Tension grows between Iraq and Arab neighbors
Condemnation of Saddam execution widening rift, analysts sayCAIRO: The execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has sent ripples of anger throughout the Middle East but may now be cause…
Rice to visit Cairo as part of regional tour
Talks to centre on Iraq, Palestinian peace effortsCAIRO: US Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice will visit Egypt later this month as part of a regional tour to ramp up Middle…
Minister Zaqzuq expels religious counselor for donning full face cover from meeting
CAIRO: Intellectuals and activists denounced Minister of Religious Endowments Hamdy Zaqzuq for expelling an employee from a meeting for refusing to remove her niqab (the full face cover).The religious counselor…
Egypt boosts trade ties with Turkey
Turkish industrial zone to be established this year in the 6th of October CityCAIRO: Egyptian and Turkish Ministers of Trade Rachid Mohamed Rachid and Kursad Tuzman signed a memorandum of…
Constitutional amendments are aimed at broadening citizens' freedoms says Mubarak
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak, in statements to Mena editor-in-chief earlier this week, explained that the constitutional amendments proposed are basically aimed at promoting democracy, "deepening its values and expanding citizens'…
Visa solidifies its position in Egypt
CAIRO: Third quarter results for the period ending September 2006 were released by Visa International.The results highlighted the steady acceleration of major indicators: the number of all Visa cards in…
Ministry of Investment valuation sets AMOC share price at LE 95
CAIRO: The Ministry of Investment (MOI) announced Tuesday it has set the price of a 50 percent stake in Alexandria Mineral Oils Company (Amoc) at LE 3.9 billion, or LE…
THE REEL ESTATE: At war with the mystics
Determining the one true turning point in film history has, and always will be, one of the most discussed and divisive topics among filmmakers and historians alike. For some, it…
Islamist NGOs an integral part of Muslim societies
It has been all too easy, both inside the Muslim-dominated world and in the West, to dismiss Islamist organizations, i.e. those affiliated with parties advocating political Islam as opposed to…
Dealing with the challenge of a 'national Islamism'
In looking at the likely status of the Arab-Israel conflict or diplomatic process during 2007, a key factor is the dramatic change taking place in Arab politics. On a strategic…