Umm Kulthum's father, an imam, recognised her talent early on, but fearing the ire of early 20th-century Egyptian society, disguised her as a boy so she could ...
Palestinian prisoners released under the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel were welcomed in the West Bank on Saturday by massive crowds and joyful celebrations.
The lesson of the past 15 months is that the greatest calamity to have befallen a people – to have befallen the Jews – remains unknown or disbelieved, no matter how often we recount it ...