China professor believes reform is a must for economic development
CAIRO: Egypt's International Economic Forum (EIEF) held a special session at the Cairo Marriott Sunday on the economic development of China by Siwei Cheng, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee…
Egypt must be part of Middle East FTA US official says
CAIRO: The US is aiming to establish a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) which comprises the entire Middle East within seven years according, US Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson…
MoF expects inflation rate to slide with falling global energy prices
CAIRO: Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali expected inflation rates to return back to a natural level over the next few months after neutralization of the impacts of global energy…
Cairo's Islamic art, on your coffee table
I have no idea why books like these are called coffee table books. Nor, for that matter, do I know why those tables are called coffee tables, since one presumes…
Hala Gorani's Inside the Middle East Diary, live from Jordan
PETRA: Locals at the Wehdat Palestinian refugee camp used to toss their garbage on the front steps of the town s main day center for the mentally disabled.Back when the…
Arab-Israelis aren't willing to be pushed around any more
With the release of a highly anticipated document, the "Future Vision of the Palestinian Arabs in Israel, the Palestinian community within Israel has taken its first steps toward full empowerment.The…
Israel never liked Bush's democratization scheme
Israel and the United States have a close and vital strategic relationship that constitutes a pillar of Israel's security. Israeli leaders are aware that any major new regional policy departure…
Injecting sense into the terrorism debate
The United States as a whole - citizens, government, media and academia - broadly has had a difficult time coming to grips with the terrorism phenomenon that struck its shores…
Al-Jazeera producer charged with "harming national interest"
CAIRO: Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemned a decision by judicial authorities on Jan. 27 to initiate trial proceedings against Al-Jazeera TV producer Howayda Taha.Taha was charged with "harming…
Ghazl El-Mahalla textile workers say their protest is fueled by hunger
CAIRO: Zein Al-Abdeen Zaki has worked at the Ghazl El-Mahalla textile factory in Gharbiyya Province, north of Cairo for many years and like most laborers in Egypt's textile sector, his…