Beginner's luck eludes 'Oum El Dounia'
Art critics often find it difficult to strike a balance between polite assessment and blatant honesty. It's even trickier when the artist in question is an amateur: Does one take…
Michael Moore's pals make documentary films
They make movies that deal with unpleasant topics such as war and racism, yet are entertaining and even humorous. They re passionate, mischievously creative, politically liberal.Does this sound like Michael…
The Beauty of Garbage!
For the past few months, the eyes of TV viewers in Egypt and the Arab World have been glued to the dubbed-into-Arabic Turkish soap opera "Noor. The series, premised on…
Europe's Russia
SOFIA: The post-Cold War order in Europe is finished, with Vladimir Putin its executioner. Russia's invasion of Georgia only marked its passing. Russia has emerged out of the war as…
Pakistan's tribal challenge
LAHORE: With a revived Taliban and Al Qaeda operating out of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), the region has assumed centre stage in the US-led "war on terror. To…
A short walk between Jews and Muslims
NEW YORK: New York City is divided by Central Park into an East and a West Side. We New Yorkers joke about the cultural differences between the two parts of…
April 6 movement launches online radio station, sparking internal conflicts
CAIRO: The April 6 movement has taken a controversial turn with the launch of its own online radio station broadcasting from London, funded by Islamist Osama Roushdy.The radio station started…
Egypt to retrieve Amenhoteb ???'s stolen eye
CAIRO: Egypt will get back the stolen eye of King Amenhotep III statue from the Basel museum in Switzerland after an agreement was reached with officials there.Minister of Culture Farouk…
Canal workers end sit-in
ISMAILIA: Workers from the Canal Company for Ports and Large Projects ended a week-long sit-in in the early hours of Wednesday. Ashraf Abbas, a member of the Egyptian Workers and…
Duweiqa dead reach 69 as tensions simmer between residents and police
CAIRO: The death toll in the Duweiqa rockslide reached 69 as eight more bodies were discovered while the injured reached 58 as security forces cordoned off the disaster site Wednesday.Only…
