Kosovo's turnaround – still a work in progress
By the numbers, it is on par with some of Africa's poorest countries - an extremely high infant mortality rate of 35 per 1000 live births, plus a rising unemployment…
Fear of Finance
Fear of finance is on the march. Distrust of highly paid people who work behind computer screens doing something that doesn't look like productive work is everywhere. Paper shufflers are…
Yale Whiffenpoofs Don't Whiff
Last Saturday, the a cappella group the Yale Whiffenpoofs performed at the open air stage at El Sawi Cultural Center. With whirring fans doing their best to combat the blazing…
KHAWAGA'S TALE: French summers and Le Tour de France
There is an eighth Century image of a Caravan going to Mecca from a book of Arab literature called "The Maqamat, with pilgrims blowing trumpets, banners waving and happy glowing…
Egypt is biggest borrower in MENA report
CAIRO: A recent report by the Bank Information Center (BIC) listed Egypt as the biggest recipient of loans in the Middle East and Northern Africa region (MENA), borrowing heavily from…
Former Banque Du Caire chief stirs controversy over sale deal
CAIRO: Ahmed El-Baradei, former head of Banque Du Caire's, recent statements to the press have stirred controversy over the true reasons behind the government's decision to privatize the 55-year-old state-owned…
One year after Qana massacre, Lebanese children still on cluster bomb alert
QANA, Lebanon: When Alia, 10, from the South Lebanese town of Qana, insisted I take a look at her coloring book, I never expected what I would see. The story…
US prepares arms package for Saudi Arabia and increase for Israel
CAIRO: The United States is preparing a 10-year arms package for Saudi Arabia as well as increasing military aid to Israel, all as part of a process to counter the…
Palestinian 'returnees' still stranded in Egypt
CAIRO: About 105 Palestinians, cleared by Israeli security allowing them to return to Gaza through the Erez crossing, were still stuck on the Egyptian side of the border at press…
French FM Bernard Kouchner arrives in Egypt to discuss Lebanon
CAIRO: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner arrived in Egypt yesterday, to meet his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Saudi Arabian FM Prince Saud Al-Faisal, and the Arab League Secretary-General Amr…
