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Iran violating arms embargo with shipments to Syria, France says
World

Iran violating arms embargo with shipments to Syria, France says

Iran has repeatedly violated a UN arms embargo with exports to protest-hit Syria, the French foreign ministry said on Monday,…
UN chief urges Security Council to act on Syria
World

UN chief urges Security Council to act on Syria

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday appealed to the Security Council to act with "seriousness" on Syria, where he…
New literary prize open to young Arabic-English translators
Books

New literary prize open to young Arabic-English translators

For many years, the field of Arabic-English translation was dominated by a very few. Denys Johnson-Davies, who Edward Said called…
Ahdaf Soueif: Reading Arabic into the English
Books

Ahdaf Soueif: Reading Arabic into the English

Novelist and essayist Ahdaf Soueif is commonly known as the Egyptian author who writes in English. Curiosities about being a…
Hosni, Hawass challenge antiquities bill
Egypt

Hosni, Hawass challenge antiquities bill

At a parliamentary session Tuesday, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni and Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA),…
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