Egypt

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Activist: Rebels by Accident, Intuition or Circumstance

Mr. Bib's reintroduction to quality Young Adult fiction comes mostly courtesy of the Little Bibster, aged 10, who patiently explains the often complicated relationships, plot twists, characters and worlds of the Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Lemony Snicket series, and especially Rick Riordan's seeming ... More >>

Copts and Muslims Will Meet Tonight at Islamic Society of Orange County To Show The World Neither Group is Crazy

In one word, it was disgusting. That's how Shakeel Syed, executive director of the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, described the amateurish film that was blamed for instigating violent protests in Libya and Egypt, as well as others in Sudan, Indonesia, and Pakistan, last week. American ... More >>

Police: Welcome To Anaheimistan; Now Obey Our Whims or Die

It's a historical fact that the biggest threat to the citizens of any nation isn't outsiders but their own government's police and military--the folks with all the guns, arrest powers and unwavering insistence that their own violence is committed only as a means to peace.For proof, glance at the his ... More >>

The OCeeker: St. Marina Coptic Orthodox Church and the Kiss That Missed

Something kinda holy just happened. If only the OCeeker could make sense of it. But that's the risk one takes when a sanctified savage lolligags into a liturgy where even the Almighty his own self can't break through the language barrier.   That said, a man will take a blessing in any tongu ... More >>

35th Annual Cairo Caravan

Queen Mary

Recipe of the Week: Koshari, the Egyptian Lasagna!

​There's that old saying about doing as the Romans do when in Rome. But when you're in Cairo, don't mimic the Egyptians like you would the Romans--at least when it comes to eating street food. The number of food carts in the country's capital is as many as the warnings you'll receive from fellow E ... More >>

Prayer Breakfast to Celebrate Our Liberal Lord and Savior

She probably won't be there​For those who weren't able to eat crumbs from the $650-a-plate tables at this year's National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., an upcoming prayer breakfast in south Orange County offers a cheaper way to entreat the Lord. The theme is...wait for it, ye bad Sama ... More >>

Little Arabia Grows Up

Can one of the country's largest Middle Eastern neighborhoods patch up its rivalries to become OC's next famous ethnic enclave?

Blue Ivy Carter and Other Obscure Hip-Hop/R&B Child Names

​For those of you not in the know, or not near a TV or Internet this weekend, it finally happened: Jay-Z and Beyoncé gave birth to what is soon to be the most famous heir in hip-hop history: Blue Ivy Carter. Young Blue's middle name allegedly is for her mom and pop's birthdays (both being on the ... More >>

Arab Spring Not Exactly Warm for Christians

Wikipedia Commons​A year into the Arab Spring, if the future does not look bright for people who took to the streets of Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, at least they are now talking about a future for the first time in . . . well, forever.But for the small minority of Christians in those countries? Not ... More >>

'The Artist,' or the Silence of the Hams

Joyfully resurrecting Hollywood's past, jabber-free

Kenneth Joseph Lucas II Gets 13 Years for Running International Phishing Scam and Indoor Pot Farm

​UPDATE, JUNE 28, 2 P.M.: Sentences totaling 13 years for convictions in two cases have been given to Kenneth Joseph Lucas II, the "kingpin" of an international "phishing" operation that used spam e-mails and bogus websites to collect personal information used to defraud American banks. The 27- ... More >>

SCAPE Gallery Shows White's Power

New exhibit offers a host of themes on the emblematic, enigmatic sometimes-color

Me Arlene Settle Could Get Stiff Prison Sentence for Role in International Phishing Ring

​When federal indictments were announced in the fall of 2009 as part of Operation "Phish Phry," a multinational investigation conducted in the United States and Egypt that led to charges against 100 people, it was hailed as the largest number of defendants ever charged in a cybercrime case. Fiv ... More >>

Locals Seek Support for Harassed Christians in Egypt and the Middle East

​As the attention of the world seems to have shifted to Libya (or Charlie Sheen), some locals would like the media light to shine on Christians who were struggling to survive in Egypt even before the Hosni Mubarak government collapsed."Three weeks ago, nine out of ten tweets I received were relate ... More >>

6 Questions Pastor Rick Warren Should Ask Tony Blair

​Coming up next on The Saddleback Church Comedy Hour with Pastor Rick is former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who stunned Americans with his poise, intelligence and speaking ability at podiums next to George W. Bush's--while at the same time being branded "Bush's poodle" by Brits.Rick Warren ... More >>

UCI Prof Remixes the Egyptian Revolution

[Mental Notes] Also, Parker Macy to open a record store at the Lab

UCI Prof Remixing the Song of the Egyptian Revolution

​Celebrations are erupting in Cairo's Tahrir Square and in other areas today as the Egyptian Revolution has finally ended the thirty-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak. After eighteen days and, according to Human Rights Watch, more than three hundred deaths, the power of the people is on ... More >>

