Egypt, Libya trade relations move forward
CAIRO: A free trade zone will be established on the Egypt-Libya border for industrial, trade and tourist projects, reported the local press.Procedures for setting up the zone will be discussed…
Indian cinema draws curtain on poster art
MUMBAI: Balkrishna can paint orange and blue hues on and around a young, gun-toting Amitabh Bachchan - now Bollywood s biggest superstar - with his eyes closed.The 74-year-old artist has…
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…