Power-inheritance, fatwa and Legitimacy
We were not in need of the Egyptian Dar Al-Ifta to issue a fatwa rendering power-inheritance in Egypt illegitimate, simply because power-inheritance itself is no longer a source of legitimacy…
The New Transatlantic Stalemate
Senator Barack Obama's recent European tour hints that the Illinois senator is Europe's choice to be America's next president. But Europeans should not expect too much. While Obama would likely…
Osama bin Laden, Bard of Terror
In Riyadh last March, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia decorated American Vice President Dick Cheney with the Kingdom's Order of Merit. This gesture elicited hundreds of Internet postings from Arabs…
Road map or bulldozer map?
Palestinian journalists and writers seem to have found it difficult to address the current trend of bulldozer attacks in Israel. The piece of construction equipment appears to have joined our…
Special Series: Tourism and Summer Trends : Sinai residents left behind in tourism boom
CAIRO: Ever since it stopped merely being a stage for war, Sinai has seen a boom in tourism almost unparalleled in Egypt over the past two decades. The original inhabitants…
Nine days at the closed gates of Rafah
CAIRO: Monday July 28 marked the ninth day that a van filled with medicines and medical supplies destined for Gaza remains waiting at Rafah's closed gates.The Scotland-to-Gaza van came to…
Author explains confusion surrounding 'Revolution' book ban
CAIRO: Confusion surrounded John R. Bradley's new book "Inside Egypt: The Land of the Pharaohs On the Brink of a Revolution, with several reports claiming it was banned and others…
Five hour maintenance causes metro passengers to panic
CAIRO: For the second time in less than three months, the first line of the underground in Cairo (Marg-Helwan) suffered a ventilation malfunction between the Tora El-Balad and "Dar El-Salam…
Football celebrations turn to mass harassment, say store owners
CAIRO: Four groups of girls were run into stores by hundreds of young men after Sunday's football match. The celebration in Mohendiseen turned sour as fights broke out between store…
Women relatives of incarcerated prisoners demand their release
CAIRO: Around 40 women gathered in front of the governor's office in Al-Arish in Northern Sinai Tuesday to protest the continuing incarceration of some 70 prisoners from Sinai arrested in…