'Che' Guevara's widow unveils memoir
HAVANA: The widow of legendary Cuban-Argentinean Ernesto Che Guevara unveiled her memoir, Evocation, last week, in which she narrates her six years with Cuba s hero before he left her…
Hit book finds home on stage
Let's give the best of what we have for those people who have waited for us all this time, theater director Doaa Teama told her cast and crew before the…
Why Wilders will lead us all into the wilderness
Geert Wilders, the Dutch MP who plans to release an anti-Islamic film this month, will never lead his followers to the Promised Land. He does not promise milk and honey.…
Bombing the US Budget
As the United States and the world mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, debates are raging about the consequences - for Iraq, the Middle East, and America's…
Egypt and America are partners in energy myopia
One of many reasons for Dick Cheney's jaunt to the Middle East is a desire to stabilize the global oil market, presumably by putting pressure on regional oil producers to…
Elections on a shoe string
CAIRO: Nagwa is a vote collector. That doesn't mean she counts the ballot papers that eager voters cast at the polls, her role in Egypt's voting system is slightly more…
Om Kolthoum Café: a tribute to the diva
CAIRO: With numerous coffee shops carrying the name of late Arab diva Om Kulthoum, it's difficult to think of any of these venues as anything special. But one coffee shop…
Families demonstrate in five-month housing battle
CAIRO: Thirty-two families of Kafr El-Elew, Helwan, demonstrated outside the Ministers' Council Monday in another step in a five-month housing battle against the government. The case began in Oct. 17,…
Taxi driver alleges abuse by counter-drugs police
CAIRO: The Kerdassa public prosecution office is currently investigating claims by a man who says he was tortured by the police.Taxi driver Hany El-Sayyed Ali says that he was beaten…
