The Worlds - lite

Longtime commenter Artichoke Annie has been on a long cruise this month, and she's chronicling every step of the trip on her blog . G...

CAIRO — As Egypt prepares to celebrate Orthodox Easter this weekend, controversial comments by a leader of the M...

Appalling news from Egypt this morning. From the NYT: “A woman needs to be confined within a framework that is controlled by the man o...

Egypt doesn't seem to understand this whole democracy thing. The following lead paragraphs are from two different stories in the news ...

AP: "Egypt's military pledged not to fire on protesters in a sign that army support for President Hosni Mubarak may be unravelin...

These days it's rare to see a story about people acting selflessly to help others. Yet there was one such story this week. You know you...