Whereabouts of arrested Brotherhood members still unknown
CAIRO: Muslim Brotherhood leaders say they are still unaware of the whereabouts of 56 of the group's members arrested during a Cairo protest in support of Gaza Palestinians Friday. According…
Egypt hopes for Gaza truce deal 'in few days'
CAIRO: Egypt is hopeful that a Gaza truce accord between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas can be reached in the next few days, foreign ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki…
One on one with LinkDotNet CEO Karim Beshara
CAIRO: The CEO of an Egyptian internet company has a lot to think about.Saturation is still low here, meaning there are a lot of opportunities to expand. But there are…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: Radio racing cars are in town
Before I pulled into the Hyper One parking lot in Sheikh Zayed on Friday afternoon, I was probably thinking I had seen most things in Cairo. The city of 1,000…
The Hijabi Monologues resonates through the power of storytelling
WASHINGTON DC: Hijabi-a word that is not proper Arabic but has become part of Muslim American parlance-refers to the Muslim woman who wears a headscarf. This term, which we first…
Trick or Treat?
OXFORD: A new way of thinking about individual choice has taken the political landscape by storm. America's new president Barack Obama and the leader of the British Conservatives, David Cameron…
Curb the population myth
WASHINGTON: President Obama has ended the ban on federal funds imposed by the Bush Administration on groups that promote or perform abortions abroad and on the United Nations Population Fund.…
AUC 'makes history again,' inaugurates New Cairo campus
CAIRO: After a decade of planning and five years of construction, in a grand celebration which marks a new era in the American University in Cairo's history, Egypt's First Lady…
Egyptian-German activist still detained 48 hours after 'abduction'
CAIRO: An Egyptian-German political activist remains in detention over 48 hours after what rights groups are labeling his 'abduction' by state security investigations forces.Philip Rizk, a 26-year-old journalist and MA…
Tamer Hosni tells Palestinians 'we are all one'
CAIRO: "As soon as I heard that Israel started a war on Gaza, my life stopped. I felt obliged to do something for the Palestinian people, pop singer Tamer Hosni…