Winning with Opium in Afghanistan
Despite considerable effort by the international community in Afghanistan since 2001 to eliminate the Taliban and al Qaeda, the insurgency in the south of the country has gathered momentum at…
The best and brightest fanatics
In Britain and Australia, several Muslim medical doctors and engineers have been arrested following a series of failed car bombings. The arrest of these well-educated professionals, together with the Egyptian…
Saying No to Medical Technology
In a dramatic twist of fate, one of the world's premier heart surgeons, Michael DeBakey, recently underwent cardiac surgery using a technique that he had devised, at the hospital where…
Our Virtual Middle Ages
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, is the most impressive collective intellectual project ever attempted - and perhaps achieved. It demands both the attention and the contribution of anyone concerned with the…
Anti-Terrorism Yemeni Sheikh in Fear for his Life
Head of Muslim preaching and mosques in the city of Aden Sheikh Anis Al-Hobaishi reported on Saturday that his life could be in danger after he made statements recently on…
NGOs strive to educate some of Egypt's 2.76 mln working children
CAIRO: Walid Adly is 18 and has a fifth grade education. And he's darn proud of it. He is one of Egypt's 2.76 million working children forced to postpone their…
Egypt nominates culture minister for post of Unesco chief
CAIRO: Egypt on Monday nominated Culture Minister Farouk Hosni as a candidate for the top job at the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). President Hosni Mubarak has…
Farouk Hosni nominated as Unesco director general
CAIRO: The Egyptian government announced Monday that it was nominating Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni as a candidate for the position of director general of the United Nations Educational Scientific…