Egypt refuses to pay heed to Iraqi Qaeda demands on women
CAIRO: Egypt refused on Monday to react to demands over two Coptic women rumored to have converted to Islam made by an Al-Qaeda group in Iraq that claimed a deadly…
The neglected epidemic of domestic violence in the Arab countries
By César Chelala NEW YORK: Although domestic violence is under-recognized and under-reported, it is also one of the most significant epidemics in the Arab countries today. It is gender violence, manifested…
Goodluck Nigeria
By Ike Okonta LAGOS: The bombs that exploded in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, as the country was celebrating its golden jubilee earlier this month are a disturbing portent of the unprecedented political…
Abu Dhabi’s Sorouh Q3 profit falls on one-off expenses
DUBAI: Abu Dhabi developer Sorouh Real Estate said on Monday project handovers and its rental portfolio would boost business in 2011 after its third quarter profit was hit by one-off…
Ramallah’s first luxury hotel looks out on frozen conflict
RAMALLAH: The opening of Ramallah's first five-star hotel on Monday will mark another small step in the West Bank town's steady march towards something resembling normal life. But its sixth-floor…
Syrian silk industry hanging by a fine thread
DAMASCUS: Buffeted by economic realities that have forced farmers to replace mulberry trees with olive groves and fruit orchards, Syria's once-famous silk industry is hanging by a very fine thread…
Yemen’s Al-Qaeda seeking to recruit Westerners
SAN'A: Al-Qaeda in Yemen, suspected in the thwarted mail bombing attempt, appears to be aggressively seeking to recruit American and European radicals who could provide an entry way for the…
Israeli Jews at odds with liberal brethren in US
JERUSALEM: When Hillary Rubin immigrated from the US to Israel, the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors and descendant of a famed Zionist visionary felt that she had finally arrived in her…
Saudi clerics challenge Riyadh’s women jobs policy, says report
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's top clerics have challenged the government's policy to expand jobs for women with a fatwa ruling that they should not work as cashiers in supermarkets, a report…
Chicago synagogue refuses to be cowed by terror threat
CHICAGO: The halls of this Jewish center on Chicago's lakeshore rang with the chatter of children a day after congregants learned it was the target of a botched attempt to…