Brotherhood's supreme guide denies 'secret deal' with gov't
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood's Supreme Guide Mohamed Mahdy Akef denied reports claiming there is a "secret deal between the group and the government to release the group's recently detained deputy…
Egypt and Israel look to expand economic ties
CAIRO: Egypt and Israel agreed to look into expanding economic ties after Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit met with Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Yossi Gal in Cairo…
US report questions Egypt's stability after Mubarak
CAIRO: An American report published in the Middle East Quarterly has highlighted concerns over the stability of Egypt once President Hosni Mubarak is no longer president.Titled "Is Egypt stable? and…
Mobinil, others bid for Orascom's Link Egypt
CAIRO: Mobinil, Telecom Egypt and Vodafone Egypt have submitted bids to buy Link Egypt, an information technology unit of Orascom Telecom, the daily Al-Mal reported on Tuesday.Two other unnamed financial…
COMMENTARY: One recession, but unique strategic responses
A tropical storm viewed from a weather satellite looks more or less uniform, as if it is affecting every area it touches with equal force. On the ground the picture…
Egyptian expats discuss challenges
CAIRO: A large Egyptian flag being carried into a conference hall by a group of young boys and girls. Singer Sherine's patriotic lyrics playing in the background: "Did you drink…
A cat named "Studio"
The residents of 7, Nubar Street in Downtown pin their garbage bags to the wall so that the stray cats do not litter the stairwell. But the feline species have…
Conservative interventionism
BERKELEY: At this stage in the worldwide fight against depression, it is useful to stop and consider just how conservative the policies implemented by the world's central banks, treasuries, and…
History, used and abused
LONDON: In her brilliant book, "The Uses and Abuses of History the historian Margaret Macmillan tells a story about two Americans discussing the atrocities of September 11, 2001. One draws…
Reading the past in order to write the future
GIVAT ADA, Israel: "There is nothing more frightening than ignorance in action . This universal lesson was articulated by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Germany more than two hundred years…