Telecoms Competition in Kuwait
KUWAIT: As the first market in the Gulf to allow competition between private operators, Kuwait 's mobile sector is considered relatively mature and advanced, with high penetration rates and per…
Zamalek's Emad wanted to join 'trophy-less' club
CAIRO: Many players were reluctant to join Zamalek for their trophy-less seasons over the past six years, but the chronic title drought was the reason why Emad Mohamed Ridha moved…
Overweight Ramadan frustrated by Ismaili elimination
ISMAILIA: Ismaili dispensed with defender Ayman Ramadan for being completely out of form but the 31-year-old feels bitter about his elimination. Mark Wotte, who has just taken charge of the…
Celtic, Ahly eye Geddo
ALEXANDRIA: Ittihad are considering offers from Egyptian champions Ahly and Scottish giants Celtic for Mohamed “Geddo” Nagy. The Egypt forward seems to be on his way out of Alexandria as…
Global poll shows Muslims leery of US and Obama
WASHINGTON: Muslims around the globe remain uneasy about the US and are increasingly disenchanted with President Barack Obama, according to a poll that suggests his drive to improve relations with…
The failures of Egyptian agricultural policy
CAIRO: In his recently published book “The crisis of Egypt’s rural society – The end of the fellah?” Habib Ayeb, researcher at the American University in Cairo’s social research center,…
Challenges to civil society in the Arab World
It is a widely held perception that political development in the Arab world has come to a standstill as governments in power are ostensibly not prepared to open up the…
Face-to-face with facebook
NEW YORK: Long ago, when Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was in grade school, I wrote a book (Release 2.1: A Design for Living in the Digital Age) in which I…
Farewell to the shadow shoguns
TOKYO: It’s déjà vu all over again in Japan. Despite a landslide electoral victory for his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) last September, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned only…
Blogging: from spectator to global citizen
TUNIS: My first experience with writing started with blogs. Through blogging, my view of the world started to change; I was no longer dependent on the censored lens of the…