BOOK REVIEW: Biography follows Iraq's beloved poet
Associated PressSoldiers. Brutality. War. Futility. Secrets. The images of the dusty, war-torn land are all too familiar.Fortunately, in the biography Nabeel s Song, journalist Jo Tatchell gives readers a glimpse…
Looking for a Break?
Cairo's local music scene is overflowing with budding new talent. But if you're on the lookout for something different among the myriad of cover bands, check out Break. Their original,…
Generation Radiohead
The music that has become a personal soundtrack for many fansIn 1997 the world was waiting abuzz for the "Be Here Now; British rock outfit Oasis' follow-up to their record-breaking…
Come to learn Arabic, stay to sing
Above all else, you cannot miss the fact that Youssif Courtelis loves Egypt. The country seems his muse and rationale. It shows in the first album he made here last…
An Israeli view: We want peace but oppose terrorism
Forty years after the June 1967 war, peace between Israelis and Palestinians seems as distant as ever. Israel still refuses to accept the new Palestinian national unity government as a…
A Palestinian view: It's either the occupation or peace
It has now been 40 years since the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip started, and it seems as if it happened only…
Fatwas and modernity
LONDON: Almost two years ago the citizens of London were victims of a great atrocity. Those who perpetrated those crimes would like you to believe that they were inspired by…
Why rush a national-unity government?
Negotiations to create a new national-unity government have hit a brick wall, and that's a relief. The opposition's conditions for agreeing to re-enter the government were too onerous and would…
The challenge of American and Arab fundamentalism
FLORIDA: In the ongoing tension between the United States and the Arab world, religious fanaticism plays a major role: religious zealots are on the militant frontline in Arab countries and…
Arab and Jewish Americans see eye-to-eye, says poll
WASHINGTON, DC: We were a little anxious when we decided to jointly poll Jewish and Arab Americans on Middle East peace this year.Not that we haven t done it before.…