Hanafy's romantic creation brings art to life
After an arduous journey, myself and my trusted driver Ayad finally reached our destination. Having driven through a maze of dusty narrow streets, hemmed in on both sides by rows…
A cloudy spring at the Cairo Opera House
It wouldn't make sense traveling to, say, Moscow for a belly dance show; hence my apprehension about attending The Cairo Opera Ballet. Still, I was curious. What's more, the performance…
WITH A GRAIN OF SALT: Bush on the phone!
I telephoned US President George Bush last week, but he was in a foul mood. "I don't want to speak to anyone now, he told me. "I just heard the…
Breaking barriers in Brooklyn
We wrote this article on September 11, 2007-an anniversary with particular meaning for us. We are Father Khader El-Yateem and Marcia Kannry, board members of the Dialogue Project, an organization…
Indonesia: Is secularism a choice?
During his one-month visit to Indonesia between July and August 2007, Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na im, a Sudanese Muslim intellectual who now teaches at Emory School of Law in the…
Why Turkey's army will stay home
Just when the smoke from Turkey's domestic political conflicts of the past year had begun to clear, another deadly attack by Kurdish separatists on Turkish soldiers has the government threatening…
Soul mates or roomates: Matchmaking services in the spotlight
CAIRO: When Gamal Taher, a 35-year-old accountant, divorced his wife just before they moved to their new home, he didn't imagine he would consider enlisting the services of a matchmaking…
Tantawy makes controversial change to Al-Azhar curriculum
CAIRO: While some Al-Azhar scholars have reportedly voiced their rejection of Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Mohamed Sayed Tantawy's decision to replace the study of the four schools of Muslim jurisprudence…
WHO asks for a smoking-free drama
CAIRO: As one of the active movements to eliminate smoking in Egypt, lower air pollution and enhance public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged the Minister of Information to…
Zamalek request EFA to cut Shikabala ban
CAIRO: Zamalek sent an official request to the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) asking for a reduction to the one-year international suspension imposed against forward Mahmoud "Shikabala Abdul-Razeq last July.The 21-year-old…