A trip that highlights Germany's rising regional interests
The visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the Middle East, which began on Saturday, comes at an opportune moment. Germany currently holds both the presidency of the European Union…
The Golan's Druze wonder what is best
When, earlier this month, the Israeli daily Haaretz uncovered the details of secret, unofficial Syrian-Israeli peace talks, it revived a familiar menu of questions and concerns whenever Syria and Israel…
The US Congress is hoisting the white flag on Iraq
Members of the United States Congress, distressed with the flagging popularity of the Iraq war, have spent the first month of 2007 scrambling to offer the public the exit strategy…
Think cartoons and relive the past
Last week when I was chatting online with my best friend, I suddenly remembered an old cartoon that we used to watch with much attention when we were around 10…
Cairo's medieval heritage undergoes facelift
The most gorgeous medieval buildings are being painstakingly restored in Islamic Cairo and discerning tourists are walking past Khan Al-Khalili into a medieval city of wikalas, through mighty Fatimid gates…
Dancing tents, swirling colors and a cloud of controversy
At first glance, a play featuring six women performing surreal modern dances while wearing colorful tents might not appear to be an overtly political statement.Indeed, for the casual viewer, the…
Government to supply PCs to homes across Egypt receives boost from Middle East's No. 2 PC vendor
CAIRO: Acer Computer Middle East and Mantrac have announced today that they will look to supply the lion's share of PC's earmarked for millions of homes across Egypt as part…
Egyptian 'spy' was low-level operative, say officials
CAIRO: Egyptian intelligence had been monitoring the activities of alleged spy Mohammed Essam Ghoneim El-Attar while he lived in Canada, experts have said."He was discovered and tracked in Canada by…
The strange case files of Egypt-Israel espionage
CAIRO: Long normalized but still tense relations between Egypt and Israel hit a potential snag with the announcement on Saturday that an Egyptian had been arrested inside Egypt, charged with…
