Ismaili to release Abdul-Latif and Abdul-Wahed
CAIRO: Ismaili have contacted the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) in order to terminate Walid Abdul-Latif's and Mohamed Abdul-Wahed s contracts following their latest troubles. The Dervishes claim that Abdul-Latif hasn…
Egypt receives low ranking in annual press freedom index
CAIRO: Egypt came in at the bottom of the rankings in this year's World Press Freedom Index, an annual rating published by Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) measuring the level…
Nato to aid Egypt patrol its borders
CAIRO: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) recently announced that it will provide Egypt with technical assistance in patroling its porous borders.On Oct. 9, Egypt became the second country in…
Egypt raises its sails to stand up against Poverty
CAIRO: After a night of thunder, lightening and heavy showers, the clouds parted on Cairo's skies and the sun was shining as the second "Sail the Nile for the Millennium…
UN launches International Year of the Potato 2008
NEW YORK: The United Nations today officially launches International Year of the Potato 2008, an initiative mocked in private by some diplomats but enabling governments to raise much-needed funds for…
From Payer to Player in the Middle East
The European Union's policy in the Middle East is the litmus test of its common foreign and security policy. Many Europeans share this belief, but, as the EU considers entering…
A Christian pastor's Ramadan in Turkey
SINGAPORE CITY: Recently, I was invited by the Turkish Cultural Centre to travel from Singapore to Turkey to participate in a documentary series on Ramadan observance in Istanbul. Samanyolu TV,…
There's more to interfaith conflict than religion
Conflict in the central part of Sulawesi, one of the four largest islands in Indonesia, has been ongoing since 1998. Between 1998 and 2001, over 1000 people were killed and…
Discovery to screen short film in Middle East International Film Festival
Discovery Networks in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), a division of the non-fiction media company Discovery Communications, announced that a new short film will be screened at the Middle…
THE REEL ESTATE: A morality tale of an unredeemable hero
Few scriptwriters have enjoyed as successful a career and as much creative freedom as veteran writer Wahid Hamed. His sharp political criticism coupled with a knack for creating original stories…
