Shubra district closes new NGO
CAIRO: Members of the new NGO Ahalena, located in Shubra district, refused to abide by a government decision to close their office, the only independent social development center in the…
Leading architect discusses corporate projects and change in Egypt
CAIRO: Egypt's skyline is famous for its Pyramids, one-time remarkable lighthouse, and some aesthetic mosques. But what have we done lately? Hisham Youssef, Senior Design Manager of International Projects with…
Four missing off Red Sea's Marsa Alam
MARSA ALAM: Three foreigners and an Egyptian were missing Sunday after they went scuba diving in Red Sea, an Egyptian diving association said. A fifth diver who was with them…
New video probe launched
CAIRO: The Ministry of Interior ordered security services to discover the identity of a female suspect apparently being tortured by police in a video publicized by the press, a security…
The Arab states drift into irrelevance
Of the many transformations taking place throughout the Middle East, the most striking is that the new regional security architecture gradually emerging in the Arab world seems to be managed…
Islamism in the Sahel: little known, but longstanding
In a Sept. 11, 2006 video, Ayman al-Zawahiri declared that, "Osama bin Laden has told me to announce to the Muslims that the GSPC (the Algerian-based Salafist Group for Preaching…
Can the Democrats avoid an economic crack-up?
Now that the Democrats have taken control of the United States Congress, President George W. Bush has decided it's time for fiscal discipline and a balanced budget. That's shameless, even…
Oil won't last; invest in Arab education
Many of the Arab nations have been blessed historically with oil and natural gas, which became the dominant engines of economic change in the last century. That is the good…
"The Cause 2007" heralds the comeback of stage documentary
With tonight's debut of "Al Qadiya 2007 (The Cause 2007) at the Opera House's Al Hanager Art Center the stage documentary genre comes back strong to Cairo's theater scene.Written by…
