Experts urge more engagement with MENA migrants
BEIRUT: With the Arab region hosting the most “significant stock of migrants,” experts and research fellows from the Economic Research Forum (ERF) convened to discuss the impact returning migrants to…
The soft revolution of Dagenham
By Myriam Ghattas Revolution…revolution! "Made in Dagenham" (2010) puts the sassy in strike, one that yielded revolutionary results in England in 1968 and had repercussions all over the world thereafter. Sporting…
Libya’s road to freedom captured in new photo exhibit
On Sunday, in a small white box of a room, stark images of the recent revolutionary battles in Libya hung on panels surrounding a large Libyan flag with gold fringe.…
Egypt mufti denies discrimination, plays down Islamists
BETHANY BEYOND THE JORDAN: Egypt's highest Islamic legal official denied on Tuesday that minority Christians faced sectarian discrimination and said Islamists would win no more than 20 percent of votes…
Gorbachev supports Egypt protests
By David Rising / AP BERLIN: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, whose reforms emphasizing change and openness helped lead to the fall of Communism, says he sees today's protests in Egypt…
Egypt’s latest uprising has a more violent feel
By Hamza Hendawi and Maggie Michael / AP CAIRO: Not everyone was pleased when crowds in Tahrir Square revived chants of "Peaceful! Peaceful!" that were heard nine months ago during the…
Egypt’s military ruler battles with Mubarak comparison
By Edmund Blair / Reuters CAIRO: A striking image hoisted in Cairo's Tahrir Square when protests against military rule erupted showed an ageing, male face; one half was Hosni Mubarak's, the…
US steps up criticism of Egypt’s leaders
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration on Tuesday sharply stepped up its criticism of Egypt's ruling council for its role in a wave of violence that has left 29 dead in the…
3 US students questioned by prosecutor in Cairo
INDIANAPOLIS: A teenager who was one of three American college students arrested during massive protests in Cairo is an idealist who got caught up in the pro-democracy movement sweeping Egypt,…
Police, protesters clash for 5th day in Cairo
CAIRO: Egyptian police are clashing with anti-government protesters for a fifth day in Cairo as a rights group raises the overall death toll from the current unrest to 38. Tens…