Human rights lawyer, bloggers detained in latest twist of copyright case
CAIRO: Human rights lawyer Gamal Eid and popular bloggers Manal Hassan and Alaa Seif spent yesterday in police custody after being accused of defamation by Alexandria Judge Abdel Fattah Mourad.…
Egypt changes visa policy for Iraqis
CAIRO: Egypt has modified the visa policy for Iraqi refugees seeking to enter the country, the Foreign Ministry said, citing security concerns.The local Middle East News Agency quoted foreign ministry…
NTRA exempts Etisalat from late start-up fines
Badawy: reasons behind delay out of company's handsCAIRO: The National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NRTA) reaffirmed Wednesday its decision not to levy monetary penalties on the new third mobile operator, Etisalat…
Individual art becomes an expression of community
Founder of Studio 206 discusses art's contribution to communityNoha Sayed Al Ahl is on a mission. Some might consider it "mission impossible, but that is because they lack Sayed Al…
'Norbit'. Not Funny
After his role in "Dreamgirls , one expected better of Eddie MurphyThere was always something about Eddie Murphy that made you laugh. Even in some of his sillier and more…
The US-Iran nuclear standoff
JAKARTA: As local media pays more attention to domestic crises, from the natural disaster in West Sumatra to Lapindo Brantas in East Java, international issues seems overlooked. The tension between…
Letter to Alan Johnston and his abductors
I hesitated many times before writing these sentences. I scribbled word after word before ripping them up. From the first moment, I thought that the news of your kidnapping would…
Europe lives in a dream world when it comes to Iran
Though the crisis triggered by Iran's illegal capture of 15 British naval personnel nears an end, it is difficult not to see how the European Union's irresolute and contradictory approach…
Human rights in Syria; Pelosi's silence
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's visit to Damascus this week caused quite a stir. Before she even landed in Syria, the White House was calling her decision a…
Oh mummy … St. Joan's bones were a forgery, says scientist
PARIS: Bones and a piece of linen cloth proclaimed as the holy relics of Saint Joan of Arc are fakes that come from an Egyptian mummy, a French forensic scientist…
