In Focus: Fears in 2009
CAIRO: I'm not optimistic about the advent of the New Year. All issues, domestic and regional alike, don't portend well. As 2008 ends with many negative events on both levels,…
Europe's Obama challenge
PARIS: Will the year 2009 and the beginning of Barack Obama's presidency mark the beginning of a new era in transatlantic relations, or will the old divisions linger, nurtured by…
Perfect Losers
LONDON: Economics, it seems, has very little to tell us about the current economic crisis. Indeed, no less a figure than former United States Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan recently…
Israel is the opium of the people and other Taboos
NEW YORK - "Why aren't you as an Arab lady writing about Gaza? "Where are your columns about Gaza? "Say the Israelis are wrong! The messages started to arrive soon…
Egyptian govt's Decision Support Center highlights 2008's good news
CAIRO: Non-political protests, canceling the Agrium project and successfully negotiating the release of 19 European hostages held in Western Desert and the release of an Egyptian vessel seized by pirates…
Read all about it with Mosky's own Om Tofaha
CAIRO: With her bulky rusty metal cart, Om Tofaha has been trudging around Mosky and Khan El-Khalili in Old Cairo for the past 23 years. But unlike other vendors in…
Observers ask why demonstrations fall flat without the Muslim Brotherhood
CAIRO: Demonstrations on the scale witnessed over the past three days are a rare event in Egypt where protests are routinely banned and demonstrators risk arrest.The hundreds of people who…
Experts condemn corporal punishment in schools at Fayoum conference
CAIRO: On the heels of an Alexandria court verdict in the case of 11-year-old Islam Badr who was kicked to death by his mathematics teacher, education experts held a conference…
Ramzi denies suspending duo
CAIRO: Zamalek assistant coach Ahmed Ramzi confirmed that the club haven't suspended players Mohamed Abdullah and Mostafa Gaafar.Interim coach Ahmed Refaat earlier said that the pair will be suspended after…