America's Sputnik moment in Beijing
NEW YORK: August 8, 2008, may someday be remembered as the first…
Israel-Syria talks hindered
An Israeli-Syrian peace deal could be signed by the end of this…
Wary investors sell Egyptian stocks
CAIRO: The Egyptian benchmark index declined on Monday, led by selling on…
Pakistan's Musharraf steps down
CAIRO: President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation after Pakistan's new coalition government…
Fitch cuts Egypt's outlook to stable on inflation
LONDON: Ratings agency Fitch lowered Egypt s ratings outlook to stable from…
Civil war in Gaza isn't in Israel's interests
WASHINGTON: When a bomb exploded in the Shaja'iyyah district of Gaza last…
The climate of security
CAMBRIDGE: While George W. Bush has begun to acknowledge the risks of…
The power of a Jewish-Muslim narrative
LUND, Sweden: Crises in the Middle East are seen and interpreted differently…
Hard Talk: An Unrealistic State
Whenever Ramadan approaches government agencies suddenly become concerned with markets, goods and…
The trials and tribulations of Egypt's Third Culture Kids
CAIRO: 'Cross culture children', 'natty nomads', 'cultural chameleons' are all around us.…