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With Wednesday’s headlines reading more like a series of ominous and unrelated cliffhangers, Al-Shorouk vies for attention by placing a thick red frame around its own: “Calm in the streets, flames in Parliament, and a nation on the brink...
Even within the context of the past 13 months, the events of Wednesday’s soccer match confound. Port Said’s home team enjoys a rare victory, and fans celebrate by raiding the pitch and murdering scores of Ahly supporters.
Reports of...
Any disaster movie worth its body count needs an alarming score to complement the onscreen carnage and convince audiences that the end is not only near, it’s also as inescapable as it is expensive-looking. And when it comes, sometimes it...
Prayers and protests dominate Sunday’s front pages as on the anniversary of the Day of Anger — the most violent of the 18 days preceding Mubarak’s ouster — Egyptians gathered to commemorate those martyred by Central Security...
Like most of us, Mohamed Saad did not see the revolution coming. The actor, known for his inexplicably popular “comedic” portrayals of cross-eyed, slinky-waisted degenerates, kept a low profile during the earlier, chaotic days of...
"Who’s to blame?!!" — Al-Gomhurriya wants to know, posing the question on the state-owned paper’s front page over a crude collage of recent violence. "The clashes are ongoing, the accusations mutual and Egypt is the...
"Ask for an education, even if you are in China" is one of the many supposedly motivational slogans painted on the walls of Egypt’s public schools.
But earlier this year, China positioned an entire space laboratory in orbit,...
I was introduced to Tintin at an airport bookstore, when my mom pulled a copy of “Flight 714” off the shelf, handed it to me and said, “Here, you’ll like this. There’s a sailor who gets so drunk, he tries to kiss a lamp...
Mohamed Abdel Dayem didn't seem to mind the huge gun pointing directly at his head.
“People won’t notice,” he shrugged. Amazingly, he seemed to be right. The leader of the Nasserist Party’s Assiut chapter smiled proudly...
“The Fox Hotel” is a great title for a children’s book, implying all sorts of amusing possibilities. Is it a hotel for foxes, or is it just managed by them? Is it a real hotel - does it have room service and a swimming pool...
