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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
New Bill Clinton book coming out in 2008
Hours and hours of conversations between then-President Clinton and award-winning historian Taylor Branch are being transcribed for a new book.Simon & Schuster will publish Wrestling History: The Bill Clinton Tapes…
Egypt, Turkey discuss Middle East peace efforts and Iraq
ANKARA: The leaders of Turkey and Egypt discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iraq on Thursday, warning that persisting bloodshed is increasing despair among people in the Middle East. We agree…
Khamenei says Iran will use all means to defend itself
TEHRAN: Iran s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned world powers on Wednesday his country would do whatever it could to defend itself from force or the threat of force…