The one-state solution
TRIPOLI, Libya: The shocking level of the last wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence, which ended with this weekend's cease-fire, reminds us why a final resolution to the so-called Middle East crisis…
Four ways out
BERKELEY: When an economy falls into a depression, governments can try four things to return employment to its normal level and production to its "potential level. Call them fiscal policy,…
Obama and the Arab World: Change?
I happen to come from the Muslim world, and I now know it by heart that America is not our enemy. Bush told us about that when the US invaded…
Meg Rosoff: Advertising executive to award-winning author
Last Saturday's Literary Café discussion at the Cairo International Book Fair featured Rehab Bassam, Egyptian blogger and author of "Rice Pudding for Two, conversing with Meg Rosoff, the award-winning American…
A world ending in water
A pasted moon on the top left corner of a photograph stands out, somewhat in contrast to the rest of the work. But it does the job, pulling into the…
Youth bear brunt of rising unemployment, says study
CAIRO: As the global financial crisis continues to put a hamper on Arab economies, a Brookings Institute report said that youth in the Arab world have been hit hardest by…
Egypt's Red Sea goes green
CAIRO: Tourists might associate Egypt with the Pyramids and the Sphinx, but the Ministry of Tourism is hoping that the country will also become known as a leader in sustainability.…
Palestinians united during Gaza war, say doctors
CAIRO: One of the biggest misconceptions portrayed by the media during the War on Gaza is showing Hamas as the oppressor of Palestinians, according to Egyptian doctors who recently visited…
Israel continues to bomb border tunnels, Labor Party head still detained
CAIRO: Israel conducted an air strike in the early hours of Monday against purported tunnels running beneath the border on the Palestinian side of the town of Rafah through which…
