IDF detains TV director, attacks journalists during Nablus raid
New York: The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) arrest of a local television director and harassment of several journalists during a military…
Alleged spy asks Canadian government for a lawyer
CAIRO: An Egyptian with Canadian citizenship on trial for spying for Israel shouted from his courtroom cage on Wednesday that his earlier confession had been extracted under torture. I call…
Egyptian shares fall sharply during global sell-off
CAIRO: The Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange (Case) 30 Index declined by 253 points Wednesday, one day after global markets plunged beginning with the Shanghai Composite Index's 8.8 percent drop…
Public, private and all the spaces in between
In a small, archetypal "white cube gallery, two artists opened a joint exhibit with resounding resistance to conventional space. But while the Mashrabia gallery space is standard by contemporary norms,…
Crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood
The ongoing crackdown on Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood group has entered a new phase marking a new phase in the escalating confrontation between Egypt's two main political rivals. It seems that…
The ICJ applied too high a burden of proof on Srebrenica
The judgment earlier this week of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning Serbia's involvement in the massacre of Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica in 1995 should be greeted with considerable…
The US puts a financial chokehold on Iranian banks
Everybody knows that economic sanctions don't work. Just look at the decades of fruitless pressure on Cuba. If you Google the phrase "economic sanctions don't work, you get nearly 1.2…
Let us celebrate our love for our grandparents
CAIRO: A pediatrician is pushing the idea of designating a special day to celebrate grandparents in recognition of their increasing role in brining up grandchildren to help working parents."There are…
British journalist calls for more communication between Europe and the ME
CAIRO: Veteran British journalist and Oxford professor Timothy Garton Ash delivered an urgent call for cooperation between Europeans and Middle Easterners on Tuesday night at the American University in Cairo.…