Verdi makes triumphant return to the Cairo Opera House
A few weeks after their impressive performance of Guiseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in Maschera, the Cairo Opera Company gave a fine rendition of the Italian composer's "Rigoletto Wednesday evening.Aldo…
A universal message of hope at the Opera House
Creatively illustrated across the background of the Cairo Opera House's stage was the 'Beit El Oud' logo. At the center of the stage, stood a carefully crafted chair designed by…
Wamda Group bring back folkloric puppetry to modern Cairo
Members of little-known Wamda group are on a mission: To revive old forms of Egyptian folkloric dolls and puppets facing extinction against the modern and western alternatives. Held from Feb.…
BOOK REVIEW: Creating Medieval Cairo
Paula Sanders' "Creating Medieval Cairo is not a quick read for an average tourist, but a book for the more serious observers and students. It is a meticulously researched book…
The End of the Age of Friedman
Harvard professor Dani Rodrik - perhaps the finest political economist of my generation - recently reported on his blog that a colleague has been declaring the past three decades "the…
A new democratic Pakistan
The election results have filtered in and after a series of disturbing events - emergencies, an assassination, and a wave of suicide bombings - Pakistan is finally sending a message…
Can you see the Mideast from the Midwest?
Israeli observers of the US presidential primaries and nomination processes can be roughly divided into two distinct groups. On one side, there are those who believe that every four years…
'Siege' author dissects Al-Qaeda
CAIRO: Lawrence Wright co-wrote the script to the 1998 Hollywood film "The Siege, which was a box office failure. Yet, after 9/11 the film became the most rented movie in…
Model European Union kicks off its 7th session
CAIRO: In public universities, where political activism usually evokes fear of arrest, simulation models of international institutions remain one of the few "safe means of student interaction.One of those models…
Proposed broadcast charter under fire by rights groups
CAIRO: Human rights groups have condemned recommendations on satellite television broadcasting regulations recently issued by Arab ministers of information during a meeting of the Arab League.The non-binding document of Feb.…
