Consulting Indonesia on the Middle East
By Didin Nurul Rosidin CIREBON, Indonesia: Suffering from an increase in radicalization and a certain level of religious exclusivity which has lead to vigilante attacks against specific religious minorities, Indonesia…
Revolutionary uprisings in the Middle East
By Mohamed El Moktar Sidi Haiba The momentum of the current events is exhilarating; it is all the more so when the contagion is spreading at a never-before-seen pace conferring…
Turkey calls for ‘transparent’ Egypt transition
CAIRO: Turkey's President Abdullah Gul on Thursday called for a transparent transitional period in Egypt, as he paid a visit to Cairo. "We're in a phase in which Egyptians must…
Evacuations from Tunisia-Libya border under way
DJERBA: A major international operation was under way Thursday to airlift out of Tunisia thousands of people, most of them Egyptians, stranded at the border after fleeing the bloodshed in…
Africa’s top film festival tackles a continent’s troubles
Africa's biggest film festival hands out its top award Saturday after a week of viewing works tackling some of the continents pressing issues against the backdrop of the Arab world…
Noshokaty Foundation: A creative space for art students
In an old factory in the underprivileged neighborhood of Ard El-Lewa, Shady El-Noshokaty is building a space for local art students to continue learning and growing as artists after graduation.…
Egypt raises procurement prices for key crops
CAIRO: Egypt has raised procurement prices for key agricultural products — wheat, corn, sugar cane and beet sugar — in a bid to encourage farmers to up production. Essam Abdel…
Over 180,000 refugees flee to Libya’s borders
GENEVA: Libyan border crossings were overwhelmed Wednesday by tens of thousands of hungry, fearful people fleeing its burgeoning civil war. Egypt and a handful of European nations launched emergency airlifts…
Prosecutor General denies Mubarak travel claims
By AFP CAIRO: Egypt’s Prosecutor General on Thursday denied reports claiming toppled president Hosni Mubarak and his family were in Saudi Arabia, insisting they were still in an Egyptian Red…
Gold prices hit record highs
Gold prices have risen to a close all time high amidst political change in Egypt and unrest throughout the Middle East and North Africa region. The price of the precious…