Egypt's push to diversify trade partners
CAIRO: In a flurry of activity since failing to sign a free trade agreement with the US last year, Egypt is expanding beyond the traditional Anglo-American trade umbrella and to…
Time to say goodbye
CAIRO: Earlier this week, during my lunch hour, I called some of my friends to see who was available for a quick lunch out of the office. Every time I'd…
Communities smile at the payoffs from friendliness
If you were to walk along the streets of your neighborhood with your face up and an open expression, how many of those who passed you would smile, or greet…
Elections without politics in Syria
Apart from some posters and banners scattered across the streets of Damascus announcing parliamentary elections yesterday and today, there were few signs in Syria of the sort of election fever…
The UN's membership in the Quartet has been a success
It's in the nature of things for the United Nation's role in any conflict to be attacked by people on both sides, and when you work for the UN there…
Youth Views: Are we asking the right questions?
BOSTON, Massachusetts: Emerson College sponsored an event last Tuesday to promote America at a Crossroads , the series of documentaries running this week on PBS analyzing the challenges the United…
Body of Egyptian victim of Virginia Tech massacre comes home for burial
Associated Press SHARQIYA: Scores of mourners and women in black swarmed around a minibus that brought the coffin of the young Egyptian scholar, killed in the Virginia Tech massacre that…
WHO declares first annual road safety week
CAIRO: The United Nations has declared April 22 - 29 the first annual Road Safety Week to call attention to the dramatic impact of road accidents on both human lives…
A Karnak discovery shows how ancient builders shielded temples from Nile water
LUXOR: Remains of an ancient Egyptian wall used to prevent the leakage of the Nile flood waters from spreading over the Karnak temple in Luxor were discovered on Thursday at…
Nonie Darwish discusses Islam and her visit to Israel
CAIRO: Raised as a Muslim, Nonie Darwish, a strident critic of popular contemporary Islam and its role in Arab societies, not only married a Christian, but also converted from Islam…