Culture
From Amman to Cairo: Lara’s Crafts brings creations to Egyptian market
February 24, 2013
From Amman to Cairo: Lara’s Crafts brings creations to Egyptian market
Lara’s Crafts first launched in Amman, started by two young women with great ambitions. Almost 10 years later, Lara and…
Prominent fiction writer Mahmoud Salem dies at 84
February 24, 2013
Prominent fiction writer Mahmoud Salem dies at 84
Prominent mystery fiction writer Mahmoud Salem died Sunday at the age of 84, after a life full of adventure, both…
Navigating the space between American readers and Iraqi writers
February 24, 2013
Navigating the space between American readers and Iraqi writers
The book about Iraq most well-known to English readers is perhaps Chris Kyle’s best-selling “American Sniper,” a memoir told from…
The city that is not a city
February 23, 2013
The city that is not a city
The photographs of the fields, some romantically clouded with mist, the donkeys, the palm trees, the expanses of crops. Greens…
The pick: Vast knowledge from a rubbish heap, and other surprises
February 22, 2013
The pick: Vast knowledge from a rubbish heap, and other surprises
Indian author Amitav Ghosh wrote “In an Antique Land” in 1992. It has two parallel narratives, one about his stay…
Tourists flock to Abu Simbel to witness solar phenomenon
February 22, 2013
Tourists flock to Abu Simbel to witness solar phenomenon
Thousands gathered on Friday to witness a unique solar phenomenon that occurs twice yearly at the Abu Simbel Temple south…
Ahmed Kassim’s ‘Chaotic Order’ labors the point
February 20, 2013
Ahmed Kassim’s ‘Chaotic Order’ labors the point
Ahmed Kassim handles paint confidently. He uses it in a relaxed way. He paints silhouettes and fills them in cursorily…
Mark Linz, a ‘champion of Egyptian and Arab authors’
February 19, 2013
Mark Linz, a ‘champion of Egyptian and Arab authors’
In the early morning hours of Saturday 9 February, the publishing world lost one of its great literary champions.
Color and brass: Salameka offers high-end home accessories
February 19, 2013
Color and brass: Salameka offers high-end home accessories
For the last two years, Salma Mostafa al-Feky has been developing her line of home accessories, Salameka, and expanding her…
Graffiti campaigns bring women and children into street art
February 18, 2013
Graffiti campaigns bring women and children into street art
It was a landmark day when prominent women’s rights activist Doria Shafiq bravely led a march of 1,500 women to…