Harassed journalists file complaints against Ain Shams University
CAIRO: Two journalists have filed a series of complaints against both campus security at Ain Shams University and its president, Ahmed Zaki Badr, and say that guards obstructed them from…
Student report condemns violations at union elections
CAIRO: Following in the foot steps of politically active organizations, public university students decided to form a group to monitor last week's student union elections and have issued a report…
On the road to Annapolis
WASHINGTON: It s still looking like the international Middle East conference will take place in November at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It s a good venue, providing Camp…
Reflections on a common heritage
AMMAN: In many societies, religious festivals and set periods of spiritual reflection have been commandeered by commercial interests and misrepresented by ideologues. Their message of spiritual reflection and communion with…
An Inconvenient Peace Prize
This year's Nobel Peace Prize justly rewards the thousands of scientists of the United Nations Climate Change Panel (the IPCC). These scientists are engaged in excellent, painstaking work that establishes…
One culture, different origins and a common goal
An established German writer of Turkish decent, a veiled Palestinian rapper based in Berlin, an Iranian lawyer with a popular poetry slam show in Hamburg and an Afghani literature student…
Kuwait's NBK acquires 93.77 pc of Egypt's AlWatany Bank
KUWAIT CITY: The National Bank of Kuwait, the country's largest bank, has acquired 93.77 percent of Egypt s AlWatany Bank in a deal worth more than $900 million, the bank…
Abraaj Capital's fund skyrockets
CAIRO: Abraaj Capital, a private equity investment firm in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia (Menasa) region, announced recently a record $1.2 billion second closing of its Infrastructure…
