Towards real media independence
On the eve of 2008 Egyptian private satellite channels like Dream and…
New depths of Palestinian suffering
Gaza is on the threshold of becoming the first territory to be…
Olmert-Abbas meeting focuses on Gaza; Israel promises to avert humanitarian crisis
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on…
Egyptian Journalists' Syndicate rallies for Gaza
CAIRO: Approximately 50 journalists from the Egyptian Journalists' Syndicate chanted slogans of…
Fayrouz's musical stirs up political friction between Lebanon, Syria
BEIRUT: Even a performance by Lebanon s top diva Fayrouz, a singer…
With a Grain of Salt: Islam and Democracy
Hiroaki Kanazawa, Middle East Affairs correspondent for Nikkei - Japan's second largest…
Beyond literacy in the Arab world
Education in the Arab world is a mixture of good and bad…
Movies critical of police and government are hits in Egypt
CAIRO: The latest hit movie in Egypt opens with footage of Egyptian…