Beloved folk hero returns to Old Cairo
This week, I ventured again to the back allies of Gamaleya, the old neighborhood situated behind Al-Hussein Mosque in old Cairo. There was no problem climbing over rubble from dug…
A night of short films and lingering predicaments
There was no introduction to the screenings; the films simply started playing. Five short films by four young filmmakers were shown last Sunday at Rawabet Theater in Downtown Cairo, covering…
In transit: The music of Motel Motel
Wisdom Hall and Boss Bar; Motel Motel were at ease in both, and at home in neither. The up-and-coming rock band from Brooklyn - hailed by the New York Press…
Buddhist-Muslim harmony alive and well in Thailand
BANGKOK: Hamzah Desa, a 42-year-old Thai Muslim, sits cross-legged on the veranda of his one-room wooden house in Kampung Che Bilang in Satun, a Muslim-majority province in southern Thailand.It s…
Fatah's Status Quo Congress
HERZLIYA: The Sixth Fatah Congress, held recently in Bethlehem, was an important event for the future of the Arab-Israeli conflict and for the Palestinian movement. But a careful look at…
Abbas emerges strengthened
The convening of Fatah s Sixth General Conference in Bethlehem is a significant development. Indeed, the Fatah movement, which has long led the modern Palestinian political movement and was responsible…
Lockerbie bomber to be freed, says British media
LONDON: Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, who has prostate cancer, is to be freed from a British jail on compassionate grounds, media reported Wednesday.Megrahi is serving life with a…
Airport entry fee elicits mixed reactions
CAIRO: A recent decision to charge visitors an LE 5 entry fee into Cairo Airport's Terminal 3 elicited different reactions, with some deeming the fee costly, and others welcoming the…