Higher education key to career development, say Middle East professionals
CAIRO: More than half of the Middle East's professionals believe that higher education is key to career advancement, a poll conducted by the job site Bayt.com revealed.The survey showed that…
New Azhar Sheikh tackles controversial issues in TV interview
CAIRO: In his first televised interview as the new Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Ahmed El-Tayeb addressed controversial issues such as the niqab, religious programs on satellite channels and the overall…
Austrian skydiver aims to break record
CAIRO: When he makes that 120,000-foot leap out of his balloon next April, Austrian Skydiver Felix Baumgartner will be the first man to free-fall at supersonic speed equivalent to 690…
A free people in our land
JERUSALEM: It was never really about the timing. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu s apology to US Vice President Joseph Biden enabled the Tel Aviv University speech to conclude the visit…
The EU vs. Democracy
ROME: One of the ways in which the European Union effectively asserts the fundamental values of democracy and the rule of law is through its External Cooperation Programs, whereby, on…
Japan's financial truant
TOKYO: When asked if he had ever read the classic economics textbook by Paul Samuelson, something almost all first-year students in the subject read, Japanese Minister of Finance and Deputy…
Indonesia's multicultural Islam in action
JAKARTA: The birthday of the prophet Muhammad, which fell on Feb. 26 this year, is celebrated by Muslim communities throughout Indonesia with religious services and other special events. In Java,…
It's not just about the money
Last year's downturn in art prices flagged up more than ever the precarious nature of the market. Yet there's much more to the Middle Eastern art scene than the business…
Jailhouse rocks for Philippine Internet dance sensations
From the moment teenager Egan Torrecampo and his fellow prisoners step out of their crowded cells, the maximum-security Philippine jailhouse rocks.Dressed in tangerine jump suits, the roughly 1,500 convicted murderers,…
Stream steps into Egypt's outsourcing industry
CAIRO: An outsourcing call center with the capacity of 1,000 employees will be inaugurated today in Sixth of October. The investor company, Stream, is one of the biggest international outsourcing…
