UN chief orders task force to tackle food crisis
BERN: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday ordered a top-level task force to take on the global crisis caused by rising food prices and urged key producer nations to…
Residents march against 'factory of death'
CAIRO: Over 2,000 local residents of Damietta marched on the governorate office Tuesday in protest over proposed plans to build a petrochemical plant in the area.Protestors carried placards reading "No…
Fast-food chain passes part of price hikes to consumers
CAIRO: It is not market rivalry that is making some of the world's largest fast-food chains operating in Egypt jittery; it is fear of more bleak inflationary pressures amid escalating…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: ANZAC Day
At 5 am on Friday morning, April, I attended the dawn memorial service at the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery in Coptic Cairo for the soldiers of the Australian and New…
The May 4 Strike
A state of uncertainty dominates the Egyptian street. Everybody is waiting for an important event on May 4. Some are afraid that matters would get out of hand and we…
What is the West?
Everyone everywhere has by now heard about the "clash of civilizations. This Samuel Huntington concept has become universal. In the 1950's, the French economist, Alfred Sauvy had a comparable success…
Inclusiveness, the most promising approach
Jimmy Carter s visit to the region and his meetings with several parties including Hamas officials coincided with serious Egyptian efforts to try to forge a ceasefire between Hamas and…
Easter calls
Last Christmas eve, I received a surprise telephone call from Mr Mohamed Mahdy Akef, the Supreme Guide of Muslim Brotherhood. He passed his greetings on to me and my family…
The future is nanotechnology
CAIRO: For the last few years scientists at the National Research Center in Cairo (NRC) have been considering how to introduce nanotechnology into Egypt.According to researchers, this new branch of…
Heated debates hamper hopes for new child law
CAIRO: The controversial 'child law', which has been under consideration by the legislative committee of the People's Assembly (PA), is unlikely to be finalized any time soon, according to Mohamed…