Attitudes towards women in senior positions shift slightly, says study
CAIRO: Attitudes towards women holding senior positions such as president, prime minister, governor, People’s Assembly or Shoura Council speaker or judge, have slightly shifted, a recent study revealed. The poll…
OT says MTN offered $7.8 bln for Algeria unit, eyes Syria
BEIRUT: South Africa's MTN has offered to pay $7.8 billion for Orascom Telecom's lucrative Algerian unit Djezzy, Orascom's chairman said on Wednesday, putting a price to a deal blocked by…
A stone's throw from the Nile, Egypt's taps are running dry
KIRDASA: Six months into her pregnancy, Tahani Rabia continues to ignore doctor's orders and rises before dawn every morning, praying that when she turns on the tap the water will…
Sri Lanka's False Dawn
NEW YORK: As the Sri Lankan government celebrates the first anniversary of its historic triumph over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), it is increasingly clear that the battlefield…
Reflections on Jerusalem Day in an impoverished, extremist, and divided city
JERUSALEM: Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim) over the years has become a bizarre event: in an impoverished, battered city, the western side celebrates an imaginary reunification with its eastern counterpart. The…
Thai Lessons for China
BEIJING: Whatever the effects of political turmoil in Thailand, they are not helping the cause of democracy in China. The images of pro-democracy protesters and the subsequent military crackdown in…
Our Post-Modern Crisis
BERLIN: On the weekend of May 7-9, the European Union gazed into the abyss of historical failure. The fate of the euro was at stake and with it European unification…
Effective resistance to illegal occupation
The Palestinian campaign to boycott settlement products is enjoying exceptionally high levels of enthusiasm and support from all sectors of Palestinian society. It is also garnering sympathy and understanding from…
Court suspends order banning police officers on campuses
CAIRO: The Cairo Court for Urgent Cases suspended an administrative court order that had banned the presence of police officers on Cairo University campuses, according to state portal egynews.net. Under…
Pirates hijack cargo ship with 24 crew off Somalia, says EU
BRUSSELS: Pirates armed with rocket-propelled grenades on Wednesday hijacked a Panama-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden with 24 crew from Bangladesh, Ghana, Egypt and Pakistan, EU naval forces…