Orange Countians Closely Watching Events Unfold in Egypt Agree the U.S. Must Get Behind Its People

​"It's a moment of total euphoria," Edina Lekovich, director of policy and programming with the Muslim Public Affairs Council of Los Angeles, said during this morning's uninterrupted KTLA/Channel 5 news coverage of the events unfolding in Egypt after the resignation and departure of Egyptian Presi ... More >>

Egyptian Rebellion Inspires Hip-Hop Solidarity Song

​ Tens of thousands of Egyptian workers left work on strike today, bolstering the 16th day of protests against the regime of Hosni Mubarak and pressing for the president's immediate resignation. North American hip-hop artists, inspired by the persistence of the people in Cairo's Tahrir Square, hav ... More >>

Samaa Kerba and Young Son Escaped Egypt, But the Mission Viejo Residents' Nightmare Had Only Begun

​A Mission Viejo woman and her 4-year-old son were hours away from being sent back to strife-torn Egypt this past weekend before the American Civil Liberties Union intervened on their behalf.Permanent U.S. resident Samaa Kerba, 26, and her son were returning home from Cairo because of the violence ... More >>

Little Arabia Facebook Status Update of the Day On the Middle East Protests

​"Like Akram Lotfy from Alexandria, Egypt, wrote on his Facebook wall before the shutdown, 'A government that is afraid of Facebook and Twitter should govern a city in Farmville.'"--Posted by Roqaya Ashmawey, one of the many young Arab-American activists looking to rename Anaheim's stretch of Broo ... More >>

Prison Winemaking: Mike Carona Edition

Flickr user quevedoports​ This week's recipe goes out to disgraced ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, who began serving a five-and-half-year prison sentence yesterday in the minimum-security federal pen in Littleton, Colorado. Since prison will present Carona so much time and so few outlets for ... More >>

Indie Tuesdays: Fire in Cairo

La Cave

"Never Say No To A Panda" Commercials

Never Say No To Panda - watch more funny videos Commercials like this wouldn't go over well stateside, especially if you're trying to sell cheese. But in Egypt, this creepy, insolent and really mean panda has become a hit.  Of course, it went viral this week.And I share it with you, since um, ... More >>

Exquisite Corpses at the Bowers

The multicultural mummies of 'Secrets of the Silk Road' don't disappoint

Ten Sports You Can Play With a Beer in Your Hand

[Summer Guide] Neither mandatory nor helpful to your performance, a little hops can definitely enhance the sporting experience

Spa Week Wonders

[Trendzilla] Take the low road to high-end treatments, for a limited time only

Yahya El-Hobb 
(Long Live Love)

Argyros Forum

The Archaeology of Possession, Inheritance, and Value

Chapman University

Locals Among Dozens Caught Up in International Criminal Phishing Scheme

No, not that kind of fish fry. ​Congratulations, Orange County! Some of your residents were among today's arrestees in the largest cyber crime case of its kind. "Operation Phish Phry," the first joint cyber investigation between Egyptian law enforcement authorities and United States of ... More >>

Sordid and Sacred: The Beggars in Rembrandt’s Etchings

Bowers Museum

Cairo Cravan

Queen Mary

Rejoycifying!

Defying Gravity: The Music of Stephen Schwartz

Danis McDermott

New Works

To Do This Weekend 5/9-5/11

500 Clown: Frankenstein, 5/9-5/10 @ 8 p.m. The Chicago-based ensemble, 500 Clown, combines circus arts, improvisation and action-based performance that catapults the performers into extreme physical and emotional risk and makes the audience active participants in the thrilling ride. In short: It so ... More >>

Mummy’s the Word

Dinner and Lantern Lit Tour

Pointy Things

Building the Great Pyramid

!Ask a Mexican!(r)

I See Dead People

The mummy strikes at the Bowers

Tease Me: A Little History

One of the reasons many people still don't know what to say when their sister or co-worker or mom says she's taking an exotic dance or pole fitness class is because many of us only associate what they're saying with one thing: strip clubs – low or highbrow, they are the places where women dance fo ... More >>

'I've Never Been to America. America Came to Me'

Ex-Guantanamo Bay inmate Moazzam Begg recalls his three-year journey through Americas war on terror

New Reviews

The Ant Bully; Azumi; John Tucker Must Die; The Motel; Mysteries of Egypt

Waxing Pathetic

The end times at Movieland Wax Museum

Die for Famous Country Singers Oil

Aug. 11 - Aug. 18

Death Warmed Over

Bowers mummies are creepy for all the wrong reasons

The National Archive of Surfing

The Surfing Heritage Foundation will be a congressional-quality surf museum

Y2K Bug is Back- and This Time It's Pissed

The year it didn't all end

Michael Rosas

Member of Costa Mesas Smile (www.smilemusic.com)

Extreme Commie Girl

Get your rock walls ready; only 5 months to the millennium