Verdict on controversial website trial set for early December
CAIRO: A state council court adjourned on Saturday the case brought against 51 Egyptian websites belonging to human rights organizations and outspoken bloggers by Alexandria head judge Abdel Fattah Mourad…
US Copts issue resolutions, emphasize equal rights
CAIRO: The International Coptic Conference, which was held in Chicago Oct. 19-20 by the Coptic Assembly of America ended with an issued statement including a number of resolutions.Titled "The Coptic…
Virtual presidential elections take Facebook by storm
CAIRO: Egyptians have unilaterally decided to head to the ballot box, albeit a virtual one. Armed with the tools of popular social networking website Facebook.com, users have created a presidential…
Egypt's fight against female circumcision clashes with tradition
BAYAD AL-ARAB: Twice circumcised, Wafaa Helmy swore her own daughters would never suffer the same fate. But one night her own mother secretly took her first-born to go under the…
'Denial of genocide is the final stage of genocide'
After the adoption of the resolution 106 on Armenian Genocide at the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US House of Representatives there is much talk about the value or…
Middle East modesty
"Ripeness is all, concludes Edgar in King Lear. I will leave it to Shakespeare scholars to decipher what he had in mind. But for diplomats and historians, understanding the concept…
The murder of Rami Ayyad
The last time I saw Rami we were at the beach near Gaza City. A group of us were playing in the water and I was trying to force Rami…
'Muslim Live 8' raises cash for Darfur
Thousands of British Muslims gathered Sunday evening for a charity peace concert dubbed Muslim Live 8 to raise money for victims of Sudan s long-running Darfur conflict.The concert, starring top…
The art of diplomacy
A cylindrical sculpture greets you at the bottom of the stairs that lead to the latest exhibition showcased at Zamalek Art Gallery. Aptly named, 'The Guard' gives a clue as…
