Owning up to Israel's bomb
TEL AVIV: President Barack Obama's vision of a world without nuclear weapons,…
Daring to hope in Pakistan's Swat Valley
ANCHORAGE, Alaska: Often referred to as the "Switzerland of Pakistan , Swat…
Good and bad capitalism
PARIS: The reality of market exchange - direct transactions between merchants and…
Gamal Mubarak would be most popular candidate, says Pope Shenouda
CAIRO: Pope Shenouda's outspoken support for Gamal Mubarak has reignited the debate…
15 new H1N1 cases discovered in Egypt
CAIRO: Health ministry official Mohamed Atta said 15 new H1N1 cases were…
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…