Coptic intellectuals reflect on constitutional reform
CAIRO: Last Monday the People s Assembly approved 34 constitutional amendments to be subjected to a public referendum Monday. Of those none address the concerns of Egypt's Coptic minority, say…
Driving politics: taxi drivers on the referendum
CAIRO: Several political analysts consider the March 26 referendum on the constitutional amendments a major turning point in the course of Egyptian politics, one that will determine the future of…
Fire victims struggle to find answers and aid
CAIRO: Victims of the Qalet Al Kabsh fire that consumed 300 makeshift homes and dislocated a reported 350 families on Tuesday are livid about the way the government has been…
INTERVIEW: Host of Al-Jazeera's 'Listening Post' discusses the network, blogging, 9/11, and the US media
Richard Gizbert hosts the weekly The Listening Post on Al-Jazeera English, highlighting how news is handled across the world's media, including newspapers, television, blogs, and radio. He had previously worked…
Hussein Fahmy inaugurates AUC's student leadership conference
CAIRO: Actor Hussein Fahmy stressed the importance of broadening the limits of imagination during his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the 12th International Student Leadership Conference (ISLC) at…
Constitutional amendments follow a long history of power centralization
CAIRO: In light of Egypt's history of executively-focused constitutional amendments, President Mubarak's current efforts at reform are another step in a long process of making a constitutional democracy into an…
Walk down memory lane: old Egyptian film posters revisited
If watching a film is like having a dream wide awake, I once read in Premiere Magazine, "then movie posters are invitations to those dreams ? a lot of weight…
Government considering more liberalization in telecommunications sector
Kamel: international calling licensing postponed to May CAIRO: The government is studying further liberalization of the telecommunications sector including offering a second fixed-line license and floating another 20 percent stake…
Business recap: Etisalat pushes back network launch date again; Emaar downplays takeover
CAIRO: Etisalat Egypt, the third mobile license winner, has pushed back its market entrance date originally slated for the end of February and put off until the end of this…
Sweet deception: Some things you should know about sugar
Thanks to the clever marketing tactics of the sugar industry we have all come to think of refined sugar as part and parcel of 'all things nice'. We grow up…
