In a television interview on February 5, 2011,Farouk Okdah, Egypt's Central Bank Governor, said Egypt's tourism industry has lost $1.5 billion since the protests to oust Hosni Mubarak began on January 25. This was according to the state-run Middle East News Agency, which ran excerpts of his interview. Having traveled to Egypt in 2009, I saw … [Read more...] about One and a Half Billion and Counting
Margret E. Short Fine Arts
Portland, Oregon artist Margret Short - a modern day master of 17th Century Dutch art using the chiaroscuro technique to create still life and floral paintings.