Egyptian diplomacy in the spotlight again
But can the uneasy Fatah-Hamas truce last?Another flare-up in the Arab world and another Egyptian diplomatic initiative to bring about an end to hostilities.The past two years have proven to…
Egypt says latest Palestinian truce tenuous without political solution
CAIRO: Warring Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have agreed to yet another ceasefire in the wake of an Israeli response to a Palestinian suicide bombing in Eilat and President Mahmoud…
British Airways opens new venue at the InterCon
CAIRO: British Airways (BA) recently inaugurated the opening of its new offices at the InterContinental Residence Suites at the City Stars complex. The British Ambassador Sir Derek Plumbly attended the…
OTV hits the airwaves
Sawiris-owned TV channel launches todayCAIRO: Business tycoon Naguib Sawiris s much talked-about satellite TV channel OTV launches today on Nile Sat in a major step forward by the Egyptian billionaire…
Rachid, Sampson talks highlight deep difference over free trade agreement
CAIRO: Talks between the Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid and the US Deputy Secretary of Commerce David Sampson have underlined the deep difference between the US and…
Britain's famed Royal Philharmonic Orchestra graces Egypt
CAIRO: Egypt has hosted the Bolshoi Ballet, heard Dizzy Gillepsie, and watched the Royal Shakespeare Company, but until last night, it had never experienced the impeccable sounds of the Royal…
BOOK REVIEW: Dreams of a lost homeland
Idris Ali's novel captures a man's futile struggle to reverse history "Who is Dongola? Is it that woman's name? Awad Shalali's wife asked him of the name that had driven…
Iran wants to steer away from a Sunni-Shia clash
The Iranians were slow in reacting to Saddam Hussein's hanging. The main reason for that was the old accepted belief in Iran that Saddam was an American puppet. This was…
Peaceful resistance, the only way to a Palestinian state
Palestinians have failed to appreciate the inherent power they have once they put away the gun. They are fighting among themselves about how to deal with Israeli oppression: with bullets…
Navigating Lebanon's political minefield
On the face of it, the donor conference of Western and oil-rich Arab nations in Paris last week merely continued the work of two previous multilateral conferences in 2001 and…