Egypt's property market 'attractive,' says report
CAIRO: With several hundred housing blocks budding every year, Egypt's property market is gaining momentum vis-à-vis regional and international markets, finds a recent global housing review."We believe Egypt is attractive…
THE REEL ESTATE: The reigning king of a fake empire
Looking back at last year's Reel Estate articles, I realize now that I spent the larger part of 2007 trashing American and Egyptian major productions, although with good reason.For most…
Musings: Back to Sudan
On Jan. 2, 2008 President Mubarak inspected hundreds of Egyptian troops ahead of their deployment in the war-torn Darfur region of neighboring Sudan to join a UN-African peacekeeping force in…
The year of the 'China Model'
It will be China's year in 2008. The Olympic Games - no doubt perfectly organized, without a protester, homeless person, religious dissenter, or any other kind of spoilsport in sight…
Defending America's 'Freedom Agenda'
Former Syrian MP and political prisoner Mamoun Al-Homsi, Kurdish activist Djengizkhan Hasso of the Executive Council of the National Assembly of Kurdistan, and I recently met with President George W.…
After Bhutto
The world will long remember Benazir Bhutto as a modern Muslim woman who served two terms as Pakistan's first woman prime minister: bright, attractive, articulate, talented, courageous, charismatic, an astute…
Cairo to Cape Town by bike
CAIRO: Most of us are partial to the occasional daydream during work, planning out the weekend perhaps or even the ideal holiday. But it is probably safe to say that…
AUC 8 Sudanese trial postponed to March 5
CAIRO: The trial of eight Sudanese men, charged with involvement in the murder of Malea Fealjour Bekam and injury of Nasser Bil Leel, who is also a defendant, began Tuesday…
Black magician arrested in Embaba
CAIRO: Al Giza police arrested black magician Layla Ahmed Hassan, also known as Om Gihan, Al Gomhuria newspaper reported Wednesday.The 51-year-old Embaba sorceress made a living by claiming she had…