Thirteen-year-old from Alex wins WFP art competition
CAIRO: In a moving speech, Alexandrian 13-year-old Ibrahim Khaled thanked those who helped him win one of the 2008 global art competition administered by the United Nations World Food Program…
Italian mafia want to kill 'Gomorrah' author this year
The Italian mafia wants to kill investigative author Roberto Saviano by Christmas for his expose Gomorrah, whose screen version won second prize at the Cannes film festival, a daily said…
Violence, torture and 'Man's Inhumanity' on display
The current highlight of Goethe Institute's 50th anniversary celebrations is the anticipated exhibition by German artist Günther Uecker at the Townhouse Gallery. Uecker's internationally acclaimed body of work ranges from…
Goethe Institute marks 50th anniversary
It s been 50 years since the Goethe Institute opened its first branch in Cairo in 1958. A year later, it opened a branch in Alexandria. Throughout the past half…
Politics dominate 20th Experimental Theater Festival
The 20th Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater thus far has been a surprising mix of well conceived works. I'm not quite certain though if I'm just having temporary good…
North Korea's Choice
NEW YORK: When the Republic of Korea was established in 1948, Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world. GDP per capita was $67 in 1953, immediately following…
Standing together against Obsession
WASHINGTON, DC: Twenty-eight million copies of the DVD "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West were distributed in direct mail and newspaper insert campaigns to swing states throughout America in…
A role for Mecca in Afghanistan?
WASHINGTON, DC: Wandering seven long years in the mountains of Afghanistan with hardly an end in sight, the United States has just been offered a most fortuitous fix. It likely…
Azbakia book vendors disgruntled about their relocation
CAIRO: In June 2008 the fate of the Azbakia second-hand book vendors was sealed when they were told to evacuate their decades-old stalls to make way for the Imbaba-Abassiya metro…
Girl talk on cyber airwaves
CAIRO: A group of 20 Egyptian young women are getting their voices heard and creating a buzz on the waves with the new radio station "Banat w Bas (Girls Only).…