Alexandria the nearly great | There are many words that could be used to describe Alexandria but one of them isn’t sedate. Fascinating, yes; exciting, sure; memorable, undoubtedly — but if you like the quiet life, it... (photo: WN / noha)Gulf News
Miliband's grand Middle East delusion | There is a common ritual that I, like most Britons, have regularly encountered when riding a taxi in Damascus, Amman or Cairo over the past seven years. Talkative and curious, most cabbies will imme... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham)The Guardian
US slams rights abuses in China, NKorea and Iran | WASHINGTON: The United States accused China and Iran of increasing human rights abuses as it raised the alarm about growing anti-Semitism worldwide and discrimination o... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)The Himalayan ChinaIranNkoreaPhotosUS
Egypt's political storyteller | Were it not for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who signed Naguib Mahfouz to join her growing repertoire of developing world writers at Doubleday, few English-readers would... (photo: AP Photo )Gulf News ArabEgyptEnglishPhotosWorld
