[caption id="attachment_55232607" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Russia's President Vladimir Putin stands at Georgiyevsky (the St.George) hall in the Great Kremlin Palace in Moscow, on June 12,…

[caption id="attachment_55232497" align="alignnone" width="620"] Traditional Ottoman army band perform during the 559th anniversary of the capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire.[/caption] …

[caption id="attachment_55232465" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Egyptian demonstrators shout slogans against former President Hosni Mubarak and members of former regime in Cairo's…

[caption id="attachment_55232399" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Policemen clash with anti-Mubarak protesters. Anti and pro-Hosni Mubarak protest react after announcement of former…

[caption id="attachment_55232344" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="Bibliotheca Alexandrina"][/caption] Bibliotheca Alexandrina will soon celebrate its tenth anniversary. The library offers a…

[caption id="attachment_55232318" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="The ghosts of the past haunt Egypt"][/caption] Shortages—of petrol, electricity, hard currency, patience—plague Egypt. But…

[caption id="attachment_55232250" align="alignnone" width="615" caption="Photo Op ( kennardPhillips/ Mosaic Rooms)"][/caption] You may recognise kennardphillips’ Photo Op. It is a photomontage of…

[caption id="attachment_55232040" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="Hayan Charara"][/caption] [inset_left]Inclined to Speak: an Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Poetry Edited by Hayan…

[caption id="attachment_552320" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Syria has been the subject of several scholarly texts"][/caption] 1. Malik Mufti, Sovereign Creations: Pan-Arabism and…

[caption id="attachment_55231942" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="Sacha Baron Cohen dressed as Admiral General Aladeen"][/caption] Admiral Shabazz Aladeen, dictator of Wadiya, has much in…