BUSINESS RECAP: Turkey issues oil exploration tenders in disputed area with Cyprus
CAIRO: Egyptian government sources said last week Egypt will honor its commitments according to the joint oil exploration agreements signed with Cyprus despite Turkey's announced intentions to offer international tenders…
Faces of a ravaged land
A little piece of Baghdad was transplanted to Degla's Salam Gallery this March through Ruaa Al Bazirgan's first Cairo exhibition. The artist's work is inspired by the lives and stories…
INTERVIEW: Egyptian film mogul plans movie about Al Qaeda
ReutersCAIRO: A leading Egyptian director is preparing to produce a movie about the rise of Al-Qaeda, and he promises to pull no punches in what would probably be the first…
Don't expect a soldier like John Abizaid to just fade away
An enduring image of Gen. John Abizaid is of him bounding from an armored Humvee in one of Baghdad's toughest neighborhoods last summer and conversing with shopkeepers and imams who…
A new chance for Islamists in Palestine and Lebanon?
Mark this third week of March 2007 as potentially a historic moment of clarity on one of the most important political questions in the contemporary Arab world: How will the…
Europe can do much more for Lebanon
After an absence of more than three years from Damascus, the European Union High Representative Javier Solana met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad this week. Curiously, he did so on…
Poverty between the palaces of Al Mansouria
CAIRO: Some 15 km along the Cairo Alexandria Desert Road lies Al Mansouria district, one of the most luxurious residential areas in Egypt housing the mansions and villas of Egypt…
Turkey Deports Iraqi Asylum Seeker
CAIRO: On Tuesday, the UN Refugee Agency circulated a press release protesting the deportation of a recognized Iraqi refugee by Turkish authorities. Jennifer Pagonis spokesperson for the Office of High…