WITH A GRAIN OF SALT: Bush on the phone!
I telephoned US President George Bush last week, but he was in a foul mood. "I don't want to speak to anyone now, he told me. "I just heard the…
Breaking barriers in Brooklyn
We wrote this article on September 11, 2007-an anniversary with particular meaning for us. We are Father Khader El-Yateem and Marcia Kannry, board members of the Dialogue Project, an organization…
Indonesia: Is secularism a choice?
During his one-month visit to Indonesia between July and August 2007, Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na im, a Sudanese Muslim intellectual who now teaches at Emory School of Law in the…
Why Turkey's army will stay home
Just when the smoke from Turkey's domestic political conflicts of the past year had begun to clear, another deadly attack by Kurdish separatists on Turkish soldiers has the government threatening…
Soul mates or roomates: Matchmaking services in the spotlight
CAIRO: When Gamal Taher, a 35-year-old accountant, divorced his wife just before they moved to their new home, he didn't imagine he would consider enlisting the services of a matchmaking…
Tantawy makes controversial change to Al-Azhar curriculum
CAIRO: While some Al-Azhar scholars have reportedly voiced their rejection of Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Mohamed Sayed Tantawy's decision to replace the study of the four schools of Muslim jurisprudence…
WHO asks for a smoking-free drama
CAIRO: As one of the active movements to eliminate smoking in Egypt, lower air pollution and enhance public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged the Minister of Information to…
Zamalek request EFA to cut Shikabala ban
CAIRO: Zamalek sent an official request to the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) asking for a reduction to the one-year international suspension imposed against forward Mahmoud "Shikabala Abdul-Razeq last July.The 21-year-old…
El-Abdi suspended for three matches
CAIRO: Zamalek defender Wissem El-Abdi has been handed a three-match suspension by the Egyptian FA after being sent-off in his side s 1-1 draw with Suez Cement.The Tunisian defender was…
