http://www.aawsat.com/english Asharq Alawsat English Edition is your insight into the Middle East en-us © 2005 Saudi Research and Publishing Sat, 12 Mar 2010 18:28:17 GMT 1 http://www.aawsat.com/english http://www.aawsat.com/english/images/aaaeng.gif 144 33 Asharq-e delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest stories, weather, entertainment, politics in the Middle East http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=7&id=20197 Since the beginning of creation, Egyptians have been bright and witty and are usually the first to crack a joke, even if this joke is about themselves, as Egyptians are prepared to laugh at themselves Sat, 12 Mar 2010 18:28:17 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=7&id=20158 NASIRIYAH, Iraq, (AP) — American bomb disposal experts in Iraq say few people understood what they did. Not any more. Now, the U.S. military's explosive experts are basking in their job's newfound Wed, 09 Mar 2010 18:28:17 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=7&id=20149 Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- Just hours after the Saudi Ministry of Culture and Media denied rumours that Abdo Khal’s novel ‘Spewing Sparks as Big as Castles’ was withdrawn from the Riyadh International Tue, 08 Mar 2010 18:28:17 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=7&id=20145 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – It was a disappointing night for Hollywood's major studios. It could have been the night when "Avatar," from News Corp's Twentieth Century Fox, turned its audience appeal and Tue, 08 Mar 2010 18:28:17 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=7&id=20106 It is as if the young pharaoh Tutankhamen is still alive even though he left this world over 35 centuries ago. What is the secret behind the infatuation of the media, history and science with the golden Sun, 06 Mar 2010 18:28:17 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=7&id=20080 MEKNES, Morocco, (Reuters) - People living near the Lalla Khenata mosque in Morocco's old imperial city of Meknes say they warned for years that its minaret was in danger of collapse. The centuries-old Thu, 03 Mar 2010 18:28:17 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=7&id=20083 CAIRO (AP) - French archaeologists have unearthed the burial chamber of a mysterious queen from Egypt's Old Kingdom more than 4,000 years ago. The necropolis of Saqqara outside Cairo, famed for its massive Thu, 03 Mar 2010 18:28:17 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=7&id=20075 ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, (AP) – Organizers of a prestigious Arabic literary award say a Saudi author has won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his novel depicting inequalities and Wed, 02 Mar 2010 18:28:17 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=7&id=20057 CAIRO (AFP) – When her divorce finally came through after a painful four-year procedure, Mahasen Saber became the target of reproving looks and gossip in Egypt's conservative society. But she fought Tue, 01 Mar 2010 18:28:17 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=7&id=20019 DETROIT (AP) - In the heart of the largest concentration of Muslims in the U.S., the Detroit Institute of Arts this weekend is opening a new permanent gallery of Islamic art showcasing exhibits including Sat, 26 Mar 2010 18:28:17 GMT