Opinion

Is reading dead? Are books a relic of the past? In our modern digital age, the two questions are almost…

Real success in public life is in striking a chord with people. It applies to both politicians and entertainers alike.

Sadat inherited a heavy legacy from Nasser in 1970, including the 1967 defeat that led to the occupation of Sinai…

A translator of good literature is a masterful actor.

No one can argue that there was no unfairness in our cultural life before the 1952 revolution. Actually, no one…

One day before 2011, I was assigned to cover a conference for children's literature. And just as all other childhood…

Repression in Iran knows no boundaries. No good news ever comes from Iran.

Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin, Arthur Miller and many other in a long list of big names in science, art and…

Hardly a day goes by without me seeing or hearing a new example of unfairness in our cultural life.  Newspapers and…

This has been Egypt’s tale in the past sixty years, particularly the last forty. It is called ‘Paving Egypt’. It…