US must understand the constructive role of faith in Egypt
By Dalia Mogahed ABU DHABI: During my visit to Cairo last month, I witnessed an incident that today seems almost prophetic. At one of Cairo's posh coffee shops, I saw a…
Why Egypt should worry China
By Barry Eichengreen BERKELEY: A strictly economic interpretation of events in Tunisia and Egypt would be too simplistic — however tempting such an exercise is for an economist. That said, there…
The Egyptian endgame
By Robert Tignor PRINCETON: Can Egypt’s long history help us to understand the uprising, already labeled a revolution, now underway in Cairo, and how it might turn out? I believe so.…
US receives Arab rebuttal on Egypt talks
By Agencies CAIRO: Egypt Foreign Minister accused the United States of imposing its "will" on its Arab ally, as the White House warned that Cairo had failed to even reach…
Mubarak likely to quit on Thursday night: officials
By Andrew Hammond and Alexander Dziadosz / Reuters CAIRO: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak looked likely to step down on Thursday in response to more than two weeks of nationwide protests against…
Thousands of lawyers march to Abdeen to ‘symbolically cordon president’
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: Under heavy rain, thousands of lawyers from all over Egypt marched Thursday afternoon towards the presidential Abdeen palace in downtown Cairo. Lawyer Mostafa Hamdy, from Mahalla governorate,…
Intellectuals, writers protest against culture ministry, regime
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: Dozens of intellectuals and writers protested Thursday morning against the regime and the government represented by the Ministry of Culture. The protest kicked off outside the…
EU fights to get envoy Ashton into Egypt
By AFP BRUSSELS: European Union officials fought Thursday to try and persuade Egypt to authorize a visit next week from much-criticized foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton. "We are still working…
Egypt textile workers stage strike
By AFP CAIRO: Workers at Egypt's largest factory walked out Thursday on an open-ended strike in solidarity with anti-government protesters and to demand a raise in the minimum wage, they…
Google worker Ghonim ‘ready to die’ for Egypt revolt
By AFP WASHINGTON: Freed Google worker Wael Ghonim, who has emerged as a prominent voice of Egyptian protests seeking to oust President Hosni Mubarak, told CNN on Wednesday he was…