A rare opening for the US in Palestine
After months of political deadlock and escalating violence, Fatah and Hamas have agreed to cease fighting and establish a national unity government, in line with the so-called Mecca Agreement recently…
Here's what the Syrians must do for a deal with Israel
Almost everything has changed since Israel and Syria were last involved in peace negotiations seven years ago. The Israeli-Syrian conflict still exists, but it has become only one of many…
The world cannot afford to avoid a climate change revolution
The world is in the midst of a great political transformation, in which climate change has moved to the center of national and global politics. For politicians in persistent denial…
The EU is wrong on the Palestinians
The European Union approach towards the former Palestinian government led by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) formed in March 2006 was one of isolation; the EU and its member states…
A mediocre 1001 Nights leaves much to be desired
The images, if not the stories, of 1001 Nights are legendary. We can imagine the grand court of the clever Scheherazade and the disillusioned King Shahryar; Ali Baba coincidentally stepping…
Stella Di Mare is a red carpet paradise
AIN SOUKHNA: Between the Oscars and the Six Nations Rugby it truly was super Saturday over the weekend, and what better place to get the red carpet treatment than at…
Imagine Cairo with no car fumes?
Egypt begins to manufacture ceramic filters clean up car emission, says expertCAIRO: The success of experts to locally manufacture ceramic filters that are fixed to vehicles' exhaust-pipes is likely to…
A new age of satellite broadcasting dawns on the Middle East
DUBAI: The ongoing development of satellite broadcasting for the Arab world - demonstrated by the increasing number of channels and the rise to global prominence of brands like Al Jazeera…
Conscript who refused to guard Israeli embassy receives six-month prison sentence
Associated PressCAIRO: A court has sentenced a policeman to six months in prison after convicting him of insubordination for refusing to guard the Israeli embassy, a court official said Sunday.Mohammed…
Petition launched to protect Al-Aqsa Mosque
CAIRO: Muslim clerics have initiated a campaign to collect one million signatures on a petition to be sent to United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon demanding the protection of…
