Turkey ready to mediate Syria-Israel talks
CAIRO: Ankara is ready to mediate between foes Israel and Syria provided there is a political will on both sides, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in Cairo on Tuesday.…
Arabs give Palestinian-Israeli indirect talks 'final' chance
CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday to back one last round of indirect Palestinian-Israeli talks despite skepticism over Israel's readiness to revive peace efforts, Arab League chief Amr Moussa…
Egypt slams 'illegal' new Jerusalem settlements
CAIRO: Egypt on Tuesday condemned a move by Israel to authorize more Jewish settlements in occupied Arab east Jerusalem, saying it deliberately ignored international peace efforts.Israeli daily Haaretz reported on…
Queen Rania speaks at EJB annual conference
CAIRO: The Egyptian Junior Business Association (EJB) hosted earlier this week Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan as a guest speaker at its annual conference, which this year focused on…
BES Express: Mobilize your enterprise
CAIRO: From email to banking services, everything has been made mobile. And with the rising popularity of Blackberrys, this trend is only going to grow. Blackberry services were initially geared…
A cry on the walls
In contemporary Egypt, graffiti - an ancient art form involving the inscription of lettering and/or images through the etching, marking, or painting of surfaces - and street art typically take…
'Hurt Locker' producer barred from Oscars
A producer of the war story The Hurt Locker will not be allowed to attend Sunday s Academy Awards because of emails he sent urging academy members to vote for…
Training our boys to be bullies
JERUSALEM: The main thing that drew me to Israel was that here, you put your life on the line in a great political struggle, unlike in the West, where political…
How safe are your dollars?
CAMBRIDGE: Chinese officials and private investors around the world have been worrying aloud about whether their dollar investments are safe. Since the Chinese government holds a large part of its…
Going "soft" on Iran
BRUSSELS: 2010 will be a crucial and uncertain year for the Islamic Republic of Iran - and for its relations with the European Union. The domestic hostility towards the regime…