Egyptian women participate in Bush fellowship
By Jamie Stengle / AP DALLAS: A yearlong fellowship program that aims to help women in the Middle East hone their leadership skills and build a network of support has been…
Woman taxi driver breaks barriers in Egypt
By Aya Batrawy / AP CAIRO: It has all the trappings of an Egyptian taxi. The radio is usually tuned to the legendary singer Umm Kulthoum, whose robust voice is a…
Islamists could crown Egypt’s next president
By Hamza Hendawi / AP CAIRO: A lineup of Islamists, retired generals, old regime figures and political newcomers are campaigning to become Egypt's first president since Hosni Mubarak's fall, but none…
IMF to schedule mission to Egypt later in March
By Reuters WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund has received a document outlining Egypt's proposed economic program, to be supported by IMF financing, and will schedule a mission to Cairo later…
Why Egypt needs a coalition government
By Mustafa Abdelhalim CAIRO: Recently, Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Egypt have repeatedly made calls for a new coalition government, which would represent all parties in parliament. Can Egypt benefit by adopting…
Greece’s soft budgets in hard times
By Daniel Gros BRUSSELS: The first de facto default of a country classified as “developed” has now taken place, with private international creditors “voluntarily” accepting a “haircut” of more than 50…
Pakistan’s first Oscar
By Beena Sarwar BOSTON, Massachusetts: Pakistan’s online community erupted in virtual cheers as Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy received an Academy Award (or Oscar) recently in Hollywood for co-directing the Best Documentary (Short…
A devaluation option for Southern Europe
By Emmanuel Farhi, Gita Gopinath and Oleg Itskhoki CAMBRIDGE: This year is likely to mark a make-or-break ordeal for the euro. The eurozone’s survival demands a credible solution to its long-running…
Cuba’s sculptor of the stars can’t quit tobacco
By Jean-Herve Deiller / AFP Fidel Castro, Winston Churchill, Jack Nicholson, Groucho Marx and Arnold Schwarzenegger — meet the cast of notables Janio Nunez has sculpted entirely out of Cuba's famed…
Court adjourns NGO case to April 10, HRW urges Egypt to drop charges
By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: Head of the Cairo Criminal Court, Justice Makram Awwad adjourned until April 10 the trial of non-Egyptian NGOs charged with illicit foreign funding, ordering the Prosecutor…