India’s democratic tempest
By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI: April might be the cruelest month, but, for India’s major political parties this year, March was fairly brutal. On March 6, following an American-style “Super Tuesday”…
Gone with the wind
By Bjørn Lomborg COPENHAGEN: Efforts to stem global warming have nurtured a strong urge worldwide to deploy renewable energy. As a result, the use of wind turbines has increased ten-fold over…
The Pope I knew
By Joseph Fahim This article is not an obituary to Pope Shenouda III, who passed away on Saturday, March 17 at the age of 88; nor is it an appraisal…
Egypt’s Coptic Pope Shenuda III dies
By Samer al-Atrush / AFP CAIRO: Egypt's Coptic Pope Shenuda III, spiritual leader of the Middle East's largest Christian minority, died on Saturday at the age of 88, state media and…
Buttered Up: Fears, regrets and crust-less quiches
By Sarah Khanna I stretched, laying flat, fingers flopping around my side table in search of something to pull my hair up and away from my pillow-creased face. Happy to see…
Music that survives: Cairo Jazz Fest in year four
By Chitra Kalyani Alive is how you feel at the Cairo Jazz Fest, with the music ringing loud and clear across the Nile that flows alongside Sawy Culture Wheel in Zamalek.…
Sinai Bedouin lift siege on peacekeeper camp
By Reuters CAIRO: Dozens of Bedouin who had encircled a camp belonging to a multinational peacekeeping force in the Sinai Peninsula lifted their siege on Friday following negotiations with the Egyptian…
Pope to visit Lebanon September 14-16: church official
By AFP VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI will visit Lebanon in September to preach peace and unity for Christians in the Middle East, a senior religious figure said Friday a…
Parliament to approve final criteria of Constituent Assembly Saturday
By Heba Hesham CAIRO: Elected MPs of both houses of parliament are to hold a joint meeting Saturday to agree on the final criteria for electing members of the Constituent Assembly…
Protesters support Samira Ibrahim on Egyptian Women’s Day
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Hundreds of protesters rallied Friday in front of the High Court in support of Samira Ibrahim, one of the activists who were subjected to the virginity tests…