Fatah, West's hope for peace, faces critical test
RAMALLAH: Fatah, the divided movement of the late Yasser Arafat and the…
Fear: the underrated enabler
WASHINGTON, DC: In 1997, at a time when I travelled frequently from…
Egypt constructing a correction
CAIRO: The Egyptian government has long been chipping away at the country…
Bahaa Taher returns with flying peacocks, domesticated dogs and a furtive palace
After an 11-year absence from the realm of short stories, Arabic Booker…
Egypt reports nine new H1N1 cases
CAIRO: Health Ministry official Mohamed Attah confirmed the discovery of nine cases…
My plan to drop the bomb
NEW YORK: The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 marked an…
Cayman court freezes $9.2 billion of Saad assets
LONDON: A Cayman Islands court has frozen $9.2 billion of assets belonging…
The Bush in Obama
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, CUBA: Hearings are underway in the United States Senate to…
Egypt announces 17 new cases of H1N1 virus
CAIRO: Health Ministry official Mohamed Attah announced the discovery of 17 new…
Outdoors cinema and ice cream in a Heliopolis summer outing
In the blistering heat of a Cairo summer, it often seems easiest…