Farouk of Egypt

AS THE MILLIONS clamoring for a free Egypt massed in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, Israeli decisionmakers looked on with growing apprehension. This was the…

Among the numerous ridiculous cliches that pepper media reporting on the Middle East, one of the most ridiculous is that the region is “politically…

The Saudi-owned satellite television station MBC broadcast a soap opera during Ramadan 2007 that celebrated the life of King Farouk. The current…

Holy-site double standardsSir, – Once again, the Arab-Israeli double standard is hard at work! Recently, a mosque was damaged by fire (“PA blames…

Picture Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the left side of the frame, his back toward you, his head pitched 90 degrees to the right, his expression one of…

On February 18, 1948, representatives of a Swiss company met secretly with Egyptian and Jordanian envoys in the office of Hector McNeill, the British…

Inside the grand Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in this bustling seaside city, five mostly elderly women and a middle-aged man from the Jewish community…

Egyptians have a saying: "He who drinks from the waters of the Nile will return to drink her waters yet again." This is a pleasant saying which also…

Egyptian immigrants to Israel adapted quickly to their new country. Although today they look back with nostalgia, many will not visit the land of…

Three StarsDirected by Dina Zvi-Riklis. Written by Zvi-Riklis and Alma Ganihar. Hebrew title: Shelosh Emahot. 106 minutes. In Hebrew, French and…