People are government’s last priority, says released Sinai activist
CAIRO: After 30 months of shuttling between a number of Egyptian prisons, Bedouin activist Mossad Abu Fagr maintains that his experience mirrors the government’s fear of rising dissidents and…
We’ve got media, but where are the voters?
CAIRO: Along with a host of respected editors, rights advocates and political analysts and politicians, I was invited by the European Union Commission in Cairo to participate in a seminar…
E-activists: from web surfers to web actors
BEIRUT: Blogs are becoming increasingly popular in Lebanon as they cover the political and social landscape, expressing society’s demands. As a result, blogs and online groups have become a true…
Dialogue demands more courage than war
KUWAIT CITY: The recent controversy over the Freedom Flotilla heading to Gaza with humanitarian aid has sparked heated debates in every venue where people exchange their opinions, online and off.…
A Roosevelt Moment for America’s Megabanks?
WASHINGTON, DC: Just over a hundred years ago, the United States led the world in terms of rethinking how big business worked — and when the power of such firms…
American stuck in Egypt on no-fly list going to US
McLEAN, Virginia: A US man whose travels to Yemen caught the attention of the FBI and landed him on the US no-fly list, leaving him stuck in the Middle East…
Animal rights activists banned from protest at Dubai zoo; to head to Cairo
DUBAI: Dubai police banned two demonstrators from animal rights group PETA from starting a protest branding zoos as "animal prisons" on Thursday, saying they were not authorized. Dressed in prison…
Five dead in Nile boat accident near Cairo
CAIRO: Five people drowned late Thursday and one person was missing after their boat capsized on the Nile in the suburbs of Cairo, a security official said. The boat, which…
US sees direct Mideast peace talks likely
WASHINGTON: The United States has a "strong belief" that direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians will resume "at some point in time," State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said…
Egypt again bars Jordanian activists from Gaza
AMMAN: Jordanian activists and trade unionists slammed Egypt on Thursday for denying them entry to the Gaza Strip for the second time in less than a month to deliver aid…