Lawyers rise in protest on eve of amendments vote
CAIRO: Standing before a row of black-clad central security police, lawyers from all over Cairo crammed into the small forecourt of the Lawyers' Syndicate to protest against proposed amendments to…
Abbas says settlements main obstacle to peace
CAIRO: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday that continued Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank was the biggest obstacle to peace."We consider settlements the main obstacle to…
Motorbike enthusiast takes the reins at Four Seasons
CAIRO: "I ve been everywhere on my motorcycle, from Aswan to Siwa to Marsa Alam, Sharm El-Sheikh - you name it, said hotelier Olivier Masson. As a member of the…
Car insurance market gains momentum
CAIRO: As the sprawling Automech car fair wound down in Nasr City this week, Citibank's booth was still doing a brisk business, signing over several hundred insurance policies in a…
Victory for opposition on gas export deals
CAIRO: Bowing to pressure from the opposition, Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmy announced Sunday that the government will revise its natural gas export prices and will not sign new exportation…
Adam Sandler searches for laughs in the Mideast conflict
Comedian Adam Sandler is back on the big screen, looking for laughs with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a backdrop in his new movie You Don t Mess with the Zohan.…
DJ Ipek: Play how you dance
Ipek Ipekcioglu didn't initially set out to mix records; that is, until fate stepped in. About 10 years ago, the DJ who was scheduled to host a party for gay…
Scarcity in an age of plenty
Around the world, protests against soaring food and fuel prices are mounting. The poor - and even the middle classes - are seeing their incomes squeezed as the global economy…
The roadmap revisited
The Performance-Based Road Map to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict highlights both the good intentions and the misplaced conceptions of its promulgators. Five years after its adoption,…
From Middle Israel to Middle Palestine
Americans speak of "Middle America and Britons of "Middle England. Both are near mythic places that supposedly embody the authentic character of the nation. Israel, too, has its "Middle Israel,…