Government to supply PCs to homes across Egypt receives boost from Middle East's No. 2 PC vendor
CAIRO: Acer Computer Middle East and Mantrac have announced today that they will look to supply the lion's share of PC's earmarked for millions of homes across Egypt as part…
Dancing tents, swirling colors and a cloud of controversy
At first glance, a play featuring six women performing surreal modern dances while wearing colorful tents might not appear to be an overtly political statement.Indeed, for the casual viewer, the…
Cairo's medieval heritage undergoes facelift
The most gorgeous medieval buildings are being painstakingly restored in Islamic Cairo and discerning tourists are walking past Khan Al-Khalili into a medieval city of wikalas, through mighty Fatimid gates…
Think cartoons and relive the past
Last week when I was chatting online with my best friend, I suddenly remembered an old cartoon that we used to watch with much attention when we were around 10…
The US Congress is hoisting the white flag on Iraq
Members of the United States Congress, distressed with the flagging popularity of the Iraq war, have spent the first month of 2007 scrambling to offer the public the exit strategy…
The Golan's Druze wonder what is best
When, earlier this month, the Israeli daily Haaretz uncovered the details of secret, unofficial Syrian-Israeli peace talks, it revived a familiar menu of questions and concerns whenever Syria and Israel…
A trip that highlights Germany's rising regional interests
The visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the Middle East, which began on Saturday, comes at an opportune moment. Germany currently holds both the presidency of the European Union…
Political activists tread carefully in Egypt, Bahrain
CAIRO: The recent arrests of Egyptian and regional bloggers have highlighted the pressures political activists in the Middle East have come under in the past several years.The trial of blogger…
Cleric reverses course: Muslim women can be presidents too
CAIRO: Within a week of issuing a fatwa that Muslim women could not fill the top post in the country, Egypt's mufti Sheikh Ali Gomaa has reversed course and said…