Malaysia's Opposition Reborn
In Malaysia's recent elections, opposition parties managed their strongest showing since the country gained its independence from Britain in 1957, cutting the ruling coalition's parliamentary majority to below two-thirds. Where…
Turkey's gripping pains of modernisation
It was a tense week for the Turkish parliament during the headscarf amendment debates. Despite massive demonstrations organized by secular Kemalist institutions, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) took…
The Oven: A buyer's guide
Squashed like a skinny sardine between two expansive abaya-donned housewives, I spy a needle eyed gap, and take a swift dive towards the front of the bread queue. It is…
Prices, protests and poverty in the provinces
QALYUBEYA: Mohamed Al-Fiqi sat on the wooden couch in the unpainted and scantly-furnished living room. "Your father may come home with fruit, but I won't come home with fruit, he…
Zakzouk supports calls to equate women to men in court testimonies
CAIRO: Minister of Religious Endowment Mahmoud Hamdy Zakzouk, announced his full support for a request from Zeinab Radwan, deputy speaker of the People's Assembly (PA) and member of the National…
Paris book fair opens amid an Arab boycott
CAIRO: The Paris book fair opened on Friday with an absence of Arab and Muslim authors in protest of the fair's decision to name Israel as this year's honoree to…
University staff to meet PM ahead of strike
CAIRO: The heads of university clubs, which represent the interests of teaching faculty in the absence of a union, will meet Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on Tuesday to discuss demands…
Saied on brink of Metalurg Donetsk move
ISMAILIA: Ismaili board have agreed to sell international defender Hani Saied to Ukrainian side Metalurg Donetsk in a deal worth $1.2 million. Metalurg made an official bid for Hani Saied…
FIFA approves schedule, prize money for 2009 Confederations Cup
ZURICH, Switzerland: FIFA approved the schedule and prize money for the 2009 Confederations Cup in South Africa on Thursday, saying eight nations will compete for $17.6 million in the tournament.FIFA…
