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DiwanEnglish fiction 1) A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini 2) Brida - Paulo Coelho 3) Alchemist - Paulo Coelho 4) The Poison Tree - Marwa Rakha 5) Map of…
Africa not using enough renewable energy, say experts
CAPE TOWN: Solving Africa s power crisis will require greater energy efficiency and countries making better use of renewable resources, the World Economic Forum on Africa heard Thursday.The continent, where…
Al-Zawahri calls Muslims to break Gaza siege
CAIRO: Al-Qaeda s top deputy Ayman Al-Zawahri called on Muslims to launch holy war to break the siege of Gaza, in a new audio recording posted Wednesday on a militant…
New traffic, registration laws show no sign of dampening sales, analysts say
CAIRO: Last month, licensing some cars got trickier. On May 5, parliament passed a set of price hikes that upped the cost of registering a variety of vehicles. Then last…
Car insurance, though growing, is still murky
CAIRO: Spend enough time on any Cairo road and you're likely to encounter a familiar scene: Two men (or, less frequently, women) scuffle over a bent fender or nicked rearview…
An adolescent analysis of Arab emasculation
As the opening credits of "Leilat El Baby Doll (Baby Doll Night) started rolling, my expectations rose with every name of the cast members emerging on screen. Each actor of…
Shark tale served by Egypt's youngest author
As early as first grade, one of Janna Gohar s teachers at Cairo American College dubbed her the Queen of Details. Gohar seems to enjoy the title, and certainly lives…
In the mind of Ahdaf Soueif
Sitting in her Zamalek apartment, author Ahdaf Soueif tells us a story."An Egyptian theater troupe once came over to England and I attended their performance."Afterwards, one of the troupe approached…
Japanese Lessons for China's Currency
The question of how much China's currency should appreciate to rebalance its trade has become a global hot-button issue. But the answers have been all over the map, with some…
Pakistan through the lens of Iraq
There is no military solution in Iraq, only a political one. General David Petraeus s aphorism is about the only thing on which war proponents and opponents agree. The question…