Jordanian authorities turned over nearly 2,500 stolen artifacts to Iraq's top antiquities official on Sunday. It was the latest in a series of high-profile events in which governments represent themselves as wanting to help war-torn Iraq recover its stolen patrimony.At
Egyptian writer Albert Cossery died Sunday in his adopted city of Paris at the age of 94. A long-time resident of the French capital, Cossery attained renown for the comic verve with which he wrote about the lives of common
Dozens of Egyptian writers on Sunday condemned Culture Minister Faruq Hosni, a candidate to head the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), for saying in an Israeli newspaper interview that he was prepared to visit the Jewish state.
I like to research projects before I begin. I like to develop character backgrounds, so I sometimes ask authors a list of questions about their characters likes, dislikes, backgrounds. It helps me know them better before...
Mayaline Hage has the unnerving habit of staring straight into your eyes when she speaks to you. Six years ago, the stylish vocalist came together with guitarist and synth-meister Marc Codsi at a workshop for improvised music. In 2005 the
The longest day of summer visited the northern hemisphere right on schedule on Saturday, and with it World Music Day. Solstice was marked with varying degrees of festiveness in different parts of the Middle East, with Beirut - emerging from
I called out for the third time, while looking for an empty spot on which to set his coffee from the donut shop. That's when I noticed the little tongue flicking out of what I had thought was a rubber
Julius avoids the figurative, yet there are quite a few patterns that emerge, showing the shapes of daily life objects that surround us. He calls many of his paintings and drawings "Sans titre" ("Without title"), yet...
