What you'll be watching this Ramadan
Perhaps more than previous years, this Ramadan's TV slate offers a humongous amount of star-studded dramas, talk shows and sitcoms competing for airtime and Egyptian viewers' attention. The success of…
With a Grain of Salt: The government's first aid kit
At a time when the government is threatening motorists with serious penalties for not carrying first aid kits in their cars, according to the new traffic law, the recent Shoura…
America's voodoo human rights policy in Haiti
The IDB, the world s largest regional development bank, works in Latin America and the Caribbean purportedly to "contribute to the acceleration of economic and social development. Its actions in…
Ukraine, Russia, and European Stability
KYIV: Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, it has seemed that new rules were being established for the conduct of international relations in central and Eastern Europe and central…
Editorial: Egypt's online teenyboppers expose education fiasco
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when I heard about how a group of Egyptian school children have started a Facebook campaign against going to school during the…
Cairo's Ring Road: public enemy number one
CAIRO: While most university students start their day trying to find friends or heading to their morning class, at the German University in Cairo (GUC), students have a different drill:…
Mideast running on different clocks at Ramadan
CAIRO: The start of the holy month of Ramadan next week is causing clock confusion in the Middle East. Egypt and the Palestinians are falling back an hour far earlier…
Egyptian stuck in Saudi after dispute with guarantor
CAIRO: An Egyptian working in Saudi Arabia has been unable to leave the country for three years after a dispute with his guarantor reached the courts."I was working at a…
Sports Talk: Missing in action
President Mubarak wants to know why Egypt did so badly in Beijing and has set up a fact-finding committee to see what went wrong. We all want to know how…