Confessions of a (M)ad Man: A boy named Sue, who grows up to be a rodeo clown, or something
Last Tuesday, right on schedule, my sister-in-law popped out a happy and healthy baby girl, who was promptly named Lara. Given that my family has a history of bestowing gender-inappropriate…
'There's no better job' than journalism: Garcia Marquez
MEXICO CITY: Colombian writer and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez hailed journalism as the best profession, in rare public comments in northern Mexico. There s no better job than journalism,…
Bond gets license to thrill at London Film Festival
LONDON: The first public screening of the new James Bond movie will be the highlight of this year s London Film Festival, which will bring a host of world premieres…
ANALYSIS: The next step for independent music
It being Ramadan, some people may have experienced a shift in outing venues that has left them more frequently exposed to music video channels (and their fittingly spiritual fare).They may…
With a Grain of Salt: A lesson from Israel
I was truly impressed by one Israeli minister's great suggestion to abduct Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and take him to court. Indeed as it claims day and night, Israel is…
Terror not Islam's way
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: An Afghan driver and three female relief workers employed by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) were shot and killed in the Logar province of Afghanistan last month. The…
Is Export Led Growth Passé?
CAMBRIDGE: For five decades, developing countries that managed to develop competitive export industries have been rewarded with astonishing growth rates: Taiwan and South Korea in the 1960's, Southeast Asian countries…
Editorial: Egypt's new anthem: We told you so
The Duweiqa rockslide disaster Egyptians woke up to exactly one week ago was no natural catastrophe as many of us might have thought in the beginning. A 70-ton boulder collapses…
North Africa well on its way to meeting MDGs
CAIRO: Halfway through the time set for meeting its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the United Nations released a report discussing the progress made thus far in Africa and Western Asia,…
Living on the edge, waiting for more than promises
CAIRO: In the dusty street outside her home, just above the newest disaster area in Moqattam, Ola waves a yellowed, tattered housing permit. The permit, over 20 years old, allows…