A mashed-up electronica workout
The indoor auditorium of Passage 35 at Mohamed Mahmoud Museum was a perfect platform to dissect everyday noise and create a work of art out of it. Two nights of…
From here, you can almost see heaven
In the exhibition hall of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina's conference center is a truly exceptional exhibition of Post-Byzantine art. Vivid icons of Christ, the Virgin Mary and other central Biblical figures…
The Terror Next Door
NEW DELHI: The fallout from the terror attacks in Mumbai last week has already shaken India. Deep and sustained anger across the country - at its demonstrated vulnerability to terror…
A Universal Revolution
NEW YORK: The most important contribution of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly 60 years ago, on December 10, 1948, was to assert…
Arabs should act, not wait for Obama
WASHINGTON, DC: Because expectations across the Middle East are so high and the need for change is so great, during the next two months, all eyes will be focused on…
Honey, I'm homosexual
CAIRO: When Aida, 45 (not her real name), who has been happily married for 24 years found some red underwear in her husband's drawer, she never imagined that it belonged…
Ibrahim Eissa wins journalism award
CAIRO: Outspoken editor of Al-Dostour independent newspaper was awarded the 2008 Gebran Tueni Award for journalism by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). The Gebran Tueni Award is an annual…
Details of Al-Nada murder unveiled
CAIRO: The public prosecutor's office has formally charged Mahmoud El-Sayed Abdel-Hafiz Essawy, 20, with murder in the first degree with intent to commit theft in the case of the killing…
Rose Al-Youssef a waste of public money, says report
CAIRO: A once established publishing house, Rose Al-Youssef is wasting large sums of public money every morning, suggests a report released by the Central Auditing Agency. Earlier this week, independent…
Detention of Quaranist blogger causes outcry
CAIRO: Three organizations have condemned the detention of blogger Reda Abdel-Rahman Ali, who was taken away by state security forces during an early raid of his home in Sharqeya on…
