A foot in both cultures
NEW YORK: The American dream lured El-Sayed El-Deeb to New York City…
Monument lifted from Cleopatra's underwater city
ALEXANDRIA: Archaeologists on Thursday hoisted a 9-ton temple pylon from the waters…
Violence against women is not a tenet of Islam
GLENDALE HEIGHTS, Illinois: Listening to the radio one day, I was shocked…
A velvet climate revolution?
BUDAPEST: In the discussions now underway in Copenhagen, the fate of Earth's…
Missing DNA can promote childhood obesity: study
Some children get severely obese because they lack particular chunks of DNA,…
Snuba mixes snorkeling and scuba
Breathing underwater was a strange sensation. It was even stranger because I…
Conference discusses women's rights in MENA region
CAIRO: The Alliance for Arab Women, Karama and UNIFEM organized two conferences…
Needed for Mideast peace: a sense of urgency
WASHINGTON, DC: How can President Obama drag the Middle East peace wagon…
World Bank to help Islamic finance standardize
MANAMA: The World Bank plans to support standard-setting bodies of the Islamic…
Is the Swiss ban an opportunity?
CAIRO/LONDON: The recent vote in Switzerland banning the construction of new minarets…