Cairo University to get hi-tech library
New building meshes old with newConstruction is well underway on a building that will house the new Cairo University Central Library.Dr Aly Raafat from Inter-Consult, the architect who designed the…
Fear of Egyptian state and 'evil eye' challenge census takers
Agence France-PresseCAIRO: Egypt this week wraps up its nationwide census, but what is a perfectly normal exercise in many countries was met with skepticism in a society where a knock…
Women on top, or normalization by equal opportunity
What will Group of Eight summit meetings have American President Hillary Clinton and French President Segolene Royal join German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a formidable triangle of women's power? The…
Jordan carefully measures its democratic openings
For the sixth time this year, Human Rights Watch is questioning Jordan's commitment to abolishing provisions in its penal code used solely to silence opposition figures. In November, Adnan Abu…
Lebanon's medium-term magic bullet
Lebanon's current crisis is a reminder of the country's enduring political polarization along political and confessional fault lines. It represents a struggle between two fundamentally different visions for the country…
Cairo Carousel: Simon .oops, Ehud . says jump, baby, jump!
There are those who would say I am a megalomaniac . something along the lines of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine.Who could forget when Palpatine grilled Samuel Jackson's Mace Windu and screamed…
An epileptic robot inspired by Nietzsche rocks Cairo's 10th International Biennale
"The Fully Enlightened Earth Radiates Disaster Triumphant. Installation by Daniel Joseph Martinez. Curious title. You look around expecting some sci-fi / philosophical mad artist piece. Nothing new to the Biennale,…
Suez Canal expects more Chinese vessels
Movement of shipments between China and Europe through the Egyptian Suez Canal is expected to grow significantly, according to Galal Al-Deeb, chairman's advisor at the Suez Canal Authority. "A tripartite…
Is breastfeeding: nature's best kept diet secret?
CAIRO: Would you have believed that that the secret to the killer Britney Spears and Victoria Beckham body was breast feeding? That's what they said on a TV interview.The show…
Sci-tech: Video game frenzy
The future's so bright, I gotta get another consoleMuch is made of 'soccer wives' during the World Cup. These are the women all but abandoned by their pub-bound husbands for…
