'Ajami' casts harsh light on Israel's other Arab conflict
JAFFA: In the mixed neighborhood of the Israeli film Ajami, Jews and Arabs rub shoulders on the same quiet, leafy streets, never knowing when someone is going to draw a…
The global roots of Euro-jitters
FLORENCE: It is too simplistic to explain the current wave of concern about the euro in terms of Greece's problems. Greece has massive fiscal and competitiveness problems, but Greece (2.25…
Jinnah's labyrinth
NEW DELHI: Three recent events vividly illustrate the dilemmas of today's Pakistan, which are in many ways the same challenges faced by the country's founder, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, over six…
Building a state under occupation to end occupation
WASHINGTON, DC: Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad forthrightly brought his case for building a Palestinian state to Israeli political and military leaders, and they applauded. The new Palestinian attitude towards…
Editorial: Israel does not seek peace
CAIRO: First it was the hummus, kibbeh and tabouleh, but now Israel's insidious endeavor to usurp Arab culture and traditions, just as it has been usurping Arab land for the…
Egypt's cyber battles: An ambivalent relationship with the internet
CAIRO: In December 2009 blogger Mohamed Khalaf was handed down a one-year prison sentence, in absentia, after a Tenth of Ramadan City court found him guilty of libeling the judiciary…
MP criticizes gender-specific reference to State Council 'members'
CAIRO: MP Ibtisam Habib called on Parliament Speaker Fathi Sorour to amend some of the principles of Article 47 on the State Council, namely changing the term "men of the…