Syrian play snatches top award at Experimental Theater Festival
Syrian play Chocolat nabbed the top Best Performance award to mark an end to the 19th Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater in an edition that featured a patchy collection…
To read in the name of God
Metang-mentang punya sayapMalaikat begitu nyinyir dan cerewetIa berlagak sebagai makhluk baikTapi juga galak dan usilIa meniup-niupkan wahyuDan mautKe saban penjuru(Malaikat, Saeful Badar)Translation:Because they have the power of wingsAngels are difficult…
The Malaysian Miracle
August 31 marked the 50th anniversary of Malaysia's Merdeka: independence after more than 400 years of colonialism. Malaysia's peaceful, non-violent struggle may not have received the attention that Mahatma Gandhi's…
America and global public goods
America is currently transfixed with the problem it has created for itself in Iraq, but the presidential candidates are also beginning to ask what principles should guide United States foreign…
Wetland project to tackle Egypt's water pollution
CAIRO: The engineered wetland project in the Bahr El Baar area south of Port Said represents great potential for improving Egypt's water pollution conundrum. Unconventional and environmentally friendly, the new…
Giving up on FGM: why a village midwife put down her scalpel
MINYA: Watching the long, supple fingers of Rasheeda Sharawbim gesture as she speaks, it is hard to believe they could be so brutal. "For over 25 years I circumcised all…
EOHR report condemns "continuous violations of human rights" in Egypt
CAIRO: National rights group Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) released on Tuesday its 17th annual report on the state of human rights in Egypt, emphasizing "continuous violations of basic…
Children's cancer hospital 57357 celebrates official opening
CAIRO: For years we've been seeing the creative fund-raising ads for the Children's Cancer hospital 57357. Public figures, actors, actresses and singers have been supporting the project by encouraging people…
Family loses 3 children
CAIRO: A family in Marsa Matrouh suffered through a series of tragic accidents that resulted in the death of their three children, reported Al-Ahram daily newspaper. It started when the…