Tahrir Book Fair: Expect some noise
“This is going to be the best book fair we’ve had,” says Trevor Naylor about the Tahrir Book Fair that opens on Thursday at the Tahrir campus of the American…
Talking to the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt
By David Phillips A secular youth movement may have deposed President Hosni Mubarak, but the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt is positioned to take power in September’s parliamentary elections and assume a…
State-owned press overhaul announced days before planned protest
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: In a decree that many deem as overdue, Prime Minister Essam Sharaf announced the appointment of new chairmen and editors-in-chief of state-owned newspapers after securing the approval…
Yemen’s regime change gets personal
By Barak Barfi SANAA: When Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh ordered his military on March 18 to fire on peaceful protesters calling for his resignation, he sealed his fate. A wave…
Japan’s recovery bonds
By Yuriko Koike TOKYO: The tsunami raced through the town at eight meters per second, the speed of a gold-medal sprinter. The wave’s height reached 15 meters, towering above even the…
The hard right goes soft
By Guy Sorman PARIS: The central paradox of French politics was confirmed once again on March 27. In a nationwide vote to select local authorities (the so called Conseiller Général), the…
Protesters demand Syria release Egyptian detainee Mohamed Radwan
CAIRO: Supporters of Mohamed Radwan, an Egyptian-American engineer detained in Syria earlier this week, held a silent protest Wednesday in front of the Syrian Embassy in Cairo, demanding his release.…
Evacuated US diplomats to return to Egypt
WASHINGTON: The State Department says American diplomats who were evacuated from Egypt at the height of that country's political crisis have been allowed to return and that the US embassy…
Ethiopia to build Nile dam, in defiance of Egypt
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia's government says it plans to build a hydroelectric power dam along the Blue Nile River despite objections from Egypt and Sudan. Water and Energy Minister Alemayehu Tegenu…
Judge El-Bastawisi discusses political program in symposium
CAIRO: Former Vice President of the Cassation Court and presidential hopeful judge Hesham El-Bastawisi held a symposium Tuesday to discuss his political program. Around a hundred people crowded the small…