The great escapism
NEW YORK: Barack Obama, however mixed his accomplishments to date as US president, has sought to rebrand America and reclaim its former signature asset: its ability to embody universally admired…
Why Greece will default
CAMBRIDGE: Greece will default on its national debt. That default will be due in large part to its membership in the European Monetary Union. If it were not part of…
Learning to live together
TEL AVIV: Rioting in Jerusalem has illuminated the tenuous state of Jewish-Arab relations in Israel. The popular misconception is that this issue is an isolated incident resulting from the opening…
Hamas, Fatah, and the Palestinian dilemma
GAZA CITY: With dueling authorities running Gaza and the West Bank, the Palestinian people find themselves in the middle of an experiment. In Gaza, where Hamas is in charge, the…
ElBaradei, Ahmed Ezz, Saad Eldin Ibrahim face-off on CNN
CAIRO: Christiane Amanpour delved into Egypt’s political future in one of her last episodes days before she rounded off her career at CNN. A video conference brought former IAEA chief…
The story of DNE's first cartoon strip
I first met Tarek Shahin through his compelling cartoon blog cairofreeze.com. The creative mind behind Daily News Egypt’s first daily cartoon strip Al Khan, Shahin was one of the subjects…
Putting Timbuktu back on the map
BAMAKO: Abdelkader Haidara is a man who answers his emails quickly. But alongside his connections to the modern world, he is also at home in an entirely different epoch: the…
Fayyad's plan: development as leverage for independence
JERUSALEM: Much has been written about the plan proposed by the 13th Palestinian Government headed by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad for establishing the Palestinian state within two years. However, little…
Developers recognize need for low, middle-income housing
CAIRO: While the slowdown witnessed by Egypt’s real estate sector after the economic crisis was not as grave as expected, it has forced “developers to reevaluate what was going on…
Next Move boasts bigger, more lavish displays
CAIRO: Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Planning Ahmed El-Maghrabi opened Wednesday the 2010 edition of Next Move, the largest real estate investment and finance exhibition in Cairo. With more…