CIB says eyes Middle East expansion
CAIRO: Commercial International Bank (CIB), one of Egypt s top three private-sector banks, said on Monday it was eyeing potential expansion in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and the Gulf. The bank…
Reel Estate: Shadows of a missing world
Stone's latest film misses the markAs odd as this may sound, World Trade Center isn t really about 9/11. WTC is, for the most part, a Hollywood disaster movie marketed,…
US key to solving Palestinian-Israeli conflict
The words we use and the statements we make define who we are, what we believe. The more accurate our pronouncements are, the closer we are to the truth and…
Saving Iraq's justice: move Saddam's trial abroad
So Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death. This does not come as a surprise. If one person were to be singled out in the world today for the ultimate sentence,…
No negotiations, no peace
The Israeli-Palestinian political arena has never looked worse. This is a reflection of the negative political situation internally in both areas. It seems that the main political agenda of the…
Rebuild Africa by funding the African Union Mission in Darfur
Last April, in the delegate's lounge of the United Nations' headquarters in New York, this columnist met with the Organization of Islamic Conference's (OIC) permanent observer to the UN, Ambassador…
Canvassing the wisdom of the desert
Renaissance man captures a different side of EgyptWith camera and sketchbook in hand, Dr. Farid Fadel headed to the Siwa Oasis on what he calls his first artistic mission. The…
Student union elections marred by violence, controversy on Egypt campuses
The chants have become familiar: National Security, out, this is our university and it will remain free; who runs the university, the dean or Internal Affairs, shouted protesting university students…
