Year: 2012

Real battle in Egypt is not on the streets

By Maria Golia CAIRO: On Feb. 3 I walked around my downtown Cairo…

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American funk

By Ian Buruma NEW YORK: The eccentric Bengali intellectual Nirad C. Chaudhuri once…

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Austerity vs. Europe

By Javier Solana MADRID: It is now increasingly clear that what started in…

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Lavrov says Syrians should decide Assad’s fate

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, back from talks with Syrian President…

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Violence in Bahrain escalates ahead of Feb. 14 anniversary

MANAMA: The funeral march for Mohammed Yaacoub had barely ended last week…

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Kuwait cabinet may be key to ending political gridlock

KUWAIT: Facing a bigger and bolder opposition swept into parliament by voters…

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South Africa’s close ties to Iran under scrutiny

JOHANNESBURG: The West's increasing pressure on Iran has meant scrutiny for South…

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Living in a battlefield: Downtown residents say their lives are ‘on hold’

CAIRO: On Tuesday, Talaat Rashed Mansour spent his day salvaging what is…

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Geopolitics, debt refinancing leave funds wary of Gulf

LONDON: Tensions over Iran, unrest in Syria and concern about refinancing of…

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Emerging markets most ‘resilient’ in economic crisis, says Agility

CAIRO: Despite the political unrest affecting the region, logistics professionals believe Egypt,…

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