater. The a'wad, the stringed-instruments they play, are their three…
The chaotic beauty of "Pain Killers"
Flipping through the pages of "Aqras Al-Musakin (Pain Killers), the new release from the Malamih Publishing House, was a nostalgic experience. It brought back to mind a get-together with its…
