July 2005  Volume # 26  Issue 07

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Home | Inside this issue    Faces Yosri Fouda by Ali El-Bahnasawy The Arab world’s star investigative journalist reflects on a storied career    Faces Hossam Samir by Zeinab Abul Gheit Hossam Samir’s choral group gives elderly Cairenes a new chance to shine    Faces Maher Sobhi by Azza Khattab El-Shark Auction House’s auctioneer eyes greener pastures    Faces Dr. Ali Rasmi by Zeinab Abul-Gheit Forensic entomology uses creepy crawlies to put creeps behind bars    Faces Mohamed El Sawy by Ali El-Bahnasawy The founder of El Sawy Culture Wheel draws the center’s name and his own inspiration from his equally famous father    Faces Mona Afifi by Nadine El Sayed The former journalist is the driving force behind a Middle Eastern fashion revolution    Faces Hisham El Sherif by May Kaddah The ‘father of Egyptian IT’ sees a future lit by more than just bits and bytes    Faces The Last Chapter by Edward Lewis Over the last 150 years, immigrant entrepreneurs helped shape the Alexandrian landscape. Now two famous family businesses face the end of an era.    Faces Karim Darwish by Osama Diab The world number one squash player is taking the court by storm    Faces Mona Eltahawy by Passant Rabie Egyptian-born, US-based journalist challenges the stereotype of the Arab woman    Faces Salah Arafa by Dina Basiony Environmental group names the physicist Man of the Year for his three-decade career turning satellite villages into stars    Faces Amr Saad by Dina Basiony After getting his big-screen break, ‘everyman’ actor is drawn to roles addressing the ills of society    Faces Marwan Hamed by Lamia Hassan Acclaimed filmmaker says he seeks out quality, not controversy    Faces    Maha Maamoun by Sherif Awad Photographer Maha Maamoun uses her work to showcase the rougher side of her surroundings    Faces Medhat Ibrahim by Lamia Hassan During the 1960s, this engineer and architect helped move the temples of Abu Simbel    Faces Mohamed Salih by May Kaddah This college professor has gone a long way from the camel caravans of his youth — all the way to America    Faces Karam Tawfiq by Manal el-Jesri Three years ago, her bookshop Kotobkhan put Maadi on the literary map. Now she’s helping new writers find their way onto her shelves.    Faces Ahmed El-Esseily by Ali El-Bahnasawy One of Egypt’s top TV personalities talks about luck,his sudden shoot to stardom, and the curse of “post-fame syndrome”    Faces Saad Aly by May El Khishen This ecotourism entrepreneur has become the king of the Western Desert    Faces Khadiga Amer by Dina Basiony This seven-year-old’s natural talent in reading and reciting Qur’an has raised an awkward problem — she’s too smart for school    Faces Omar Sharif by Sherif Awad The world’s leading man on 50 years on stage and screen    Faces Amal Sorour by Hoda Omran Al-Ahram journalist Amal Sorour expected problems getting her son a Palestinian birth certificate, but the backlash from her peers came as a surprise    Faces Aziza Nofal by Manal el-Jesri Volunteering keeps this globe-trotting 61-year-old young at heart    Faces Dr. Barbara Harrell-Bond by Rebecca Collard Relentless, unconventional and a decade past retirement, the AUC professor and advocate for refugees has left Cairo for her latest project    Faces Ramy Ashour by Passant Rabie The 21-year-old squash champion returns home a hero after becoming the second person ever to win both a junior and senior world championship    Faces Lisa Anderson by Hadia Mostafa The former dean of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs joins AUC as provost, ready to usher in a new era    Faces Sheikh Mohamed Gebril by May Kaddah Meet Sheikh Mohamed Gebril, The Imam of Millions    Faces Khaled Youssef by Ali El-Bahnasawy The film director fights against the values he believes are holding Egyptian society back, despite attacks that he is promoting immorality    Faces Omm Khaled by Hossam Zaater A life on the road is not easy, especially for Egypt’s first and only female trucker    Faces Wael Abbas by Ethar El-Katatney One of Egypt’s most vocal bloggers is candid about his past, his present and his hopes for the future    Faces Fouad Riad by Hoda Omran From the bench of a war crimes tribunal to the podium of a university classroom, this venerable judge continues to fight for fairness and a better world    Faces The Devil of Poetry by Ethar El-Katatney Explicit in her opinions about the failings of the Egyptian political system, outspoken poet Iman Bakry discusses her love of poetry and how she believes in its power to bring about change    Faces NadiaMakram Ebeid by Ali El Bahnasawy High-powered politico Nadia Makram Ebeid is still out to improve the environment — this time as head of a top multinational NGO    Faces On the ‘Righteous Path’ by Hossam Zaater At the Recoub Al-Sorat ranch, the animals come first    Faces Whiz Kid by Hossam Zaater Meet Moody, Egypt’s and possibly the world’s youngest mathematical genius    Faces Britta Le Va by Nadine El Sayed For this Renaissance woman, Germany may be her birthplace and the United States her home, but Egypt still owns her heart    Faces Hussein El-Kala Having weathered over three decades of the Egyptianfilm industry’s often brutal vagaries, silver screen pioneer Hussein El-Kala is still going strong. Here’s what he’s learned along the way.    