Australia to resume live cattle exports to Egypt after halt over cruelty allegations
SYDNEY: Australia will resume live cattle exports to Egypt after a two-year halt due to alleged cruel treatment of the animals.Agriculture Minister Tony Burke, who planned to announce the agreement…
Dow Jones launches Islamic market index for Hong Kong-listed stocks
NEW YORK: Dow Jones Indexes Friday launched the Dow Jones Islamic Market (DJIM) China Offshore Hong Kong Index, according to a press statement.The DJIM China Offshore Hong Kong Index represents…
Central Bank raises overnight interest rates amid recent price hikes
CAIRO: The Central Bank of Egypt raised Friday its key overnight interest rates for the third time this year to combat rising inflation, particularly after the government's decision last week…
Argana's beauty lost in a symbolist ebb
Symbolist adherents are a dying breed. The days of exalting the virtues of the lover-country metaphor are over; the sinner snake and hero reborn have been buried under withering copies…
Middle East peace requires forgiveness
Peace requires forgiveness. Jimmy Carter's meeting in Damascus last week with the leadership of Hamas has aroused strong emotions. If compromise of principles disqualifies parties from peace making, the Middle…
Arab literature takes centre stage in London
When Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz became in 1988 the first (and so far only) Arab writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, it was hoped that this would lead…
Are conditions ripe for negotiating with Iran?
A number of serious voices are saying it is time for a new approach on Iran. Senator Diane Feinstein and former high-level US government officials have called for the United…
With a Grain of Salt: Throw enough mud
It seems that a studies and research center does not necessarily entail undertaking any research. It's enough for those in charge to pass judgment without documented proof. Once the falseness…
Graduation project earns team best film award
CAIRO: One night in April 2007, Karim El Shenawy, a senior at Cairo University's mass communications department, was home watching the awards ceremony for Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival.…