 Some observers believe the furore created by the comments of Culture Minister Farouk Hosni on the veil was an attempt to distract the public's attention from other concerns. "Is it finished? Okay brothers, you got to come up with another crisis quickly." By Mustafa Hussein in the Egyptian daily Al-Akhbar  Wise in the West, the owl in the East is believed to be a bad omen, representing sectarian strife spreading in Lebanon. In the Kuwaiti daily Al-Anbaa by Abdul-Salam Maabul parent page (7 - 13 December 2006, issue #823) |