US key to solving Palestinian-Israeli conflict
The words we use and the statements we make define who we are, what we believe. The more accurate our pronouncements are, the closer we are to the truth and…
Saving Iraq's justice: move Saddam's trial abroad
So Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death. This does not come as a surprise. If one person were to be singled out in the world today for the ultimate sentence,…
No negotiations, no peace
The Israeli-Palestinian political arena has never looked worse. This is a reflection of the negative political situation internally in both areas. It seems that the main political agenda of the…
Rebuild Africa by funding the African Union Mission in Darfur
Last April, in the delegate's lounge of the United Nations' headquarters in New York, this columnist met with the Organization of Islamic Conference's (OIC) permanent observer to the UN, Ambassador…
Canvassing the wisdom of the desert
Renaissance man captures a different side of EgyptWith camera and sketchbook in hand, Dr. Farid Fadel headed to the Siwa Oasis on what he calls his first artistic mission. The…
Student union elections marred by violence, controversy on Egypt campuses
The chants have become familiar: National Security, out, this is our university and it will remain free; who runs the university, the dean or Internal Affairs, shouted protesting university students…
Government proposes poultry legislation to eliminate live poultry market by 2010
National production 1.7 million chickens per day; 2.6 million projected for mid-2007CAIRO: A new law to eliminate the sale of live poultry by 2010 is now being drafted for presentation…
Analyzing a quarter century under Mubarak
Widely touted 25th anniversary under the microscopeCAIRO: In the wake of celebrations marking the "25th anniversary of Mubarak (a tag used by national newspapers) last October, analyst and political veteran…
