21 dead in Egypt traffic accidents
Twenty-one people were killed, including two Jordanians, and 22 wounded Tuesday in two separate road accidents south of Cairo, police said.Eighteen Egyptians were killed when a speeding bus lost control…
Starting education early leads to later success
Early childhood education needs attention in Egypt, Arab statesCAIRO: Hosted in Cairo for the first time, the Sixth Education for All (EFA) High Level Discussion summit focused Monday on one…
Al-Jazeera network seeks to dominate . from London
Agence France-Presse LONDON, Nov 14, 2006 (AFP) - Al-Jazeera is out to capitalize on the strategic importance of London as a European capital when it kicks off its English-language service…
Start looking for similarities among the world's religions
The West and the Muslim world are multi-faceted, multi-cultural, and multi-religious realms despite the narrow way they are often viewed and defined. There are millions of Muslims in the West,…
The four occupations smothering the Middle East
When the United Nation Development Program's Arab Human Development reports appeared a few years ago, the authors spoke with sanitized language. When analyzing political tyranny in the Middle East, they…
Arab democrats are being abandoned
Now that the Democrats have won control of both the House and the Senate, President George W. Bush has finally succumbed to pressure and replaced his unpopular defense secretary, Donald…
Arab League lifts Palestinian financial blockade
Moussa says this is message to those unfriendly to ArabsCAIRO: The Arab League has decided to lift the financial blockade on Palestine in response to the US veto of a…