South Africa is a bad example for boycotting Israel
The academic boycott of apartheid South Africa is often cited as a model for the current boycott of Israeli academic institutions. The reality is that they could not be more…
No Development, No Peace
Anyone interested in peacemaking, poverty reduction, and Africa's future should read the new United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) report Sudan: Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment. This may sound like a technical report…
Recapturing legitimacy in Palestine
Western countries got it wrong when they believed that Hamas could not win the 2006 democratic elections they promoted in the Palestinian territories. Western leaders are getting it wrong again…
YOUTH VIEWS: Conventional warfare cannot combat terrorism
South Orange, New Jersey - The Greatest Generation had the encroaching Axis powers to deal with. The Baby Boomers stared down the barrel of mutually assured destruction. Now the current…
One potter's fortune reflects that of the whole industry
CAIRO: Although the implementation of environment friendly laws have brought a sense of relief to the residents of polluted cities, it has also caused once thriving industries to fade and…
MP goes on hunger strike in solidarity of water-deprived villagers
CAIRO: A member of parliament began a hunger strike yesterday to express his solidarity with the members of his electoral constituency, who have been suffering from a complete lack of…
Dar El-Ifta: Grand Mufti's statements misinterpreted
CAIRO: Egypt s Grand Muft Ali Gomaa did not by any means sanction Muslims converting to other religions, which is referred to in Arabic as redda, Ibrahim Nagm, the mufti's…
Shikabala banned from representing Egypt
CAIRO: The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) decided to suspend Olympic team star Mahmoud Abdul-Razeq Shikabala for one year. Shikabala will not take part in any international games played by the…