Palestinian deputy premier in Cairo for ceasefire talks
CAIRO: Egypt hosted representatives of Fatah Sunday and will also receive members of Hamas and other groups later in yet another attempt to establish a lasting ceasefire between warring Palestinian…
Former President Anwar El Sadat's nephews cause ruckus at PA
CAIRO: The two brothers, Talaat El Sadat and Anwar El Sadat, independent members of the People's Assembly and nephews of former President Anwar El Sadat are facing problems that threaten…
Muslim Brotherhood MP demands reopening of labor rights NGO
CAIRO: One month after the government closed the Helwan headquarters of the Center for Trade Union and Worker Services, Egypt's largest independent labor rights group, a parliamentarian from the Muslim…
KHAWAGA'S TALE: The Arab Street, where the customer is king
Guide books and a newspaper's postcards from abroad love the "man on the street story. A favorite is the Arab Street, a snapshot of life somewhere in the Middle East…
The World Bank after Wolfowitz
Paul Wolfowitz - former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, one of the most influential neoconservatives of President George W. Bush's administration and a key architect of the Iraq war -…
Some useful lessons from the Northern Ireland process
Today, we all can feel good about Northern Ireland. Protestants and Catholics--Unionists and Republicans in local parlance--are about to jointly run their government. Belfast, for decades the scene of urban…
Look, yet another 'new' American policy in Iraq
President George W. Bush and his senior military and foreign-policy advisers are beginning to discuss a "post-surge strategy for Iraq which they hope could gain bipartisan political support. The new…
Banana stems, an alternative to wood?
CAIRO: The remains of the banana trees are perhaps one of the commonest and cheapest leftovers of plantations, but they continue to be the least exploited despite their abundance worldwide,…
Books, art, music and a really impressive festival by AUC Press
The annual Book, Art and Music Festival provided all those elements last night: new book releases, an innovative art exhibition featuring top local artists and melodious music by crooners Sobhi…