A colorful children's guide to Islam
Ramadan . What's that? "What is Zakat? "What does Hajj mean? These are some of the questions young Tarek and Jana Bakkar had running through their minds while growing up.…
Egyptian Museum to offer audio tours
CAIRO: The Egyptian Museum will start offering its visitors audio tours starting November, a statement issued by the Supreme Council of Antiquities said.The new system is meant to substitute tour…
Will the US-Japan alliance survive?
CAMBRIDGE: Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the United States-Japan Security Treaty, a central feature of stability in East Asia for half a century. But now, with the Japanese…
Reviving Pakistan's founding principles
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: On 11 August 1947, a newly-formed Pakistan had its first session of the Constituent Assembly, which was formed to write Pakistan s constitution and serve as its first…
The psychological-cognitive barriers to peace
JERUSALEM: Yet there remains another wall. This wall constitutes a psychological barrier between us, a barrier of suspicion.of rejection.of fear.of deception...a barrier of distorted and eroded interpretation of every event…
Homeless in Duweiqa
Nearly one year after a massive rock slide killed hundreds of people on the outskirts of Cairo, many residents in Duweiqa are still struggling to find homes. Watch Daily News…
Rights group tackles freedom of religion in latest report
CAIRO: Sectarian rifts in six governorates in Egypt left four dead and tens injured and detained during the second quarter of 2009, according to a report issued by the Egyptian…
Arab Doctors' Union denies reports against Brotherhood leader
CAIRO: Independent newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm published Wednesday several articles in response to the public announcements recently issued by the Arab Doctor's Union (ADU) addressing what the union says are defamatory…
Arab Commission on Human Rights suspended from UN
CAIRO: Human rights groups are worried that the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)'s decision to suspend the Arab Commission for Human Rights (ACHR), in response to a complaint…
Religious, political, social groups contest controversial writer's award
CAIRO: Religious, social and political groups launched an aggressive campaign against secular writer and thinker Sayed Al-Qimni, demanding that he be stripped of the State Merit Award in Social Sciences…