China's bad bet against America
CAMBRIDGE: Chinese-American relations are, once again, in a downswing. China objected to President Barack Obama's receiving the Dalai Lama in the White House, as well as to the administration's arms…
Celebrating extraordinary Muslim women
WASHINGTON, DC: On March 10, three Muslim women were honoured alongside philanthropist Melinda French Gates and human rights activists Panmelo Castro from Brazil and Rebecca Lolosoli from Kenya, by Vital…
Reassessing the genocide resolution
ANKARA, Turkey: Once again, as has happened every spring for years running, the debate over whether the ethnic clashes against the Armenians in the break up of the Ottoman Empire…
A single woman in Cairo: The new challenge
CAIRO: "People don't consider that you are a human being, says 31-year-old Layla, beginning her ordeal of being a single female professional living on her own in Cairo. Since she…
Rights groups urge gov't to repeal emergency law
CAIRO: "We can do everything with you and no one will know. We bury people alive, a policeman reportedly told Abdel-Aziz Mujedin, blogger and business student arrested on Nov. 2,…
Shoura Council approves anti-human trafficking law 'in principle'
CAIRO: The Shoura Council, Egypt's Upper House of Parliament, approved an anti-human trafficking law in principle, Shoura Council Speaker Safwat El-Sherif said.The MPs have approved the law in principle in…
I used to be a busboy: Zidan
CAIRO: Mohamed Zidan revealed he has been washing dishes at a restaurant in Denmark before kicking off his football career. When I was a child I was dreaming of becoming…