Why the fight in Balochistan matters
ISLAMABAD: The scarred Pakistani province of Balochistan has been suffering from conflict with the central government since the country's inception in 1947. Steeped in violence and deprivation, bitterness, hunger and…
Why Barack Obama?
NEW YORK: The winner of America's presidential election will inherit a perfect storm of problems, both economic and international. He will face the most difficult opening-day agenda of any president…
Microfinance empowering Egyptian women
CAIRO: The Association for the Development and Enhancement of Women (ADEW) embarked on its operations over 20 years ago in Mainsheet Nasser, at that time one of the largest unrecognized…
A notorious absentee in the US presidential campaign
NEW YORK: The US presidential campaign has been waged with unusual vigor and energy from Senators Barak Obama and John McCain, its two main contestants. They have both been very…
Confronting Fear
WASHINGTON, DC: Even as the squeeze in interbank lending has started to ease after the rescue of financial systems across the advanced countries, falling economic indicators have sent stock markets…
Pope Shenouda: representative of Egypt's Copts
CAIRO: P?ope Shenouda III returned from the United States after four months of medical treatment at Cleveland Clinic. During his time in hospital, church affairs and to a large extent,…
Egypt doctor's Saudi lashing 'worse than death,' says syndicate
CAIRO: The Doctors' Syndicate on Wednesday slammed as "worse than death a punishment of 1,500 lashes handed down by a Saudi court to an Egyptian doctor for allegedly turning a…
3 killed, 5 injured in Giza building collapse
CAIRO: Three were killed and five injured when a rundown building in Giza partially collapsed Wednesday morning. The collapse was attributed to the dilapidated state of the building, one of…
Do we need "A Common Word"?
CAMBRIDGE: Sheikh Ali Gomaa, Grand Mufti of Egypt, spoke at Churchill College, Cambridge University on Oct.12. The gathering was organized by the Radical Middle Way, a Muslim grassroots initiative articulating…
UN peacekeeping medals awarded to UNAMID forces in north Darfur
El Fasher: The AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) awarded UN Peacekeeping medals to its Force Headquarters staff officers and contingents deployed in El Fasher on Oct. 29, in acknowledgement…