Dying Long: A Passage of 35 Minutes
When you try to snare friends into going with you to attend what your editor describes as "interesting and "veers towards the bizarre, but unwittingly blurt the words "experimental and…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: It's summer time!
Summer time has finally rolled round. The Queen's Birthday Ball will be held at the British Embassy on Friday, the baby stroller is boxed up and the credit card is…
When it comes to Alzheimer's there is no Mid-East conflict
I am fighting the anti-Israel boycott in academia and science by doing the opposite, says Mark Gluck, professor of Neuroscience at Rutgers University-Newark. Any boycott of Israeli research would not…
Little engery for peace
RAMALLAH, West Bank-When I reported from Israel in the mid-1980s, the big debate here was whether Israel s settlement-building in the West Bank had passed a point of no return-a…
No surprises in Obama's speech on Israel
Obama's vehemently pro-Israeli speech at the annual conference of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was not surprising. What was surprising was the shock and disappointment it provoked in…
Small businesses wary of AUC move to New Cairo
CAIRO: For almost 90 years, the American University of Cairo (AUC) has defined the identity of Cairo's Downtown area. Its 5,600 students and faculty, most of whom are wealthier than…
The zoo story
CAIRO: It s a hot June day and the bears at the Giza Zoo are struggling to stay cool in the shade of their outdoor cages, their only relief a…
NDP's Shazli and Azmi emerge as surprise opponents to property tax law
aCAIRO: Egypt's notorious property tax law proposal sparked controversy Sunday among MPs, with supporters saying the proposal will only tax a few Egyptians and opponents saying it will overstrain the…
Damietta businessmen warn of toll on tourism as Agrium crisis soars
CAIRo: Members of the Damietta Chamber of Commerce have spoken out on the Agrium controversy after convening specifically to discuss the issue and sounded a warning that the more the…
