Cairo: City of a Thousand Booksellers
TROPIC OF CANCER SERIES Report: Here are some of the oldest places to buy books in Cairo. Whether it's vintage...
Middle East
Rudolf Lehnert’s ‘Bahira’: One Picture, Two Stories
Muhammad Ahsan Kureshi in The Nation: I’m reading ‘The homoerotics of Orientalism’ by Joseph Boone these days and its cover...
Fetrah, an Anti-Gay Campaign Emerges in Egypt (Video)
A new Egyptian movement called Fetrah is emerging to combat the homosexual-lesbian movement. Young people in Egypt have launched the...
Art Show ‘Towards Time’ in UAE By Pakistani Artist
Her works were created out of and in solitude within her studio during the coronavirus lockdown Dubai-based Pakistani artist Zara...
Qatar: Faster Than We Thought
Omar El Akkado in Orion: I grew up in Qatar, a tiny peninsula off the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia....
U.S., France, Germany, Italy, and UK’s Joint Statement on Situation in Libya
"France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America welcome the progress made in the talks between...
Sumerian Cuneiform Script and Social Media Emojis
TROPIC OF CANCER SERIES: Uruk is the oldest Sumerian city inhabited civilized city in the world 6000-4000 years BC (8000-6000...
9000 Years Ago People Went In and Out Of Their Houses Through Openings In The Roofs
TROPIC OF CANCER SERIES: Houses of Çatalhöyük (Reconstruction) - modern-day Konya, Turkey, c. 7,000 BC. The Mud-brick houses were clustered...
Muslim Nations Condemn Modi Govt. Over Anti-Islam Remarks
BJP-led Indian government is attempting “damage control”. But critics say the actions are “too little, too late.” India is facing...
Why Israel Is Afraid of Palestinian Funerals
Foreign Policy columnist Anchal Vohra delves into the motives behind the Israeli occupation forces assaulting the mourners and pallbearers who...
