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Some of Al Aswany's popularity undoubtedly stems from his delight in smashing social taboos. Apart from the barbs against Egypt's regime that flow from his characters' mouths, the author has expressed understanding, if not actual sympathy, for Islamic extremists, and has written explicitly about issues like homosexuality and...
The Yacoubian Building, which sold some half a million copies and was adapted into a box-office hit starring Arab cinema's top actors, is a brilliant depiction of the troubles plaguing contemporary Egypt. The saga of the inhabitants of a downtown Cairo apartment building, it examines the historical, social...
The special two-euro adds to the array of coinage. But while it may quicken the pulse of coin collectors, it is unlikely to cement any collective European character, says Hugo Brady from the London-based Centre for European Reform think-tank. "The E.U. cannot manufacture a European identity through...
Admittedly, it is hard to blame a casting director for looking at a quintessentially American role like Willy Loman’s in “Death of a Salesman” and visualizing a white actor because that is how the role is traditionally portrayed. But Loman?...
Here you have a perfectly distilled three-character drama. Otilia is the smart one, the audience's surrogate, endangered by the rough Mr. Bebe and, even more so, by her dithery roommate. Gabi has constantly lied to Otilia or Bebe about almost everything: the meeting place, the money, certainly the...