Family Feud Could Silence Beloved Lebanese Singer
BEIRUT, (AP) Across four decades, Fairouz's songs of freedom, justice and love transfixed Arab audiences, moved millions to tears and gave hope to the Lebanese during the darkest days of their 15-year civil war.
At 75, the Lebanese singer still ... more |
AFC Chief Backs Qatar's 2022 World Cup Bid
SINGAPORE (AFP) Asian Football Confederation president Mohamed Bin Hammam said Wednesday he would vote for Qatar to host the World Cup in 2022.
FIFA's 24 executives will choose who hosts the 2018 and 2022 World Cup events on December 2 in Zurich.
Underlining ... more |
The Ptolemies became Egyptian; The Egyptians Did Not Became Ptolemaic
There can be no doubt that the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty is considered one of the most important eras of Egyptian history. This dynasty lasted for nearly 300 years, and the early Ptolemaic rulers put in place the foundations and rules by which to ... more |
Muslims Warned Against 'Devilish' Man Utd Jersey
KUALA LUMPUR, (AFP) Muslims must not wear the famous Manchester United red jersey because of the "devil" emblem on its team crest, Malaysian clerics said Wednesday.
Manchester United and the rest of the English Premier League are massively popular ... more |
Iran Studio Plans Movie on 'Abducted' Scientist
TEHRAN, (AFP) A government-linked Iranian studio said on Wednesday it plans to make a television movie about Shahram Amiri, the Tehran scientist who claims he was abducted by US spies last year.
Amirhossein Ashtiyanipour, a director at Sima Film, ... more |
Syria Bans Full Islamic Face Veils at Universities
DAMASCUS, (AP) Syria has forbidden the country's students and teachers from wearing the niqab the full Islamic veil that reveals only a woman's eyes taking aim at a garment many see as political.
The ban shows a rare point of agreement between ... more |
Hamas Bans Women from Smoking Water Pipes in Cafes
GAZA CITY, (AP) Gaza's Hamas rulers have banned women from smoking water pipes in cafes, calling it a practice that destroys marriages and sullies the image of the Palestinian people.
The ban marks the Islamist militant group's latest effort to ... more |
Life of the Pharaohs: Festivals and Celebrations
Usually whenever we find a book published on Ancient Egypt, its subject will either always be on the pharaohs' tombs and their pyramids, or the religion of the pharaohs and their temples. There are very few books that deal with the everyday life ... more |
Arabia's Ancient Past on Show at the Louvre
PARIS, (AFP) For the first time, the ancient past of Saudi Arabia is at the heart of an exhibition at the Louvre museum in Paris, which is showing works that have never left their country before.
The exhibition, which opens on Wednesday, comprises ... more |
Octopus Oracle Paul to Retire
BERLIN, (AP) No more World Cup, no more octopus oracle.
Paul, the octopus who became a pop culture sensation by correctly predicting the outcome of as many World Cup matches as he has legs all seven of Germany's games plus the Spain-Netherlands ... more |
The Pyramid Builders Cemetery
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- I still consider the discovery of the Cemetery of the Pyramid Builders to be one of the greatest archaeological achievements, and personally speaking this ranks as one of my most precious discoveries. This is because prior ... more |
Al-Qaeda: Poor Yemeni Town Cursed by Its Name
AL-QAEDA, Yemen (AFP) Surrounded by mountains and weighed down by poverty, a Yemeni town bears the dubious honour of carrying the same name as Al-Qaeda.
The residents of Al-Qaeda, 220 kilometres (135 miles) northwest of the capital Sanaa, say the ... more |
Unholy Noise: UAE Fatwa Bans World Cup Horns
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, (AP) The horns that have blared at World Cup matches in South Africa make an unholy racket according to a religious edict in the United Arab Emirates.
A fatwa by the UAE's General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments ... more |
Boxing's Mike Tyson on Mecca Pilgrimage: Report
RIYADH (AFP) Former boxing champion Mike Tyson, who converted to Islam while in jail in the 1990s, is visiting the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina on pilgrimage, a Saudi daily reported on Saturday.
Tyson, who was world heavyweight champion ... more |
Racing Palestinian girls speed into record books
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian women are speeding into the record books by competing on an all-female car racing team, the Speed Sisters.
Along the way, they're crashing through another gender barrier in this conservative Muslim society.
The ... more |
Women in Pharaonic Egypt
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- When we talk about the grand history of [Egypt] which extends more than fifty centuries into the past, we find ourselves continually speaking about the ancient Egyptian man, whether this is ancient Egyptian engineers who built ... more |
Bollywood Makes Osama Bin Laden Spoof
MUMBAI, (AFP) India's Bollywood cinema, known for its exuberant song-and-dance sequences and romantic plots, is to explore new territory with a satire on Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
The movie, "Tere bin Laden" (Without you, Laden), is a story ... more |
Al-Quseir
The Egyptian Red Sea town of al-Quseir hit the headlines after Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities announced that a single gold coin dating back to the Umayyad period had been discovered. This coin was unearthed by an American expedition from Yale ... more |
King Abdullah Attends Launching of First Saudi-Made Car
Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz unveiled the first Saudi-made car, the Ghazal 1 yesterday at a reception at his palace in Jeddah. The Ghazal 1, which is named after the desert deer, was designed ... more |
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