Fishing for meaning in a play of patriotism and immigration
By Tom Dale “If I Weren't Egyptian” is a play about a young man who wants to emigrate to Italy, a middle aged German-speaking belly-dancer, a silent old gentleman who has…
The Persian Knot
By Joschka Fischer BERLIN: The negotiations between Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, plus Germany, over Iran’s nuclear program are entering a new, and probably…
What should the World Bank do?
By José Antonio Ocampo NEW YORK: I have been honored by World Bank directors representing developing countries and Russia to be selected as one of two developing-country candidates to become the…
Kenyan youth demanding change
By Kennedy Kachwanya Whenever I think of the youth issues, I remember: "Our youth are not failing the system; the system is failing our youth. Ironically, the very youth who are…
Judge: 3,200-year-old mummy mask can stay in US
By AP ST. LOUIS: A judge says a 3,200-year-old Egyptian mummy mask at the center of an international dispute will remain in a US museum. The US government sought to…
Dispute over Constituent Assembly reaches stalemate
By Heba Hesham CAIRO: While members of the Constituent Assembly tasked with drafting the constitution believe abiding by Al-Azhar’s document would solve the controversy over the assembly's make-up, members who have…
Egypt sends Christian student to jail for insulting Islam
By Ahmed Tolba, Mohamed Abdellah and Yasmine Saleh / Reuters CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced a 17-year-old Christian boy to three years in jail for publishing cartoons on…
Brotherhood hopeful promises clerics a role
By Maggie Michael / AP CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for Egypt's presidency is lobbying hard for support of ultraconservative Muslim clerics, promising them a say over legislation in the future…
Squash tournament returns to Egypt after troubles
By AP CAIRO: One of the world's leading squash tournaments will return to Egypt this weekend after it was dropped last year because of the revolution, raising hopes of a…
BMW, Guggenheim salvage Berlin ‘lab’ after threats
By AFP German automaker BMW and New York's Guggenheim Museum said Tuesday they have found a new site in Berlin for an urban design "laboratory" after irate residents of a…