Darfur peacekeepers hit by weapons ‘never used before’
The ambush occurred while a UNAMID convoy of military, police and civilian personnel was on its way to the Hashaba area.
Controversial Egyptian movie 678 wins several awards
The two international festivals are big in their own categories; the Cordoba festival is one of the biggest, independent African film festivals in Europe, while the Heartland Film Festival features…
Selling on Cairo streets
With many people struggling to survive from one day to the next, the amount of vendors eking out an existence by trying to sell four pairs of shipship and seven…
Qatari emir to visit Gaza Tuesday, say Hamas sources
It will be the first visit to the Palestinian enclave by an Arab head of state since it was occupied by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war.
Fatah claims victory in first West Bank poll since 2006
The last time the Palestinians voted was in the general elections of January 2006, which the Islamist Hamas movement won by a landslide.
Police battle protesters in Kuwait, witnesses say
Riot police earlier prevented protesters from gathering at three sites set by organisers, using tear gas and batons to disperse them and arresting several people including former Islamist MP Waleed…
Review: Op-ed pages fueled with FJP’s latest elections
Egyptian opinion writers were almost overwhelmed with the latest elections of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party to pick their new president. After Saad El-Katatny was pronounced the party’s…
The Angry “Liberal”?
In any ideological struggle or clash of discourses original ideas may not necessarily hold water.
