A KHAWAGA'S TALE: Palestine needs better PR
Welcome Back, my friend and part-time taxi driver, Wael, exclaimed as he shook my hand in Terminal 2 at Cairo Airport, 0800 hours on Friday. "It's good to be home,…
Pick of your online comments
An innocent Egyptian soldier killed by PalestiniansComment on editorial titled "The Price of Egypt's Silence on Gaza (published Jan. 3, 2009). An innocent Egyptian soldier was killed on the borders…
An Israeli View: Limited strategic objectives
Israel has opted to launch a major attack on Hamas in Gaza. The idea appears to be to use heavy military force, primarily from the air, but with a limited…
A Palestinian View: War crimes in Gaza put PA in awkward place
The devastating Israeli bombardment of Gaza in the past few days did not come as a surprise to anybody. Its scale and magnitude, however, were unexpected by almost everybody except…
Walking for Gaza
DUBAI: On Dec. 31, 2008 at 7 am, two Palestinian men living in Dubai embarked on a 120 km walk to Hatta and back in an effort to raise funds…
Qaradawi to lead Muslim scholars' visit to Arab leaders to seek action on Gaza
DOHA: A body of Muslim scholars announced in Qatar on Saturday it will start a round of visits to Arab leaders, seeking action to end the Israeli onslaught on the…
Teachers' raise kicks off in January, says MP
CAIRO: Teachers who passed the second phase of public school teachers' assessment exams complain that they did not receive their promised pay raise in December, said Ibrahim Younis, teacher and…
Heightened security measures for Ahly's Cairo trip
ISMAILIYA: Ahly went back to Cairo by Egyptian security forces' armored vehicles, following the fan violence during and after their game with Ismaili in the Egyptian Premier League on Saturday.…
Ahly claim precious win over Ismaili
ISMAILIYA: Mohamed Barakat s second-half strike earned Ahly a 1-0 away victory over Ismaili in an ill-tempered Egyptian Premier League clash on Saturday.The mercurial midfielder scored the winner five minutes…
Egypt's football players show solidarity with Gaza
CAIRO: Sport and politics mixed Saturday during a football match where two of Egypt s top teams and their fans demonstrated their opposition to the Israeli offensive on the Gaza…
