Occupy Wall Street Meets Tahrir Square
October 25, 2011 Two Egyptian activists led hundreds of American protesters on a march out of Zuccotti Park on Monday, walking past the police barricades on Wall Street for the first time since protests began about six weeks ago. It
TFF 2011 Best Docs Opens Friday
Tribeca Film Festival 2011’s Best Docs opens with “Bombay Beach: A Doc Can Dance”. You can watch it at the IFC this Friday October 14th. For more information: http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/features/faces-of-the-festival/Alma_Harel_Bombay_Beach.html
Kabab Cafe: The Little Restaurant That Pioneered Little Egypt
There was nothing Egyptian about the two-block stretch in Astoria, popularly known today as Little Egypt, before Ali El Sayed opened Kabab Café in 1989. At that time, it stood out with its Arabic writing on the window, in a
Diversity Immigrants In Little Egypt Struggle To Integrate
When Said Abdel Moneim’s 1992 Jeep broke down last week by Union Square while towing a roadside food stand to its overnight parking lot, it took him five hours to figure out a way to bring both trucks back to
