ABC annual meeting stresses need to bridge skills gap in the region
CAIRO: How can Arab economies dodge the bottleneck that slows their integration into today's global market? The buzzword is education, which currently presents itself as the ultimate solution to swiftly…
Government to increases electricity prices
CAIRO: The public was shocked Monday with news that the government has decided to increase electricity prices starting December.The new prices apply to all categories, including domestic, commercial, street lights…
MTV looks to use hip hop to conquer Arab market
MTV hopes hip-hop and reality television tailored and sanitized for a more conservative Middle East will draw young Arabs away from the dozens of locally produced music video channels that…
A trip down memory lane
Amal Choucri cut the ceremonial ribbon from a wheelchair. It was the opening of her exhibition "Down Memory Lane and she had just come from the hospital where she would…
HARD TALK: Gamal Mubarak: Who's Victim?
Nothing preoccupies broad sectors of Egypt's political and media elite more than the question of the inheritance of power by President Hosni Mubarak's son. Over the past five years there…
Europe's New Donald Rumsfeld
Russia's Duma elections this December are almost certain to cement the power of forces loyal to Vladimir Putin. That outcome is likely to confirm Russia's emergence as the most divisive…
Ehud Olmert's delicate task
TORONTO: As the Annapolis peace summit looms closer, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is trying hard to make meaningful gestures to the Palestinian Authority without risking the dismemberment of his…
Medellin Moves to Africa
An unfamiliar country keeps popping up in press reports about drug trafficking: Guinea Bissau. This West African state of 1.5 million people is one of the poorest in the world.…
Egypt-Germany row over Nefertiti bust cools
CAIRO: Germany is willing to consider whether an ancient Egyptian statue at the center of a row between the two countries can be returned to Cairo for display, Egypt s…
Siwa fights for survival against deluge of water and tourists
SIWA: Gazing out from the picturesque viewing platform on Fatnis Island, my cart driver Goma'a brings me a warming cup of karkaday. The sun is setting on the horizon and…