Yemen: Dancing on the Heads of Snakes Victoria Clark Yale University Press 2010 Yemen: Dancing on the Heads of Snakes is the kind of book that keeps you awake at night. Its British author, Aden…

[caption id="attachment_55229554" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Anthony Shadid"][/caption] The veteran American reporter Anthony Shadid died on Thursday while on assignment in Syria for…

[caption id="attachment_55229322" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2012)"][/caption] How’s this for a trick question: which European actor received an…

[caption id="attachment_55229222" align="aligncenter" width="594" caption="Jabal al-Rahma (The Mount of Mercy) at Arafat, photo by Reem al Faisal"][/caption] Walking around the exhibition for the…

[caption id="attachment_55228931" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady"][/caption] No one walks quite like Margaret Thatcher. She scurries with her knees bent, the…

[caption id="attachment_55228839" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Muslim women in Cairo walk the streets"][/caption] Reporters are forever on the hunt for “real people” in their quest to…

[caption id="attachment_55228761" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Eve Arnold. 1912 - 2012"][/caption] The art world mourns an exceptional loss today as it is announced that world-renowned…

The Road to Tahrir Square: Egypt and the United States from the Rise of Nasser to the Fall of Mubarak Lloyd C. Gardner The New Press 2011 The Road to Tahrir Square offers a condensed account of…

[caption id="attachment_552284" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Osman Yousefzada (Alex Beattie)"][/caption] “I had quite a conservative upbringing, so I just went wild, before deciding I’d…

[caption id="attachment_55228262" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Dubai hosts its annual film festival"][/caption] Launched in 2004, the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has grown…