The Egyptian artist Amir Wahib is an almost unique character with a special world in drawing, design and ideas. His journey in and outside Egypt - and what is between them – is glorious. I went to meet him in his studio to be my guest for a short
When the last parent departs their children mourn. Sorrow dominates the air. However, of all their off springs the is one whose grief is unlike her siblings especially when the father or mother reaches old age and so does this very child. It’s
Perhaps it was fitting for a bartender to decide to go to Vietnam during the war to deliver beer to his friends who were fighting in the ranks of the United States Army, awakening and enlightening Americans to the horrors of what was happening in Vietnam
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina has launched a new book series titled "Humanity's Heritage for Youth and Adolescents", as part of the activities of the currently held International Book Fair at the library, which concludes on Wednesday, July
Ah, O world.. what again?
You delight in my pain and increase my sorrows,
Even the wounds are racing to see which comes first,
Days have become hard, and years are against me,
Ah, O world, what again?
By God, O Sheikha, stop my
My eyes can also see
The green hills
Such a scene lights up
My homesick heart.
She narrates in her own words, “I began working on Persian Eyes after years of rehabilitation, following a serious accident, where I also took up Persian. Following eye surgery, it occurred to me that photography was probably THE best medium for expressing what it is, about Iran that continues to inspire
