A captivating fusion of musical traditions
Flamenco masters join Egyptian band MawawilThe makeshift small theater at Makan was intimate. The crammed space blurred the line between the flamenco musicians and their eager audience, who didn't seem…
Use traditional values more in rebuilding broken states
I began my career as a Foreign Service officer in Indonesia. There, journalists, diplomats and aid workers emphasized that local government was "incompetent, inefficient and corrupt. I heard the same…
Brzezinski gets a second chance, offering Obama his first
Zbigniew Brzezinski has written a new book that might be a foreign-policy manifesto for Barack Obama. Its message is that America can recover from what Brzezinski calls the "catastrophic mistakes…
Voice of change grows louder in Zimbabwe
An era of increased democratization and political accountability is sweeping across the African continent. With deteriorating economic conditions, growing external support from the Diaspora and international pressure from Western governments…
Tales from the Israeli border: experiences of a khavaga journalist
CAIRO: As I stood in line at a checkpoint on the Israeli-Jordanian border decked out with a passport full of Syrian stamps, a book on Al Qaeda's networks in Africa,…
2nd annual 'Run for Cure' to be held next Friday
CAIRO: Starting 9:30 am next Friday, celebrities, ambassadors, journalists and professional and amateur runners will race in Gezeira Sporting Club to support the Breast Cancer Foundation of Egypt (BCFE) and…
Education minister to address illiteracy using university students
DOHA: Education Minister Yousry El Gamal hopes to bring illiteracy levels in Egypt down from 29 percent to the "single digits within four years, he told The Daily Star Egypt…
Iraqi refugee crisis moves to Europe
CAIRO: In Europe, Iraqi applications for asylum have doubled over the past three years. But European countries have not offered much refuge, with one big exception: Sweden. In 2006 almost…