Greek director Angelopoulos dies
Greek film director Theo Angelopoulos whose long, meditative films won him a clutch of top international awards including the Palme d'Or at Cannes, has died aged 76 after a road…
Buttered Up: Celebrating failure with bread rolls
How do you celebrate failure? Do you examine your inner self, well hidden under a poised smile? Do you shatter like tempered glass crumbling into dull-edged pieces? Do you try,…
Arthropologie: Dissolving the boundaries of art
According to Arthropologie, art has neither prerequisites nor boundaries. An exquisite art gallery located on Marashly Street in Zamalek, Arthropologie reaches out to artists on a different, unusual level. Its…
The Eurozone’s strategy of pain
By Jean Pisani-Ferry BRUSSELS: For the third year in a row, the Eurozone is the weakest link in the world economy. In 2010, attention was focused on responses to the crisis…
The Arab Spring is an opportunity for Israel
By Natalia Simanovsky TEL AVIV: The Israeli government and security establishment are viewing the sweeping changes in the Middle East and North African region with apprehension. While it is human nature…
Calling it Sharia shouldn’t make it scary
By Jon Pahl PHILADELPHIA: What’s so scary about Sharia, or Islamic legal principles? According to a recent decision from a US Federal Appellate Court — one level below the Supreme Court…
Demilitarizing Muslim politics
By Shahid Javed Burki ISLAMABAD: Can Muslim governments free themselves from their countries’ powerful militaries and establish civilian control comparable to that found in liberal democracies? This question is now paramount…
Emerging donors chip away at aid industry’s status quo
By Alex Whiting / AlertNet MOGADISHU: Where most expat aid workers fear to tread in Mogadishu, recently arrived Turkish aid workers have been driving in the streets, swimming in the sea…
Egypt’s Brotherhood toes fine line on economy
By Una Galani / Reuters Breakingviews The Muslim Brotherhood’s economic platform isn’t likely to be fully implemented, but it offers a good glimpse of the type of policies they will push…
US outrage as Egypt bars Americans from leaving
CAIRO: The barring of six Americans working for publicly funded US organizations promoting democracy in Egypt from leaving the country provoked angry demands in Washington that Cairo's new military rulers…