Advertising in 2007: PR campaigns win first place
With all the new satellite channels, radio stations, print magazines and newspapers coming out every day, in addition to the emergence of new media and technologies for advertising, it's becoming…
Voyeurism, organized mayhem and savage beauty in Cairo
The Palace of Arts at the Cairo Opera House is currently hosting a group exhibition cleverly titled "What's Happening now? It displays the contemporary views of 25 Cairo artists, in…
The year of the underdog in the culture scene
The year 2007 may be remembered as the year when mainstream entertainment took a backseat, giving way to the invasion of alternative culture. Nearly every form of popular culture failed…
The 10 best movies of 2007
The movie gods smiled upon the world again in 2007 with a host of great pictures screening in festival circuits and major cities around the world. Unfortunately, few of those…
A reader's retrospective
Bookshelves are stacked with nostalgia. Browsing through the books is a flash from the past year. Readers everywhere were treated to a literary rollercoaster of emotions.We witnessed the end of…
Pakistan after Bhutto
The assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has brought Pakistan's state of turmoil to new heights. As head of the nation's most popular political party, Bhutto largely transcended Pakistan's…
Nuclear Targets
Nuclear facilities as military targets? The drumbeat appears to be growing louder. Western leaders repeatedly declare that no option is off the table to stem Iran's nuclear ambitions. And, in…
Prerequisites for peace
As one who for decades has supported a two-state solution and the non-violent struggle for Palestinian rights, I view the recent conference in Annapolis with a great deal of skepticism-and…
With a Grain of Salt : Incomplete Joy
I rarely find any coverage in the US media of one recurring crisis in Palestine. Whenever the Israeli occupation forces evict Palestinians from their homes for one of two reasons,…
A look back
Call me a foolish optimist, but I've always rejected the saying "the more things change, the more they stay the same. Perhaps on some transcendental, philosophical level that doesn't concern…