Opinion
Ignorance wins in the 1984 State
December 4, 2014
Ignorance wins in the 1984 State
A translator of good literature is a masterful actor.
When did unfairness in our cultural life begin?
November 27, 2014
When did unfairness in our cultural life begin?
No one can argue that there was no unfairness in our cultural life before the 1952 revolution. Actually, no one…
Intellectuals of stature with crocodile scales
November 26, 2014
Intellectuals of stature with crocodile scales
One day before 2011, I was assigned to cover a conference for children's literature. And just as all other childhood…
Iran: A powder keg
November 26, 2014
Iran: A powder keg
Repression in Iran knows no boundaries. No good news ever comes from Iran.
McCarthyism, Egyptian style
November 23, 2014
McCarthyism, Egyptian style
Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin, Arthur Miller and many other in a long list of big names in science, art and…
Of unfairness in our literary life
November 20, 2014
Of unfairness in our literary life
Hardly a day goes by without me seeing or hearing a new example of unfairness in our cultural life. Newspapers and…
A tale’s last chapter
November 18, 2014
A tale’s last chapter
This has been Egypt’s tale in the past sixty years, particularly the last forty. It is called ‘Paving Egypt’. It…
The Happiness Trade
November 18, 2014
The Happiness Trade
Try to write the Arabic word for “happiness” on Google search and you will be met with 24 million results,…
Forgive us Essam Heggy
November 16, 2014
Forgive us Essam Heggy
The Rosetta spacecraft landed successfully and for the first time on the surface of a comet in an historic moment…
Shall we charge Sisi with receiving funds from abroad?
November 16, 2014
Shall we charge Sisi with receiving funds from abroad?
On Friday, 7 November 2014, I watched in the evening a talk show in which the host and her two…