Press lashes out at Israel, Arab regimes, and U.S.
Newspapers publish pictures of dead children from Qana on front pages.CAIRO: The aftermath of what the press has labeled "The 2006 Qana Massacre is topping local headlines. With the incident…
President warns Mideast peace process could collapse
Mubarak says UN impotent over LebanonCAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak warned Monday that the entire Middle East peace process could collapse because of Israel s attacks on Lebanon. Egypt, which triggered…
Reopening the debate on Camp David
Recent aggression reexamines Egypt s normalization with IsraelCAIRO: The Camp David Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty has had its supporters and denouncers among Egyptian politicians of late, but the debate has been…
Stir of Saudi fatwa dissolves with Qana news
Rage and frustration mark local reaction to Qana massacreCAIRO: When the Saudi fatwa was issued last week denouncing support of Hezbollah on the grounds of the Shiite-Sunni differences, the general…
The challenge of multilateralism
Egypt s future in light of the WTO stalemateCAIRO: The Doha Round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) kicked off in Qatar five years ago in hopes of bridging the…
Egypt disagrees with the US on intellectual property in pharmaceuticals
CAIRO: Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohammad Rachid has admitted that disagreements do exist with the United States over intellectual property rights on pharmaceutical products.In a statement released at…
Diplomats' Club
ŠΘ###Many of Egypt's diplomats, ambassadors and businessmen attended the event; among them were Sir Derek Plumbly, Britain's ambassador in Egypt and Minister of Education Hany Helal, here, Ibrahiem El Moalem,…
A youthful dream of a developed Egypt
NGO focuses on enabling youth to see projects come to fruitionCAIRO: With their enthusiastic souls filled with persistence and a strong sense of belonging, a small group of ambitious Egyptian…
Superman wears tights, so that makes him a transvestite, right?
A couple of nights ago, someone sent me something entitled "A Difficult Lesson. It was billed as 'the best commentary I've seen on the current Israeli conflict.'It read very like…
The rocky road to Beirut
An Egyptian journalist records his travel to BeirutGoing to Beirut I was completely unprepared for this. My heart was with my wife and son in Athens. I was hoping to…
