Curtain call for Japan's premier kabuki theater
Hundreds of people swarmed Tokyo's Kabukiza, the celebrated home of Japan's traditional kabuki drama, as it closed its doors Friday to be demolished and rebuilt into a high rise tower.…
US, Egypt negotiate Mideast nuclear-free zone: report
WASHINGTON: US officials are in talks with Egypt over a plan to make the Middle East a nuclear-free zone, part of an effort to block the Iranian nuclear program, The…
Egypt embassy says girl in underage row still in Egypt
ABUJA: Egypt’s embassy in Nigeria said Thursday a 13-year-old girl at the center of claims that a Nigerian senator had taken the minor as his fourth wife is still…
Arab nations back indirect peace talks with Israel
CAIRO: Arab nations on Saturday endorsed indirect peace talks between the Palestinians and Israelis, a move that likely paves the way for the start of long-stalled US-brokered negotiations. The United…
Amnesty calls for retrial of Hezbollah case in Egypt
CAIRO: Amnesty International on Thursday called for a retrial of 26 defendants convicted in Cairo of working for Lebanon's Hezbollah to launch attacks in Egypt, criticizing the use of an…
Blues on the Nile
During a recent visit to Cairo on April 25, I rang a boat restaurant on the Nile to make a dinner reservation for the following day . As the venue…
The great escapism
NEW YORK: Barack Obama, however mixed his accomplishments to date as US president, has sought to rebrand America and reclaim its former signature asset: its ability to embody universally admired…
Why Greece will default
CAMBRIDGE: Greece will default on its national debt. That default will be due in large part to its membership in the European Monetary Union. If it were not part of…
Learning to live together
TEL AVIV: Rioting in Jerusalem has illuminated the tenuous state of Jewish-Arab relations in Israel. The popular misconception is that this issue is an isolated incident resulting from the opening…
Hamas, Fatah, and the Palestinian dilemma
GAZA CITY: With dueling authorities running Gaza and the West Bank, the Palestinian people find themselves in the middle of an experiment. In Gaza, where Hamas is in charge, the…