Confessions of a (M)ad Man: The young, the old and the impulsive
Youth is wasted on the young.It's a familiar refrain that's oft repeated by older people, often rueing their own misspent youth. It's part warning, part jealous lashing-out and eight parts…
Damon 'honored' by Joe the Plumber's shout-out
Matt Damon is honored that the most recent celebrity of the presidential campaign Joe the Plumber dropped his name in an interview. That was a surprise. I hadn t heard…
World's poorest take centre stage at Rome film festival
ROME: Eight filmmakers sought Thursday to hold wealthy nations to account for the UN Millennium Development Goals as their joint project, 8, had its world premiere at the Rome film…
A quest for the mystical light
Dar El Shorouk's reprint of Bahaa Taher's "Noqtat Al-Noor (Point of Light) couldn't have been released at a better time, following the huge success of his Arabic Booker Prize winner…
With a Grain of Salt: Extremists in Jerusalem
A very sorry incident took place last month, but I don't know why it wasn't picked up by our vigorous press. It seems they've been interested in nothing but news…
Some good news for a change
WASHINGTON: In Sherlock Holmes stories, the dog that didn t bark is considered significant. That is not true when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict where only bad news is…
Homeless at Home
Today, the United Nations estimates that 77 million people - more than 1 percent of the world's population - are displaced within their own countries, having been forced to flee…
Editorial: Egypt's sunny economy and landmark harassment verdict
On Tuesday, to cap two days of miraculously upbeat discussions about the state of Egypt's economy in the midst of a global crisis at the annual Euromoney Conference, as the…
Doctors lobby group criticizes syndicate for dropping minimum wage demands
CAIRO: Lobby group Doctors Without Rights (DWR) said at a protest Friday that the board of the Doctors' Syndicate has failed to implement resolutions voted on by the Syndicate's general…
