Paradise Prevails Believed by some to be the biblical Garden of Eden, Bahrain now offers an apple of a different sort than the one with which Eve tempted Adam: It’s cal
Wild Beasts No More When word got out about a proposed law that promotes reintegrating mentally ill patients into society, the media and public went crazy at the thought of opening the asylum doors. With advances in psychiatric medicine, however, many residents of the nation's mental health hospitals are ready and willing to go home — and have been waiting for decades. ABASSIYA!” Say the word as you hold your hand near your head and shake it a little and every Egyptian —and many Arabs, thanks to the lore of Egyptian film — will know what you are talking about: Crazy. Insane. Not all there. Unbalanced. That’s what it means to say that someone is “Abassiya” as you shake your hand near your head.
Voices of the Unheard New publications for the visually and physically impaired hope to bring their marginalized audiences closer to the mainstream ByDina Basiony Read more
Protecting the Global Child First Lady Suzanne Mubarak hosts child protection advocates in Cairo ByLindsey Parietti Read more
Plucking at the darkness With his eighth album, Naseer Shamma reaches out to his war-torn homeland with a message of hope ByAli El-Bahnasawy Read more
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