Mahfouz characters go on trial in old Cairo
CAIRO: In the Wekalet Al-Ghoury district of old Cairo, a convoy of…
Inside the Middle East diary
In the TV news business, if a story breaks, you better be…
Denial to existence of Aids is an impediment in the Middle East
CAIRO: An American University in Cairo panel marking World Aids Day highlighted…
Accountability theme for World Aids Day 2006
Information and prevention measures still lacking in the regionCAIRO: The first of…
Lebanon's South is quiet now, but it may not last
Talk to one of the newly-arrived United Nations peacekeepers in South Lebanon…
'Anti-theocracy' grows as Iran's seminaries lost autonomy
Iran's theocratic regime appears more confident than ever. Its standoff with the…
Lebanon: ripe for resolution or revolution?
Barely had the Lebanese started to recover from the July-August war between…
Reform and peace are interdependent in Palestine
Since 2002, the United States' diplomacy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been…
No Way Jose
Al-Ahli coach's attitude a no-winnerCAIRO: He sat laid back in the press…
Bloganoia: Are they out to get Kareem or is he just lost in the bureaucratic shuffle?
CAIRO: Looking through Egyptian political blogs over the past two weeks, one…