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Portraits: Paris, London, York and Montmartre - Part 2/3 Prof. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
November 28, 2013
I love the portrait of the 1800 Strand, where I stayed in London this summer, given by British author E. V. Lucas, in his classic A Wanderer in London. He says, "The most Bohemian of London streets, if the Strand could cross to Paris it would instantly burgeon into a boulevard. Its prevailing type is of the stage: the blue chin of Thespis is very apparent there, and the ample waistcoat of the manager is prominent too."
Portraits: Paris, London, York and Montmartre - Part 3/3 Prof. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
November 28, 2013
Time has dealt kindly with York. Still it is possible to find here almost continuous pageant of the ages from Roman times, and possibly even earlier than that, down to the president day.
Positive Psychology and the Power of PrayerProf. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
August 13, 2019
When I was a teenager growing up in Shoubra, a middle-class suburb of Cairo, I would ask my mother every time I sat for an exam to pray that I'd do well. None of my six siblings did the same.
Post-revolution Egypt: India as a model, Part 1/3Prof. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
January 27, 2013
In the 1950s as a young boy growing up in Egypt I admired the leadership of Nehru of India and Nasser of Egypt. Both men were instrumental in building up their countries after years of British occupation and exploitation.
Post-revolution Egypt: India as a model, Part 2/3Prof. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
January 27, 2013
During my recent visit to India I was pleased to learn that Cyberabad is the name appropriately given to the new high-tech area of the historical city of Hyderabad.
Post-revolution Egypt: India as a model, Part 3/3Prof. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
January 27, 2013
One of the major festivities of Ahmedabad is the international kite festival that is celebrated every year on the 14th of January. I was there.
Posties stamped on by Canada PostReuel S. Amdur
June 16, 2011
CUPW (Canadian Union of Postal Workers) is on strike. The union is resisting Canada Post's efforts to cut beginning pay from $24 per hour to $17.50. Canada Post also wants to switch from a defined-benefit retirement plan to a defined-contribution plan, with no guaranteed amount of pension at the time it is taken.
Poverty - not poor people - is the problemJaved Akbar
November 25, 2009
In his provocative Unto This Last, John Ruskin (1819-1900), a social critic of the Victorian age, incited and angered many, influenced Gandhi and wrote influentially on the means and ends of life.
Powell a war hero or a war criminal?Scott Stockdale
October 20, 2021
It's standard that the passing of Colin Powell, a war hero and Secretary of State in the George W. Bush administration - has resulted in a deluge of maudlin tributes from dignitaries through the developed world, but not the entire world, because he had the blood of hundreds of thousands of civilians on his hands. Does this sound like a war hero or a war criminal?
Power that knowledge will bringThe Canadian Charger
February 27, 2012
If the corporate media is successful in drumming up support for war against Iran, the only predictable outcome will be enormous suffering for ordinary people, according to Dr. Michael Keefer, recently retired professor of English at the University of Guelph.

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In the second instalment of Women of the Resistance, Dimitri Lascaris speaks with Palestinian-Canadian artist, Rehab Nazzal.