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Behind the lines

CAIRO: For most, life, with its continuous struggles, is hard enough as…

Aida Nassar
Aida Nassar

Egypt renews state of emergency for two years

CAIRO: Egypt s parliament approved the renewal of the state of emergency…

Daily Star Egypt Staff
Daily Star Egypt Staff

Mubarak arrives in Jordan for talks with king

AQABA, Jordan: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak arrived in Aqaba for talks with…

Daily Star Egypt Staff
Daily Star Egypt Staff

Reform, before it is too late

CAIRO: It wasn't long into the aftermath of the latest Sinai bombing…

DNE
DNE

Activists, journalists condemn Al-Jazeera reporter's arrest

CAIRO: Press freedom activists and journalists condemned the arrest of satellite TV…

Daily Star Egypt Staff
Daily Star Egypt Staff

An affordable goal

CAIRO: Shisha first found its way into the land of the Nile…

Joseph Mayton
Joseph Mayton

Look who's watching?

An explosion has already been heard in Iran. Not the nuclear kind…

Alaa Abdel-Ghani
Alaa Abdel-Ghani

Present and Tense

My wife calls me a mule. I call her Forty Acres. Together…

Nabil Shawkat
Nabil Shawkat

Woof

"I like pigs, Winston Churchill is supposed to have said on what…

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt

Rights activists cry foul after arrest of protesters

CAIRO: Human rights activists condemned the arrest of at least 30 protesters…

Daily Star Egypt Staff
Daily Star Egypt Staff