Najib Mahfuz (born 1912) was Egypt's foremost novelist and the first Arab to win the Nobel Prize in literature. He had wide influence in the Arab world and was the author from that area best known to the West in the latter half of the 20th century. Najib...

Naguib Mahfouz is widely regarded as Egypt's finest writer. While his works remained largely unknown in English-speaking countries for most of the twentieth century, the author has nevertheless been viewed by many critics outside the Middle East as the e...

Most of the nation's federal workers- including more than 300,000 here-will get an early start for Christmas, thanks to an executive order issued by the president giving them a half day off today. The four hours of paid leave can be granted at...

Half-day kindergarten is cut But West Bend to seek alternatives By ANNE DAVIS adavis@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel Tuesday, April 20, 2004 West Bend -- Heeding emotional pleas from parents, the West Bend School Board voted 5-1 Monday to eliminate a stand-alone...

In a strange fit of caffeination, The Transom began researching the in-office population of various magazines and newspapers this morning. Yom Kippur in the New York media world is sort of like, well, a big Jewish rapture. But, of course, in trying to find out...

A suspected Colombian cocaine trafficker has been arrested in the kidnapping of an undercover U.S. agent, a Justice Department spokeswoman said Friday.Bayron Jimenez Castaneda, 44, was in Florida on a tourist visa when he was arrested Thursday night in Orlando, spokeswoman Lymarie Llovet Ayala said.Three...