Along the compulsory detour
As they continue marching steadily against the flow, the Alexandria-based band Massar Egbari knows how to take you with them. The progressive rock group derives its name from the road…
A winter delight with Slovak Folklore Ballet
It s a rare occasion when the Cairo Opera House can host a performance that does its lush atmosphere justice. This week, the Slovak National Folklore Ballet does that and…
Shadows of a vanished city
An ode to the history of the cosmopolitan city, the recently released American University in Cairo publication "Vintage Alexandria: Photographs of the City 1860-1960 by Michael Haag is an eye-opening,…
The America that can say no
NEW YORK: Early this month, Kyrgyzstan's president Kurmanbek Bakiyev went cap in hand to Moscow to ask for financial aid. To make his request more palatable, Bakiyev announced that he…
The Jewish conspiracy in Asia
TOKYO: A Chinese bestseller, entitled The Currency War, describes how Jews are planning to rule the world by manipulating the international financial system. The book is reportedly read in the…
Bring Hamas into the political process
JERUSALEM: It is now clear that Israel delivered a blow to Hamas during its three-week campaign that ended on Jan. 17, successfully targeting its weapons stores, training facilities and command…
Expectations of Obama too high, say experts
CAIRO: A panel of foreign relations experts downplayed expectations of newly elected US President Barack Hussein Obama, urging the Middle East to meet him halfway and not rely on him…
Amnesty urges authorities to disclose whereabouts of detained blogger
CAIRO: Rights group Amnesty International is urging the Egyptian authorities to reveal the whereabouts of a blogger who disappeared 14 days ago.According to his mother, Amal Abdel Fattah Ahmed, 23-year-old…
Nour's release met with flurry of speculation
CAIRO: The arbitrary nature in which former presidential candidate Ayman Nour was released from prison Wednesday without prior notice has led to a flurry of speculation over the reason and…
Human rights organizations, NGOs, decry Saudi lashing sentence on Egyptian doctor
CAIRO: Local and international human rights organizations and NGOs decried the punishment of 1,500 lashes handed down to two Egyptian doctors in Saudi Arabia in a memo they will send…