World celebrates prince of Russian poetry Alexander Pushkin
On the day of the Russian language: The world celebrates prince of Russian poetry Alexander Pushkin For almost 150 million people, the Russian language is considered their mother tongue, added to that figure nearly 100 million more who speak it fluently as a second language. For all of them the sixth of June is celebrated […]
Artist Hend Adnan: A woman revolution against the mind of donkeys!
Well. I wrote previously on Hend Adnan’s works of art, but when she introduces a new idea, in a unique way, I must review that, as I believe it is the reader’s right to know. Talking about rights, and duties, the idea of having four wives is well commonly attached to the negative image of […]
Tehran celebrates publishing of Ashraf Aboul-Yazid’s poems in Persian
Egyptian poet and novelist Ashraf Aboul-Yazid celebrated the publishing of his poems in Persian during Tehran International Book Fair. The ceremony started by reciting poems in Arabic, by the poet, and their equivalent in Persian, by the translator professor Nasrin Shakibi Mumtaz. The poet signed copies of his poems to many authors, publishers and readers […]
In the animal kingdom, a sheep can’t be a king
In the animal kingdom, a sheep can’t be a king. The sentence written above was so simple, but the reactionary rage over reading it “from the Muslim Brotherhood” was so huge. It started when Mr. Ihab Al Salmawi prepared the English second term exam for the students of the secondary grade schools in the governorate […]
[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ⑭
[21] For the first time Emad comes near Viola’s villa where she instructed the guards to let him into a room on the ground floor. A guard told her Emad was not alone, which she didn’t object to. Emad and his uncle entered a room which they felt looked like a movie studio: On the […]
The AsiaN’s Arabic version marks six-month anniversary with success
Six months ago, it was just a dream to start a new version of The AsiaN addressed to readers in more than 20 countries whom their mother tongue is Arabic. Today, with more than 2000 articles submitted, attached by 3000 plus photos uploaded, sent from more than 100 contributors, of Arab and Asian writers, thinkers, […]
Building future bridge of global peace
The great monk and poet Cho Oh-hyun’s poetry published in Egypt This week I got a message from Cairo, sent by the editor of “Shi’r” magazine, telling me that my translated volume of poetry; entitled Far-Off Saint written by the great monk and poet Mr. Cho Oh-hyun, has been published in Arabic, this month. The […]
[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ⑬
[19] They walked silently, Emad’s heavy, angry steps, his uncle Nabil’s light, but quick steps to catch up with his nephew. Nabil felt he let down Emad and his sister. He wondered what mad Nargis did out of home. She does her prayers regularly. She’s modest and brilliant, though her voice rises when they discuss […]
A huge environmental crime in Egypt committed by Qatari LNG carrier
On January 1st, 2009, one of the world’s largest Q-Max LNG carriers was delivered to Nakilat and Qatargas Operating Company Limited at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd., Okpo shipyard on Geoje Island, South Korea. The Nakilat, the Qatar gas transport companyr, owned 263,000 CBM LNG Carrier “Lijmiliya” that was used during the last […]
The Iron Lady of Kuwait: Axe on expats
Last Thursday I called Kitty, the house maid whom I get her help in cleaning my residence in Kuwait, asking her to come on Friday. To my surprise, she told me that although she needs money to survive but she will not able to go out of her place, as the police men are collecting […]