a patch of blue

A Patch of Blue (1965) , (Drama)a true classic , where a A blind, uneducated white girl that can't remember any other color but the color blue and constantly abused by her sadistic mother and her weak/alcoholic grandfather is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life . starring...

Pray the Devil Back to Hell

"Can a bullet pick and choose? Does a bullet know a Christian from a Muslim?"Pray the Devil Back to Hell...The documentary does not linger on the violence but focuses on the women’s strategies: they ask the priests in the churches and the imams in the mosques to exert pressure on Taylor and the warlords respectively to desist from fighting....In...

Egyptian Derailed freedom

Yet another strike hammered right in the face of freedom of speech and creativity in Egypt by the confiscation of Magdy El Shafee's adult graphic novel - Metro." The policemen targeted the remaining stock of Metro, a book published a year ago. According to the Egyptian law, an honest citizen had complained against an outrageous publication...

Hizbullah setting up an Egyptian cell

CAIRO, April 8 (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities accused the Lebanese group Hezbollah on Wednesday of planning attacks inside Egypt, a development that could plunge Cairo’s relations with the Shi’ite group’s backer, Iran, to new lows.The office of Egypt’s public prosecutor said it was investigating accusations that Hezbollah had recruited...

Free Rice

FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Program , their partner is the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.You'll simply play a game , and for each answer you get right , they 'll donate 10 grains of rice through the UN world food program to help end hunger .FreeRice has two goals:1-Provide...

Egyptian Bahais under attack

Dozens of people gathered in a village in southern Egypt on Saturday chanting that Bahais were the enemies of God, six human rights groups report.the attacks were incited by a journalist.He is alleged to have said on Egyptian TV last week that a prominent Bahai was an apostate and should be killed. the Bahai's faith symbol ( pic. up ) The...

Finding Neverland

The problem of illegal immigrants reaching Malta from Libya could be resolved come May 15 if a declaration made by Italian Home Affairs Minister Roberto Maroni comes to fruition. Mr Maroni said leaving Libya would become extremely hard come May 15, when the agreement on joint patrols by Italian and Libyan personnel of the Libyan 2,000-kilometre...