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Iran violating arms embargo with shipments to Syria, France says
World
January 16, 2012
Iran violating arms embargo with shipments to Syria, France says
Iran has repeatedly violated a UN arms embargo with exports to protest-hit Syria, the French foreign ministry said on Monday,…
UN chief urges Security Council to act on Syria
World
January 16, 2012
UN chief urges Security Council to act on Syria
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday appealed to the Security Council to act with "seriousness" on Syria, where he…
New literary prize open to young Arabic-English translators
Books
June 5, 2011
New literary prize open to young Arabic-English translators
For many years, the field of Arabic-English translation was dominated by a very few. Denys Johnson-Davies, who Edward Said called…
Ahdaf Soueif: Reading Arabic into the English
Books
April 29, 2010
Ahdaf Soueif: Reading Arabic into the English
Novelist and essayist Ahdaf Soueif is commonly known as the Egyptian author who writes in English. Curiosities about being a…
Hosni, Hawass challenge antiquities bill
Egypt
January 26, 2010
Hosni, Hawass challenge antiquities bill
At a parliamentary session Tuesday, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni and Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA),…