Investigation pending into alleged torture of jailed blogger
CAIRO: The lawyers of imprisoned cyber dissident and now alleged torture victim Kareem Amer posed strong criticism to the general prosecutor on Sunday for not launching an immediate investigation into…
Livni: Arab states can't dictate terms of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations
WASHINGTON: As Arab nations prepared to sit down with Israel for the first time in more than a decade, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Sunday made it clear they…
Journalists prohibited from warship visit
CAIRO: Egyptian journalists were prohibited from visiting a Canadian warship moored off the coast of Alexandria Sunday because the Ministry of Defense refused to grant permits for the visit.Journalists from…
Arabs seek to boost Abbas against Hamas at US talks
CAIRO: Arab states are heading to a US-sponsored peace meeting on Tuesday in a show of support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas against Hamas, which remains an unavoidable hurdle to…
Arbitration tribunal rules against Orascom over Tunisia network
CAIRO: An International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration tribunal ruled that the Kuwaiti telecom company Wataniya was not obligated to hand over its fifty percent stake of the Tunisiana network…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: Discovering the new Sharm
I thought I would never say this, but after spending my first weekend in Sharm El-Sheikh for over three years, I've come to the conclusion that it is not such…
The life of an artist
Diwan bookstore in Zamalek hosted the official launch of a new book documenting the life of artist Abdel Ghani Abul-Enein. Born in January in 1921, Abul-Enein exhibited a panache for…
Peace in Palestinian classrooms
It should take Amal Abed Rabbo, 16, one hour to reach the Lutheran Dar Al-Kalima School in Bethlehem from her Jericho home. With Israeli travel restrictions, it takes three hours…
The transatlantic Muslim divide
Compared with the tension that exists in Muslim communities across Europe, America's Muslims are a more contented lot.A recent Pew Forum study found Europe's Muslims to be "markedly less well…
The other half of the peace process
American officials usually spend enormous energy highlighting the "process in the Middle East "peace process. Only in the last 18 months of a second term president or following a military…