Faces Suhaib Webb by Farzina Alam Coming from America’s Bible Belt to the halls of Al-Azhar, this young imam wants to combine the best of both worlds in Islam    Faces Lamis Gaber by Manal el-Jesri Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel — and no one knows that better than Lamis Gaber, author of the smash hit TV serial King Farouk, whose very Egyptian-ness was savagely attacked after her series dared question some of the founding myths of the July Revolution    Faces Sherif Sultan by Marwa Helal Born, raised and educated in Egypt, Dr. Sherif Sultan has made a name for himself as world leader in endovascular medicine from his new home in Ireland    Faces Omar Samra by Megan Detrie The first Egyptian to climb Mount Everest, Omar Samra says the real challenge wasn’t the climb — it’s convincing people that his adventures haven’t ended    Faces Galal Amin by Manal el-Jesri The bestselling author of Whatever Happened to the Egyptians? reaches Zen-like state when talking about why he chose to be so brutally honest in his just-released autobiography    Faces Adel Bishai by May Kaddah An economist of the people, AUC professor Dr. Adel Bishai has high hopes for the Egyptian economy —and for reform driven from thebottom up    Faces Mohamed El-Zanaty by David Wroe Olympic hopeful Mohamed El-Zanaty is keen on making his mark as Egypt’s first long-distance swimming gold medalist — if only he could shrug off how boring his chosen sport is    Faces Osama Mounir by Ethar El-Katatney Dreamy-voiced talk show host Osama Mounir’s heart might go out to hissleepless callers, but he says he’s no expert on love    Faces Bahaa Taher by Manal el-Jesri A Pan-Arabist with no faith in Arab leaders, celebrated author Bahaa Taher refuses to produce works for mere entertainment    Faces Anis El-Dighidy by Yasmeen El Mallah Anis El-Dighidy believes that the execution of Saddam Hussein was a fabrication — and has written the book to prove it. Over 350,000 book buyers have been willing to give his story a chance.    Faces    Fahmy Howeidy by Manal el-Jesri Just back from a tour of Iran, where he met with high-profile Shi’a politicians, prolific writer and Islamist thinker Fahmy Howeidy turns his attention to the Sunni-Shi’a divide and how outside powers might exploit it    Faces Ossama El-Deeb by Dan Reese War veteran Ossama El-Deeb has already lost one foot to illness and could lose his other as he sits in the street protesting his condition    Faces Zeinab El-Seginy by May Kaddah How a painter has made her career representing the nation’s women and children    Faces    OmmEl-Hosseini by Rania Al Malky “There are no miracles for those who have no faith in them,” goes the French proverb. But Hagga Faw’eyya, better known as Omm El-Hosseini, has complete faith that God has blessed her with a special gift: the power to heal    Faces    The Medicine Man by Jessica Olien One of the founders of the Egyptian Society of Internal Medicine, Sherif Doss talks about his 30-year career serving the expatriate community in Maadi and his latest prestigious award    Faces Shahira the Bringer by Nicolè A. Staab Shahira Fawzy’s life changed when she discovered a “lost” tribe in the Eastern Desert. She’s since made it her life’s work to improve the lives of isolated nomads and share their cultures.    Faces A Familiar Face by Callie Maidhof AUC’s new director of Middle East Studies is no stranger to controversy, having taken fire for shunning both old-school Orientalism and his Zionist upbringing. Joel Beinin comes back to Cairo, where it all started for him.    Faces    The People of Ramadan by Hanaa Ahmed From the man who makes your sweets to the one who wakes you up in time for sohour, meet the Faces of Ramadan    Faces    Sona Zeitlian by David Lee Wilson Renowned Armenian-Egyptian author Sona Zeitlian examines the centuries-old relationship between Armenians and their adopted Egyptian homeland    Faces    The Filmmaker by Hadia Mostafa The son of a Jewish father and a Christian mother, this practicing Muslim produces trailblazing documentaries centering around Islam    Faces Elias Chacour by David Lee Wilson Archbishop of Galilee Elias Chacour brings his fight for peace and understanding to Cairo and finds a receptive audience    Faces    Khaled Abou ElFadl by Noha El-Hennawy Reformer Khaled Abou El-Fadl, equally a product of traditional Islamic learning and the Ivy League, on the quest for knowledge in Islam, Islamophobia and whether oil is a weapon worth using    Faces Abdel Monem Abou El-Fotouh by Noha El-Hennawy A radical Islamist as a student, Abou El-Fotouh is now a leading member of the banned-but-tolerated Muslim Brotherhood’s dovish camp    Faces Baba Abdou by Cache Seel Abdou El-Lamei has served sailors and captains, ambassadors and admirals for seven decades, turning his family’s