It was the year 1996 and Michael Jordan had just returned after his first retirement from the National Basketball Association a year prior. After the Bulls were eliminated by Shaquille O'Neal's Orlando Magic in 1995 without Jordan, Jordan picked up (...)
In what is a divergence from a long career of success, Kobe Bryant, 37, has struggled over the course of the 2015-2016 NBA season, shooting 33 percent from the field and 24 percent from beyond the 3-point line.
However, despite these struggles, (...)
The first sentence of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" (1813) sums up her life-long endeavor to reflect two main topics (namely wealth and marriage) permeating her six completed novels: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man (...)
The Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) just ended its 37th round after bringing much drama and tears to its audience. European films featured many angles of people's struggles with death throughout several eras. The participating European (...)
CAIRO: As I watched Barack Obama delivering his victory speech after winning the 44th Presidency of the United States of America, I did not only see a hip and charismatic American politician who struck the right cords with the American people. When (...)
Sherif Abdel-Samad bids , the khawaga of Assiut, a warm good-bye
While he stayed in Assiut the khawaga, as was initially known to the locals, managed the impossible: this tall white man with blond hair and blue eyes managed to blend all but (...)