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"The city above the clouds"1 was an inferno with little public space for its inhabitants to hide, despite the deceptive custom of the famous passegiata in its downtown area. The strollers in this avenue, whose fathers and grandfathers were prohibited to venture by the apartheid rule of the Fascist regime, are oppressed and de-humanized creatures. They are dwellers of a ghetto city who either wait to be picked for as slave laborers and soldiers or have come back shaken and traumatized without any recourse to psychiatric clinics. They timidly share the sidewalks with the affluent diaspora tourists, which evokes the dichotomy of life between the colonial Italians and the wretched natives. ...
The Art deco buildings from colonial Italy were "intact" wrote many journalists, travel ...
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North Korea's apparently successful launch of its Unha-3 rocket was inevitable after the failed launch nine months ago. But the question has never been whether the North Koreans were going to abandon their efforts to marry a nuclear warhead to an intercontinental missile; the real issue is what the rest of us plan to do about it.
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George Arnett gives a rundown of the top viral videos of this year.
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Ethiopia's trade sector grows - CCTV news Video Ethiopia is attracting attention as an investment destination. As the second most populous country in Africa, the country has huge potential returns for investors and the country is slowly opening up for...
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Ethiopian Airlines to form a JV in Zambia and expand routes to Madrid, Singapore Ethiopian Airlines says merger with Kenya Airways is not practical BY KIRUBEL TADESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- A merger proposal made last mont...
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Cereal fields in Ethiopia's Arusi-Bale plains, where the commodity exchange has facilitated trade between buyers and sellers. Photograph: Joe Blossom/Alamy How Africa's first commodity exchange revolutionised Ethiopia's economy Eleni Gabre-Madhin on...
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Under Fire, Rice Ends Bid to Succeed Clinton As Secretary of State By MARK LANDLER and HELENE COOPER WASHINGTON -- President Obama knew before he picked up the phone on Thursday afternoon what Susan E. Rice, his ambassador to the United Nations, was...
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Amara's daycare (which, as you would expect, is the caricature of the overachieving and neurotic Manhattan nursery) doesn't believe in sharing. If a Amara has a toy and Billy wants it, Amara is taught not to give it to Billy. ... Continue reading →
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Only yesterday we were discussing the distressing news that King Amenhotep II's mummy had suffered the loss of its right big toe. you'll be pleased to know that the toe has been repaired.
Apparently a poor seal in the case caused the leakage of nitrogen, which led the damage to the toe. The article does not explain how the toe as reattached.
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What is the common thread between a young man that launched an online hotel booking portal for tourists to the West Bank; a young woman who founded a Muscat-based Belgian-style chocolate company selling sweets made with local Omani sourced ingredients; and a young man who established a Lebanese "culture pass" that provides discounts to destinations at countless popular venues around the country?
The answer: They are incredibly impressive and successful new additions to the burgeoning ranks of the Middle East region's young entrepreneurs. In addition, they are three members of an equally accomplished delegation of 17 young entrepreneurs from the Middle East and North Africa -- including the countries of Iraq, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Yemen, Libya, Oman, and Jordan -- who... more ...
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The Professor is a fiction film by Tunisian director Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud. Synopsis: Tunis 1977. Khalsawi Khalil, Professor of Constitutional Law is responsible to defend the official State's position in a period of tension between the government and the Interntional League for Human Rights. One day, Khalil learns that Houda, one of his students with [...]
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Online debate between supporters and detractors of Egypt's draft constitution. A Twitter round up of 2012. And a 10 year old school boy's dancing skills set the web abuzz.
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It seems like the revolutionary spirit is galvanized in Egypt, thanks to President Mohammed Morsy's power grab. Photographer Jonathan Rashad, who has been actively using his camera to document major events since the beginning of the Egyptian revolution, shares photographs of graffiti which tell the story
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The elderly mother of Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is still in the hands of those who kidnapped her on...
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