Obama's global ethical challenges
PRINCETON: The astonishing story of Barack Obama's election as president has already done much to restore America's global image. In place of a president whose only qualification for the office…
Obamamania
NEW YORK: Why do Europeans adore America's president-elect, Barack Obama? Stupid question, you might say. He is young, handsome, smart, inspiring, educated, cosmopolitan, and above all, he promises a radical…
Who will run the world?
SINGAPORE: Barack Obama's election comes at a moment when a new bit of conventional wisdom is congealing. It concerns the end of America's global dominance. True, freewheeling American-style capitalism has…
Toronto Palestine Film Fest concludes with a lyrical punch
The atmosphere was electric Saturday night at the Bloor Cinema as theater-goers lined up around the block to see the much-anticipated Canadian premiere of "Slingshot Hip Hop. The film was…
A melancholic northern breeze
Nights of Eastern-Western Fusion, a concert series organized by the Norwegian Embassy in Egypt, brought saxophonist Trygve Seim, accordionist Frode Haltli, and vocalist Tora Augestad together at El Sawy Culture…
Beltone report: A positive outlook on Egypt's economy
CAIRO: Inflation and interest rates have soared. Growth rates are contracting. The stock market has fallen to erratic lows. Though Egypt's economic picture seems bleak, Beltone Financial argues the country…
EFG-Hermes fund to tap undervalued stocks
DUBAI: Egypt's EFG-Hermes said on Tuesday it was planning a "special situations fund worth some $500 million to take advantage of low equities prices amid the global financial turmoil. Hazem…
Obama's victory and the global economy
CAIRO: Around the world, people watched the US elections with interest, a certain amount of admiration, and a healthy dose of skepticism. There's no doubt that an Obama victory was…
Egypt's Mubarak awaits Obama's Middle East peace efforts
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, whose country is a key US ally in the region, said on Wednesday he hoped American president-elect Barack Obama would work towards peace in…
Yes we can, says Obama after landslide victory
CAIRO: Forty years after the assassination of civil rights activist Martin Luther King and 45 years after his stirring "I have a dream speech, the United States elected the first…
