In the folds of the Fascist era in the 1930s, Italian businessman and Minister of Finance, Giuseppe Volpi, proposed to Mussolini the launch of an international film festival in the charming city of Venice.
Indeed, the history of this great festival is marked with pages that immortalize it as the oldest global film festival known to
“Put on your oxygen mask before helping others”. On the plane, in an emergency, this rule applies to all crew members before they attempt to help the passengers. And the passengers, on their turn, do the same. Imagine if a flight attendant sympathizes with a child and with an act of valor decides to prioritize him/her with help
The Egyptian never accepted a life without dignity. The Egyptian never agreed to a life imposed by the grip of occupation, under the control of those in power along with their associates. Beyond these power circles, people were left in poverty, ignorance, and disease. What the Egyptian didn't accept for himself, he didn't accept for
How do "we Arabs" know about the other, and how does the "non-Arab" other know about us? A simple question, but the answer requires multiple articles, even seminars, radio and TV interviews. It also necessitates organizing cultural conferences, with an audience comprising of both us Arabs and the other who speaks different
Several days have passed since the anniversary of my uncle's departure, who was my beloved and my role model, the great writer Salah Montaser. Of course, these are just dates, and for me, it felt like hours of a long day filled with tears, the day of his death.
Far be it from us to object to His divine decree; it is a short journey, as
