From Russia with love: contemporary Russian photography comes to Cairo
Within the small 20-year-old gallery Masharbia Gallery, curator Marta Boeri skillfully used the space to showcase the four different styles of four Russian photographers with all the complications that entails.…
From life to paper: the truth about Egyptian biopics
In the mid-80s, audiences in the Arab world were kept on the edge of their seats for three Ramadan seasons, watching the life of Egyptian spy Refaat El Gamal. "Rafaat…
Killing with kindness: the malaria initiative
The UN convened this week in New York to discuss its Millennium Development Goals and the aim of "ending poverty by 2015. Delegates and a rock star boasted of billions…
The Palin Non-Factor
LONDON: Senator John McCain is a genuine American hero. He was a brave airman, with a fine war record. Unlike the so-called "chicken hawks who avoided service in the Vietnam…
Capitalism and skepticism
BALTIMORE: As each new day brings word of another Wall Street bailout even more colossal than the last, one question presents itself with ever-increasing force: why does America's economy perform…
Desert hostages return home as doubts surround liberation
BERLIN/ROME/CAIRO: Europeans held hostage in the desert for 10 days returned home from Egypt Tuesday, with one of them reportedly calling the abductors rather kind criminals who decided on their…
Experts recommend inclusive education
CAIRO: Education experts worldwide have unanimously agreed that inclusive education, which means including people with disabilities in the school system, is better not only for the person with a disability…
Saudi Sheikhs' fatwas in the spotlight
CAIRO: A Saudi Sheikh recently issued a fatwa stating that women who wear the niqab (full face veil) are only allowed to show one eye, covering the other along with…