Royal melodies to grace two opera houses
CAIRO: If you're into classical music, the British Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is as good as it gets. And you don't have to go all the way to the UK…
BOOK REVIEW: "Sorry" and other obsolete phrases
Lynne Truss tackles the demise of good manners in "Talk to the Hand There's no escape. We're confronted by it on a daily basis: when another driver cuts us off,…
"Dead Money" offers little more than a dead vision
Palestinian director manages to insult Egypt in a span of 15 minutesWarning: containing some spoilersYoung Palestinian filmmaker Rami Abdul Jabbar has created a hard-to-ignore buzz around him since the debut…
Who Is to Blame for US Foreign Policy?
It is a common perception that Americans do not pay enough attention to foreign policy. US policy makers and experts, as well as the American public, espouse the opinion that…
Bush is piling up the chips on a losing Iraqi bet
It was axiomatic during the Cold War that presidents should not gamble with matters of national security. The stakes were too high. The Bush administration's Iraq policy has long suffered…
For many Muslims, the 'bad news' of globalization travels fast
The real impact of globalization on Muslim-Western relations has been mixed, but as the adage reminds us, "bad news travels fast. Ironically, the speed of globalization's negative press can be…
First Ladies meet to combat child pornography
PARIS: French President Jacques Chirac and the first ladies of the United States and Russia, Laura Bush and Lyudmila Putin, issued a joint call Wednesday to combat child pornography and…
California students light candles for peace
CALIFORNIA: A group of high school students called Youth for Hope organized a massive luminary lighting on New Year s Eve in Davis, California. The event was supported by peacemakers…
Student blogger moved to solitary confinement awaiting postponed trial
Cairo: The trial of Abdel Karim Soliman Amer, a student blogger accused of "incitement to hate Islam because of his controversial online writings on religion, was postponed Thursday due to…