With a Grain of Salt: In search of Her Majesty
CAIRO: The Supreme Press Council issues a periodic report on the performance of the Egyptian press, whether national, partisan or independent. When I read the last report I felt a…
The consequences of Korean extremism
SEOUL: Once again, the Korean peninsula is experiencing one of its periodic bouts of extremism, this time marked by the suicide on May 22 of former president, Roh Moo-hyun, and…
Care-giving and the moral impoverishment of medicine
CAMBRIDGE: Care-giving is understood by economists as a "burden, by clinical psychologists as a "coping process, by health-services researchers in terms of health-care costs, and by physicians as a matter…
Borders without religions or religions without borders?
SULAIMANI, Iraq: Can religion comprise a country s all-encompassing identity? How does connecting religion to a particular place affect our perception of that place? Outsiders views about a religion can…
Private financiers team up with local NGO
CAIRO: Samusocial International Egypt celebrated their new medically equipped van at the French Embassy on Thursday - a gift presented through the Rotary Club Le Caire-Champollion that will double the…
Endowments ministry distributes book on harassment
CAIRO: As of this week, the Ministry of Endowments began distributing a book titled, "Sexual Harassment: Causes and Solutions, among imams at mosques nationwide.The book was written by the Minister…
National human rights council to present annual report in Geneva, 2010
CAIRO: The Egyptian National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) will present the findings of its latest annual review to the United Nations' Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) in February…
Poem offender's appeal hearing bumped until July 18
CAIRO: The appeal hearing of Mounir Said Hanna, who was convicted on May 30, 2009 of insulting the Egyptian president, has been postponed until July 18, the Arab Network for…
COMMENTARY: Are Egyptians ready for international competition?
CAIRO: Are Egyptians ready for international competition? Apparently not. We're really good at getting "so far. But, once we get there, it seems something, some inner fire that propels athletes…