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,…
Hard Talk: Two Successful Popular Campaigns
Many people did not notice that for the first time two opposition campaigns against the government s policies and projects achieved varying levels of success at the same time.The campaign…
Arab journalists agitate for political change, and they don't hate the US
CAIRO: Arab journalists share a common view with the democratic agenda of the United States but doubt the superpower's sincerity, according to a survey released by the American University in…
87 questioned by police after flour riots
CAIRO: Police questioned 87 Egyptians Sunday who were detained after clashes with security while protesting bread shortages in the north of the country, a security official said.Thousands of demonstrators fought…