A KHAWAGA'S TALE: Here comes the sun
We are not only on the verge of a new leader of the free world, which should be known at breakfast on Wednesday morning, but we are on the verge…
US Election Watch
There s been a crucial question hanging over the US election campaign from the very start: Would US voters be willing to elect an African-American?There s another even uglier question…
A conspiracy so immense
NEW YORK: Is this the Age of the Conspiracy Theory? Plenty of evidence suggests that we are in something of a golden age for citizen speculation, documentation, and inference that…
Stocks and the long run
BERKELEY: After the second 40 percent decline in America's Standard & Poor's composite index of common stocks in a decade, global investors are shell-shocked. Funds invested, and reinvested, in the…
The American leader we need
LONDON: Around the world, America's presidential election campaign has attracted as much attention as domestic political controversies in each of our own countries. The interest the world has taken in…
Sufi order finds strength in numbers
CAIRO: "Madad ya Sheikh El-Arab (Give us strength, O'Sheikh El-Arab). "Shi-allah ya sidi ya Badawi (Give us charity, O' Sayed El-Badawi,). These words echoed in my mind as we set…
Low turnout at anti-NDP protest
CAIRO: A few dozen people gathered Saturday outside the Journalists' Syndicate in Cairo at a scheduled protest against the National Democratic Party (NDP) during its fifth annual conference.Opposition leaders and…
Egypt not top priority for next US president, says Pintak
CAIRO: McCain or Obama? Everyone's wondering and on Saturday, about 300 people, mostly Egyptian, packed a conference room at the Semiramsis InterContinental Hotel in downtown Cairo for a conference on…
Brotherhood students launch "morality" campaign at Egypt's universities
CAIRO: A young Muslim Brotherhood group recently launched a "morality campaign at Egyptian universities that is reportedly attracting more crowds than their vocal demonstrations ever have.Titled "Raqi Bi Akhlaqi (exalted…