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UN Secretary General calls for violence in Iraq to stop, Rice meets Syrian FM
CAIRO: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has stated that more needs to…
Ex-chairman Mortada Mansour is sentenced to three years
CAIRO: On Wednesday May 2, Mortada Mansour, former chairman of Al-Zamalek Sports…
Need for available agricultural land increasingly critical
CAIRO: Given the fact that agriculture alone constitutes around 50 percent of…
Virginia Tech massacre reopens debate on violence on local screens
The Virginia Tech University massacre is expected to make moviemakers think twice…
Experiments in electronica
Last Friday night the Goethe Institute and 100Copies Records invited music lovers…
Tuning into music's missing link
Sharkiat explores the relation between Hindu and Arab beatsA diverse audience of…
What is it about Western secularism?
Some years ago, the Tunisian Islamist leader-in-exile, Rashid Ghannoushi, wrote a book…
The perils of sectarianism in opposing Iran
Saudi Arabia has undergone a remarkable political rebirth in the past few…
After the Winograd report, can Olmert survive?
After Israel's inability last summer to achieve a conclusive victory over Hezbollah…