A female perspective on an ancient land
Al-Sageny captures the world of girls and womenCAIRO: Artist Zeinab Al-Sageny is moved by life around her, the hustle and bustle of Egypt and the people. And the 66-year-old painter…
Battlestar Galactica takes on Hamas, Iraqi resistance
CAIRO: Science fiction has always breached the boundaries of the normal, the tried and tested. It has widened the scope of human imagination by grasping the conforms of evolution and…
Cairo International Film Festival kicks off in style
Festival celebrates world stars in a simple, elegant ceremonyCAIRO: Amid a blaze of fireworks and a soundtrack of dreamy classic American tunes, the 30th Cairo International Film Festival opened yesterday…
'Anti-theocracy' grows as Iran's seminaries lost autonomy
Iran's theocratic regime appears more confident than ever. Its standoff with the West over its nuclear program, together with its ties to Syria and its growing influence in Lebanon and…
Thoughts after ending a seven-week American affair
I've just spent seven weeks in the United States and encountered hundreds of students, professors and other ordinary citizens all around the country who share a set of powerful ideas--personal…
Lebanon's South is quiet now, but it may not last
Talk to one of the newly-arrived United Nations peacekeepers in South Lebanon and one will quickly learn that their principle force protection concern has little to do with Lebanon's Hezbollah…
Pharaoh's 'lock of hair' for sale online on French site
CAIRO: So reads a mysterious classified ad on a French Internet site, which claims to be selling a lock of hair from Egypt s most famous Pharaoh, and has Egyptologists…
Tenants fight back against building owner
CAIRO: The daily press has been abuzz with the latest developments in the rental/tenant disputes.The residents of one old building in Heliopolis have lodged a complaint against the building's new…
Newlyweds end marriage in tragic death
CAIRO: A newlywed couple died from asphyxiation due to inhaling gas 20 days after their wedding, police sources said.The couple, Ahmed Samir Awad, 24, accountant, and his bride Zeinab Abdel…