Middle East peace requires forgiveness
Peace requires forgiveness. Jimmy Carter's meeting in Damascus last week with the leadership of Hamas has aroused strong emotions. If compromise of principles disqualifies parties from peace making, the Middle…
Arab literature takes centre stage in London
When Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz became in 1988 the first (and so far only) Arab writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, it was hoped that this would lead…
Are conditions ripe for negotiating with Iran?
A number of serious voices are saying it is time for a new approach on Iran. Senator Diane Feinstein and former high-level US government officials have called for the United…
With a Grain of Salt: Throw enough mud
It seems that a studies and research center does not necessarily entail undertaking any research. It's enough for those in charge to pass judgment without documented proof. Once the falseness…
Graduation project earns team best film award
CAIRO: One night in April 2007, Karim El Shenawy, a senior at Cairo University's mass communications department, was home watching the awards ceremony for Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival.…
Protestors condemn price hikes, demand minimum wage
CAIRO: Demonstrators condemned price rises during a protest organized by the freedoms committee of the Journalists Syndicate held on the syndicate s steps Thursday night.On Monday a bill was passed…
Pope Shenouda returns to Cairo following medical check-up
CAIRO: Pope Shenouda III, Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of Saint Mark the Evangelist, returned on Thursday to Cairo after a short trip to the US to undergo a…
Why squash should be an Olympic sport
With five players in the world's top 20, Egypt excels at squash, but no one seems to pay any attention, neither in Egypt nor in the Olympics which refuses to…
LE 250,000 worth of stolen objects seized
HELWAN: Two jobless robbers from Helwan have specialized in robbing houses at night by breaking their doors. Police have seized stolen items worth about LE 250,000 from the pair.The robbers…