Lacking moral tenet to right the wrong
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs which adopted a resolution calling the Armenian mass killing by Ottoman Turks genocide, has basically sat in judgment on an event that occurred 92…
Iran-US relations: a path of disaster or a path of hope
When it comes to foreign policy toward Iran, Americans have been continually let down. Overreaching US intervention was one of the many roots of the Iranian Revolution in 1979, which…
WITH A GRAIN OF SALT: 21st century Fatwas!
I totally disagree with those who claim that the Muslim world has reached the pinnacle of ignorance and backwardness. It's enough to witness the cutthroat competition between Sheikhs who vie…
Where Orient meets Occident
Champollion Street in the evening is somewhat intimidating for a lone American girl like myself. I fumbled through shisha smoke, past unwinding men, and down an alley to find Mashrabia…
NTRA grants Etisalat Egypt international telecom license
CAIRO: The National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has announced the procedures, conditions and rules governing the licenses of international telecommunications gateway liberalization.The NTRA's board of directors had approved the framework…
UAE capital vies to become regional cinema hub
ABU DHABI: The oil-rich Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi hosted its maiden film festival this week as it vies to become a regional cinema hub with plans to open a…
Bani Hassan still in mourning after Eid ferry tragedy
MINYA: Silence dawned on the small village of Bani Hassan in Minya province after at least 13 people, including three children, drowned in a ferry accident on the first day…
Egypt leading African recipient of FDI, says UN report
CAIRO: Egypt ranks as the top African nation in terms of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, beating South Africa for the first time, according to the World Investment Report 2007…
'Pause' for a crash course in bad service
The few times I've been to Pause Café I was dismayed by their slow inattentive service. The place is remarkably understaffed. The food isn't great either.Nonetheless I kept on going…
A full Asian tour in a metropolitan island
While it was difficult at first to imagine that a 704-square-kilometer island could hold so many ethnicities and cultures, just by standing close to Raffles Statue and looking at the…
