SCI TECH SCENE: Is video game addiction a psychiatric disorder?
US doctors report seeks to declare it oneAssociated Press CHICAGO: The telltale signs are ominous: teens holing up in their rooms, ignoring friends, family, even food and a shower, while…
Breezing through Syria for the sake of the old city
We arrived at dusk, two Americans with no visas, midway through a shared taxi ride from Beirut to Damascus. The fact that we reached Damascus by midnight, after a two-and-a-half…
The artisans' gallery
Mounaya Gallery has become a household name ever since the Zamalek venue opened about a year and a half ago. Owned by Ghada Abdel Hak-Khalife, the shop is a mesh…
China defends its stance on Darfur
Sudanese government to meet with rebels in autumnCAIRO: China has responded to Western criticism of its role in the Darfur crisis, attributing media criticism to jealousy, according to its Special…
NDP victorious in Shoura run-offs
CAIRO: The results of the Shoura council elections run-offs, announced late Tuesday by the head of the High Elections Commission (HEC) Adel Andraus, showed a sweeping victory for the ruling…
New twists in case against 51 websites
CAIRO: Cairo-based rights group the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRInfo) reported Wednesday on new twists in the complex case of Alexandria Head Judge Abdel Fattah Mourad. Mourad is…
Brotherhood and opposition bloggers join forces for online press freedom
CAIRO: Bloggers and activists from belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood and the political opposition joined forces at a rally and conference on the defense of electronic press freedom in Egypt…
Israeli Knesset addresses Sudanese refugee problem, says Egypt should absorb them
CAIRO: In honor of World Refugee Day on Wednesday June 20, Israel addressed the increasingly sensitive issue of African refugees flowing into the country from Egypt. Wednesday alone saw the…
A conversation with Stop the Wall coordinator Jamal Juma'
CAIRO/RAMALLAH: The fragmentation of Palestinian politics following near civil war in Gaza last week is not only unrepresentative of the work of Palestinian civil society but undermines popular unity against…
Arab League chief meets Beirut leaders on tough mission
BEIRUT: Arab League chief Amr Moussa was on Wednesday holding a second day of talks with Lebanese leaders on a tough mission aimed at bridging the chasm that has paralyzed…
