Looking back, the Iraq Study Group report is worse than we thought
Not everything dies when it should, and the report of the Iraq Study Group, released late last year, is a grim example. Even at the time it was issued, it…
Envisioning Islamic democracy
Islam is often perceived as a potential threat to democratization, and justifications for this view tend to repeat ad nauseam the idea that for Islam, there is no separation between…
Egyptian Bedouins claim government denying 75,000 citizenship
CAIRO: A new survey finds that 75,000 Bedouin in Egypt do not hold Egyptian citizenship, according to reports by All Headline News (AHN). The government granted some of the Sinai…
The art of learning: college students speak out
CAIRO: After graduating high school from her hometown of Quito, Ecuador, Janan Delgado moved to Cairo to study Arabic. From her adolescence, Janan knew she was different because of her…
Breastfeeding fatwa continues to provoke criticism
CAIRO: Religious scholars condemned the breastfeeding fatwa that Sheikh Ezzat Atiya, president of the Hadith (Prophet Mohamed's (PBUH) Sayings) department at Al-Azhar University, issued last week.Atiya had drawn on Islamic…
Rome zoo breeds rare Egyptian tortoises from parents smuggled from Libya
LIBYA: Rome s main zoo has successfully bred several rare Egyptian tortoises whose parents were rescued from a smuggler s suitcase in 2005, officials said.The first egg hatched in April,…
Egyptian lecturer suspended after breastfeeding fatwa
CAIRO: Cairo s Al-Azhar Islamic University on Monday suspended a lecturer who suggested that men and women work colleagues could use symbolic breastfeeding to get around a religious ban on…
Etisalat Egypt announces 300,000 active customers in three weeks
Etisalat announced yesterday that it has recorded over 300,000 subscribers in the first three weeks since its launch on May 1. Significant traffic is also being experienced for data services…
Suez Canal traffic resumes after brief disruption
Traffic on the Suez Canal was moving freely again after a cargo ship, which drifted off course, blocked the vital waterway for several hours, a canal authority official said on…
