Government considering more liberalization in telecommunications sector
Kamel: international calling licensing postponed to May CAIRO: The government is studying further liberalization of the telecommunications sector including offering a second fixed-line license and floating another 20 percent stake…
Walk down memory lane: old Egyptian film posters revisited
If watching a film is like having a dream wide awake, I once read in Premiere Magazine, "then movie posters are invitations to those dreams ? a lot of weight…
Constitutional amendments follow a long history of power centralization
CAIRO: In light of Egypt's history of executively-focused constitutional amendments, President Mubarak's current efforts at reform are another step in a long process of making a constitutional democracy into an…
Hussein Fahmy inaugurates AUC's student leadership conference
CAIRO: Actor Hussein Fahmy stressed the importance of broadening the limits of imagination during his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the 12th International Student Leadership Conference (ISLC) at…
INTERVIEW: Host of Al-Jazeera's 'Listening Post' discusses the network, blogging, 9/11, and the US media
Richard Gizbert hosts the weekly The Listening Post on Al-Jazeera English, highlighting how news is handled across the world's media, including newspapers, television, blogs, and radio. He had previously worked…
Fire victims struggle to find answers and aid
CAIRO: Victims of the Qalet Al Kabsh fire that consumed 300 makeshift homes and dislocated a reported 350 families on Tuesday are livid about the way the government has been…
Driving politics: taxi drivers on the referendum
CAIRO: Several political analysts consider the March 26 referendum on the constitutional amendments a major turning point in the course of Egyptian politics, one that will determine the future of…
Coptic intellectuals reflect on constitutional reform
CAIRO: Last Monday the People s Assembly approved 34 constitutional amendments to be subjected to a public referendum Monday. Of those none address the concerns of Egypt's Coptic minority, say…
New Bill Clinton book coming out in 2008
Hours and hours of conversations between then-President Clinton and award-winning historian Taylor Branch are being transcribed for a new book.Simon & Schuster will publish Wrestling History: The Bill Clinton Tapes…