ship chandlery business into one of the largest of its kind in the region    Faces    Noam Chomsky by Karim Elsahy The man who’s a Zionist but stands up against Israeli policy in a no-holds-barred interview about democracy in the Middle East and the West’s role here    Faces Lamis El-Hadidi by Fayza Hassan    Faces    Terry Waite by Hadia Mostafa Peace broker, human rights activist and former hostage Terry Waite argues for a violence-free resolution to the Middle East crisis    Faces    Omar El-Borolossy by Manal el-Jesri Forced off the courts by a knee injury, squash sensation Omar El-Borolossy sets his sights on turning his new company into the next Ministry of Sports    Faces    Samy Abdel Aziz by Manal el-Jesri The man behind Al-Wafd Party’s Itkhanaqna campaign, who just happens to be Noaman Gomaa’s son-in-law and an upper echelon member of the NDP, puts both country and family first    Faces Yehia El-Refai by Noha El-Hennawy As honorary president for life of the Egyptian Judges' Club, Justice Yehia El-Refai is leading the charge for a more independent judiciary    Faces    Karim Nada by Rania Al Malky Athough hearing impaired, Nada has never been deaf to the world around him as he worls to put art in the service of society, most recently with his work inspired by Heliopolis’ Baron Palace.    Faces    Ahmed Dewidar by Amira Salah-Ahmed Known for his moderation and accessible approach to Islam, the Imam of the Islamic Center in New York speaks about terrorism, the role of Muslim communities in foreign societies and women in Islam    Faces    Moufida Helmi by Rania Al Malky Story of a Pioneer Investigative Journalist    Faces    Simon Shaheen by Abdalla F. Hassan A musical virtuoso, Simon Shaheen not only creates new sound, he also has plans to make his unique blend of Arabic music mainstream    Faces Mazaher by Manal el-Jesri Tired of misrepresentation and stereotypes, the Mazaher group redefine and explain the art of Zar as they know it    Faces Zar: The Background    Faces    IbrahimEl Tanbouli by Hadia Mostafa Businessman by day, artist by night, Ibrahim El Tanbouli paints a bleak picture of a societyin turmoil    Faces    Tarek Kamel by Réhab El-Bakry Minister of Communication and Information Technology Tarek Kamel has plans to steer the ministry into a brighter future    Faces    Ahmed El-Maghraby by Manal el-Jesri Actively nurturing the revival of traditional Egyptian music, Dr. Ahmed El-Maghraby elaborates on his latest project.    Faces    Mahmoud Zaqzouq by Hadia Mostafa A moderate voice in an extremist world, the minister of awqaf speaks out    Faces    Yehia Mohamed by Sherif Awad Chasing celebs around the world, the man better known as Yaya has become a celebrity whom Hollywood stars greet by name.    Faces    Mona Khaled by Tracy Lowe Egypt’s youngest chess champion just happens to be a 10 year-old-girl who learned to play last year. But will the Ministry of Youth allow her to go to the world championships this month?    Faces    Nour El-Sherif by Doha Al-Zuhairy He’s back. The man best known for his role as El-Hagg Metwally talks about his latest Ramadan series and his love of controversy.    Faces    Arita Baaijens by Ingrid Wassmann Meet the Dutch “Camel Lady” who has roamed Egypt’s deserts for the past 14 years    Faces    Heba Qutb by Manal el-Jesri Meet the counselor who’s not afraid to talk about sex for a living.    Faces    Tariq Ramadan by Rania Al Malky Banned from the US on grounds he has endorsed terrorism, grandson of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan Al-Banna speaks out on reform, moderation and faith    Faces    Dr. Mursi Saad el-Din by Manal el-Jesri Egypt Today’s editor-in-chief looks back on a life filled with books, politics and a beloved granddaughter    Faces    Alaa El Aswany by Abdallah The dentist who shocked the literary world with his smash hit Imaret Yacoubian speaks out on literature, politics and gay bars    Faces    Barman Edward by George Stratton Le Chantillys ever-popular bartender looks back on a hard life of elevators and screwdrivers    Faces    Hala Galal by Manal el-Jesri The award-winning documentary maker behind Female Chitchat talks about the status of women    Faces    Dina Sarhan by Aida Nasr Meet the Martha Stewart of the Middle East    Faces    Moemen Ahmed by Réhab El-Bakry Based in war-torn Iraq, an ordinary Egyptian tells of day-to-day life with a bitter people    Faces    Party Planning Tips by Aida Nasr Entertaining this summer? Here are Dina Sarhans tips:    Faces    Kamal Abu Eita & Kamal Khalil by Manal el-Jesri Ones a Marxist. His best friend is a Nasserist. Together, theyve been the voices of mass protest since the 1970s.    Faces at a cinema Near You    Faces Change is in the Air    Faces Fathi Shanab & Friends by Azza Khattab For most, it’s a fashion decision. But for the men of the Society for the Promotion of Special Mustaches, facial hair is nothing short of an obsession.    Faces Passion and Obsession by Sherif Awad The Passion passed the censors, but will it last on Egyptian screens?

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