We're watching the 'oppressors', says world telecoms boss
CAIRO: The head of the world telecoms body said on Tuesday that oppressive regimes are increasingly using their control over the internet to deprive citizens of information but that those…
Bussy's back with more grease and less meat
Looking at all the hullabaloo outside the American University in Cairo's Howard Theatre Tuesday evening, one might have assumed there was some kind of star-studded gala taking place. Fear not,…
Letter to the editor: Pangea and the Wish of Jehane
A? few years ago, a remarkable, Egyptian American filmmaker was offered a wish on winning the famous TED prize in California. The wish of Jehane Noujaim was for world peace.…
Sixty Years of the Palestinian "Catastrophe"
As the state of Israel celebrates its 60th birthday, Palestinians remember the Nakbeh, or "catastrophe - their story of dispossession, occupation, and statelessness. But, for both sides, as well as…
The princess and the Facebook Girl
Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, there lived a beautiful princess named Rym. But this princess was sad, for the voices of her people were but…
A call for all Arab nations to suspend the death penalty
ALEXANDRIA: Participants at the international seminar "Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty in the Arab World, signed a declaration calling for the implementation of the United Nations' resolution…
Outdated Family Law must change, say journalists and scholars
CAIRO: "In 2004-2005 over 755,000 cases were heard before the Family Courts. There is a divorce every six minutes in Egypt and we have over one million homeless children on…
Mostafa in Turkish link agent
Ahli s Hassan Mostafa is linked with a move to a Turkish Super Lig side, according to the international midfielder s agent.Mostafa has just returned to Ahli from Saudi Arabia…