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BOOK REVIEW: Unraveling Aisha's complex web of lives

A look back at Ahdaf Soueif's debut novel "Aisha is a lesson…

Aida Nassar

Democracy is possible, Arab bloggers assure us every day

The Arab world is known as a home to some of the…

Daily News Egypt

In the Middle East, the US is off the road and in the ditch

"Are you on the road, or in the ditch? Back when I…

David Ignatius

Two boys shot for a mouthful of barsim

A farmer shot two boys when their donkey helped itself to some…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Global vote will pick world's "new" seven wonders

ReutersZURICH: What are the greatest architectural achievements in history? Rome s Colosseum?…

Daily News Egypt

Sunni leader to visit Vatican

VATICAN CITY: Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, the foremost authority in Sunni Islam,…

AFP
AFP

Recollections of a lost homeland

Old shots of Nubia in a Zamalek café evoke bitter-sweet memoriesCAIRO: Time…

Ahmed Maged

Muslim clerics launch petition to UN chief on Jerusalem mosque

DOHA: Muslim clerics launched a campaign Tuesday to stop controversial Israeli excavation…

AFP
AFP

Controversial book by Banha professor insults Christians

CAIRO: The Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organizations (EUHRO) filed a complaint…

Magdy Samaan

Banks rev-up to lend $1.7 billion to Etisalat Egypt

A number of Egyptian banks will jostle their way to providing a…

Noozz