Reform, before it is too late
CAIRO: It wasn't long into the aftermath of the latest Sinai bombing that the people in Dahab, and the rest of the country, began anxiously pondering who was responsible for…
Activists, journalists condemn Al-Jazeera reporter's arrest
CAIRO: Press freedom activists and journalists condemned the arrest of satellite TV news station Al-Jazeera s Cairo bureau chief Hussein Abdel Ghani on Wednesday, calling it an attack on journalists…
An affordable goal
CAIRO: Shisha first found its way into the land of the Nile with the Ottoman conquest in the early 19th Century. It is the modern shisha, however, that is uniquely…
Look who's watching?
An explosion has already been heard in Iran. Not the nuclear kind the world is dreading. This one is softer, curvier (some makes come with an unusually short fuse) and…
Present and Tense
My wife calls me a mule. I call her Forty Acres. Together we're the perfect couple, a dream of emancipation running across oceans of color, creed, and common sense. Last…
Woof
"I like pigs, Winston Churchill is supposed to have said on what must have been a rainy day. "Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat…
Rights activists cry foul after arrest of protesters
CAIRO: Human rights activists condemned the arrest of at least 30 protesters at demonstrations held on 26 and 27 April, held in support of pro-reform judges. Among other groups, the…
Investor views on Egypt stay positive despite bombs
LONDON: If recent history is anything to go by, then this week s bombings in Egypt will not deter investors who stuck with its resurgent economy after even bloodier attacks…
Mubarak vows to defeat terrorism
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday vowed to defeat terror as investigators probed whether a fugitive suspected in previous Sinai resort bombings may have carried out this week s blasts…
BREAKING NEWS: Al-Jazeera bureau chief released on bail
CAIRO: The Cairo bureau chief of Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera was detained for a day and questioned on Thursday by Egyptian state security prosecutors. Hussein Abdel Ghani was arrested on…