Wust El Balad frontman unleashes "The Unseen Beatles"
We're not here to show you how we sing the Beatles, we're here because of the Beatles, said Hany Adel on Wednesday evening at the first of a series of…
The road to Israel
In a closely packed hall at the Goethe Institute in Downtown Cairo, the second screening of Nadia Kamel's highly controversial directorial debut "Salata Baladi (Oriental Salad) was held last Wednesday.…
Hamas plans to build Hollywood-style media city, despite isolation
It's a tale worthy of its own movie script: The Gaza Strip's isolated and cash-strapped Hamas rulers plan to build a $200 million media city and movie production house that…
THOUGHTS ABOUT EGYPT: . But not the Egyptians!
I can think of a hundred ways of how a high rate of growth of the Egyptian economy may not bring any benefit to the majority of the citizens. I…
The dilemma of democracy in Lebanon
WASHINGTON, DC: In the history of US-Lebanese relations, no American president has pledged to support Lebanese democracy more than G.W. Bush. No American president has invited Lebanese officials to the…
Islam, inimical to innovation?
LONDON: The names of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi and Ibn al-Nafis may be less familiar to many people than those of Isaac Newton or Albert Einstein. But these and other Islamic…
Musharraf's Last Act?
Desperate to hold onto power, Pervez Musharraf has discarded Pakistan's constitutional framework and declared a state of emergency. His goal? To stifle the independent judiciary and free media. Artfully, though…
My cousins and I
SANA A, Yemen: It is imperative that we acknowledge and affirm the historic relationship between us Arabs with the people of Israel, with the true Jews, whom sources unanimously agree…
Should We Talk About Race and Intelligence?
PRINCETON, NJ: The intersection of genetics and intelligence is an intellectual minefield. Harvard's former president Larry Summers touched off one explosion in 2005 when he tentatively suggested a genetic explanation…
Iran's Quest
A major shortcoming in today's world is the persistence of a zero-sum sense of geopolitics. The world expected something different in the post-Cold War era to promote peace and stability.…