Chairman of the Doctors' Syndicate pushes for conjugal visits for prisoners
CAIRO: Dr Hamdy El-Sayed, head of the PA's Health Committee and chairman of the Doctors Syndicate called for allowing conjugal visits for prisoners at a lecture organized by the Syndicate…
New Seven Wonders announced, Jordan's Petra included
CAIRO: The new edition of the Seven Wonders of the World list was declared on July 7 at 7 pm, in Benfica Stadium, Lisbon after over 100 million people from…
Inside The Middle East diary
Driving down the streets of BaghdadOn a giant billboard in front of the Iraqi ministry of Youth in Baghdad, a sign reads: "Forgive and be merciful for a unified Iraq.…
Take Hamas at its militant Islamic word
Hamas' braggadocio, coupled with its ruthless willingness to eliminate Palestinian rivals, may finally have sealed the movement's fate. Though the Islamist party now wields sole authority over the impoverished Gaza…
Stagnation rules in Lebanon's secular political parties
The Arab world is witnessing a dangerous head-on confrontation between Islamist parties and organizations and incumbent governments. At the same time secular parties are clearly facing a crisis as they…
Passive isolationism endangers Russia, but also the West
Nation-states are built on ethnic and territorial unity, and their histories and political development are grounded in a sense of collective identity. Empires emerge when a national group considers its…
The Pyrenees vacation – Part 1
The Midi-Pyrenees, southern France, is my vacation spot this summer for three weeks and I can just make out the mountains from my loft in an 18th century farm house…
Music's the messenger at Live Earth
Associated PressIn a global series of concerts featuring aboriginal dancing, imitation chimpanzee cries and a lot of reunited rock bands, musicians and celebrities called for fans to take action against…
Rachid leads business delegation to promote relations with Spain
CAIRO: Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid began Sunday a one-week visit to Spain - the first official visit of its kind for more than a decade -in…
Jailed MP Talaat El Sadat suspended from 10 PA sessions
CAIRO: The People s Assembly (PA) announced its decision not to revoke the parliamentary membership of independent MP Talaat El Sadat, nephew of former President Anwar El Sadat, but to…
