Female bloggers invade Egypt's literary scene
It's always been the norm for successful books to be turned into electronic form after they've accomplished a high sales run in print form. With the Blogger@Al-Shorouk project, it's the…
An unexpected delight
The recent commercial success of Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner, "A Thousand Splendid Suns and the blockbuster film adaptation of the former has thrust Afghanistan into the spotlight. However, Hosseini's…
The magic void
It is rare for a particular art piece to transcend form and strike a chord with everyone involved in art creation and consumption, which the Zurich Ballet s performance at…
The independent nightmare
With no budget to attend the Berlin Film Festival, I decided to do what I thought would be the second best thing: cover the Fifth Sawy Festival for Independent Short…
Who speaks for Islam?
Extremists and terrorism have too often monopolized the media s coverage and thus the message coming out of the Muslim world. But what do the vast majority of mainstream Muslims…
A new world peace initiative
Worldwide attention has for some time now been focused on media sources that paint Islam as an ideology that causes unrest, turmoil and mayhem in the world at present. Religious…
Blockade can't divide some Israeli, Palestinian friends
Their homes separated by a wheat field, barbed wire, and Israel s blockade of the Gaza Strip, it s been more than two years since Amir Efrat last saw the…
Danish newspapers reprint controversial Prophet Mohamed cartoon after arrests
COPENHAGEN: Leading Danish newspapers have reprinted cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed in a gesture of solidarity after police revealed a plot to kill the creator of the caricature that sparked…