Cairo (Egypt)

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

The Silence of the Hams

Jabber-free, The Artist joyfully resurrects Hollywood's past.

Vive La France: 14 French Lessons From English Pop Songs

Shutterstock/faqs.org​Happy Bastille Day, everybody. Today France celebrates the day in 1789 when an angry mob stormed the eponymous (our new favorite word) prison in central Paris, freed all seven prisoners - they were really after the guns and ammunition, Clash-style - and touched off the Fr ... More >>

March Madness

At SXSW 2011, almost everything that could go wrong did — except the music.

SXSW: Bob Geldof, Master Of The F-Bomb

Photos by Chris Gray​Leave it to Sir Bob Geldof to turn the SXSW keynote address into a 45-plus minute combination elaborate cultural history of the past 60 years with rock and roll at the center, personal narrative of how rock and roll ("pop with a hard-on") shook loose his inner social activ ... More >>

Westbury High Revolution: Cairo's Got Nothing on Them

To Dave & Buster's!!!!​The heady whiff of freedom in Cairo has worked its way to Westbury on the southwest side today, as about 100 students are going to be disciplined for protesting about a canceled field trip. The Westbury High field trip was supposed to be to Dave & Buster's, where studen ... More >>

Egypt & Rice Basketball: You Say You Want a Revolution

John RoyalExcuse Omar Oraby if his mind is on something other than basketball​It's easy to forget that basketball is just a game. Particularly on the college level where, for the most part, it's played mostly by kids who are a long way from home. And as much as fans might want the team to wi ... More >>

30 Seconds With Escape The Fate's Robert Ortiz

​Rocks Off sat down with Robert Ortiz of Escape the Fate, to find out what we could learn about the drummer for the ball-slappin'est hardcore band we know in 30 seconds. Rocks Off: What is the worst song in the world? Robert Ortiz: I would say any song from [the] techno, industrial and Dubst ... More >>

SUMMER GUIDE: (100) Days of Summer Movies

Enjoy the great indoors!

Garbage Dreams

Recycled choices make for a meager existence for Cairo’s slum boys

King Tut Is Back

Lawndale unveils the King Tut exhibit of the future.

Texas Wants Beer!

Our state is the top beer market in the country, so why are we falling behind in the microbrewery movement?

"American Civil War Field Notes: Sketches from Cairo to Columbia"

Embedded Illustrators on display at O'Kane Gallery

Will Dance for Cash

Embedded Illustrators on display at O'Kane Gallery

News of the Weird

Embedded Illustrators on display at O'Kane Gallery

News of the Weird

Embedded Illustrators on display at O'Kane Gallery

Trading with the Enemy

Houston oil companies maintain their profitable ties to Libya, in roundabout ways

Dealer of the Art

In his 14 years as Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Peter Marzio has increased the MFA's endowment tenfold, tripled MFA Membership and gotten it started on a huge new home. He hasn't done badly for himself, either.