Chinese starlet's beach photos spark heated debate
Photos of Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi cavorting with her Western fiancé on a beach have sparked a heated online debate, with many netizens roasting her for shaming China, but others…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: Child birth in Egypt
From the anecdotal evidence that I have gleaned over the years, I have concluded that foreigners arrive in Egypt, see the sites whilst enjoying the country's plethora of luxury resort…
The dark side of self-determination
CAMBRIDGE: National self-determination seems a straightforward moral principle, but it is fraught with problems. After Russia sent troops into Georgia in August 2008, it recognized the independence of two breakaway…
Reviving Muslim Democracy
DAKKA: As fears about the Islamization of politics in the Muslim world grow, Bangladesh, with the world's fourth-largest Muslim population (126 million), has moved dramatically in the opposite direction. Bangladesh…
America, Egypt, and the burial of Gaza
In his 1846 short story "The Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allen Poe recounts the story of Montresor, who, seething from years of slights, kills his friend Fortunato by burying him…
11 journalists seek legal action against police
CAIRO: Eleven reporters, supported by the Hisham Mubarak Center for Human Rights, have called on the Prosecutor General to investigate the brutality they were subjected to while covering the Dec.…
Security forces turn back Gaza solidarity convoy
RAFAH/CAIRO: A solidarity convoy to Rafah was turned back Friday by security forces before reaching Al-Arish. The convoy was able to get that far only by staging sit-ins at police…
11 Arab doctors cross into Gaza from Egypt
GAZA CITY: Eleven Arab doctors crossed into the Gaza Strip from Egypt late Friday to treat Palestinians wounded in Israel's punishing two-week-old offensive in the Hamas-ruled territory.The doctors crossed at…
Fadl announces Ismaili departure
ISMAILIYA: Without revealing his destination, Ismaili striker Mohamed Fadl confirmed that he will be leaving the club when his contract expires at the end of the current season.The former Ahly…
Olympic reveal Ahly's interest in Al-Belqasi
CAIRO: Olympic president Ahmed Al-Sweisi said that Ahly are interested in buying club defender Ateya Al-Belqasi during the ongoing transfer window."A number of intermediate agents contacted the club about the…