On the edge of heaven
While the Arab world continues to consume its daily dose of the petty nonsense of Turkish soap opera Nour, a young Turkish filmmaker is currently taking the art world by…
With a Grain of Salt: No place for Nasser
Hats off to state television for refusing to run a TV series on the life of former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser this coming Ramadan.Indeed there is no room for…
Putin's gold-medal war
LONDON: What does the "Olympics War, otherwise known as Russia's invasion of Georgia, really mean? The war itself was, of course, predicable and predicted. Its results are equally clear. First,…
China's synchronized anachronism
SINGAPORE: I cannot recall the opening ceremonies at the Athens or Sydney Olympics, maybe because I am a little ambivalent about sports in the first place. But the opening ceremony…
Editorial: Egypt's infernos: what next?
The fire that ripped through Egypt's Shoura Council building on Tuesday was more than just a reminder of past disasters; it was a prelude to future ones.The sequence of events…
Award-winning El Ebrashi stresses that Egypt needs development, not chairty
CAIRO: Raghda El Ebrashi, founder of Alashanek Ya Balady Association for Sustainable Development (AYB-SD) has had a busy year with award after award recognizing her effort as a leading social…
Abo Fana monks mark disputed territory following settlement
CAIRO: Arab tribes and Abo Fana Monastery monks have started marking the disputed borders around the monastery which had led to a series of violent clashes between Muslims and Christians…
Lawyers' Syndicate elections attract different political streams
CAIRO: The judicial committee supervising the Lawyers' Syndicate elections received Tuesday 10 applications for the chairman position along with 78 applications for other seats.The applicants represent a wide array of…
Turks turn to diet patches to ease Ramadan fasting
ANKARA: Turkish Muslims plan to resort to appetite suppressing diet patches to help them get through the daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan, Anatolia news agency reported on…
Army intervenes to quell fire in Assiut Holy Family site
CAIRO: Army fire engines extinguish a fire that broke Thursday morning in the fossilized tree forest that is part of the Virgin Mary Monastery in Drenka village in Assiut, Upper…