Buttered Up: Salmon and zucchini in the rush of the city
By Sarah Khanna For years, my phone would not ring. It would rest beside me, disturbing nothing, a simple prop in the room. To Cairo, Kuala Lumpur was at the farthest…
Ex-spy chief Omar Suleiman to run for president
By AFP CAIRO: Egypt's former spy chief Omar Suleiman is to contest next month's presidential election, the official MENA news agency reported on Friday, after having ruled himself out of…
Pilgrims fill Jerusalem for Good Friday, Passover
By AFP JERUSALEM: Christians and Jews in the Holy Land were set to begin marking their most important festivals of the year on Friday, with Good Friday and the Jewish…
Over US mother, Islamist likely out of Egypt race
By Maggie Michael / AP CAIRO: Egypt's election commission has confirmed that the mother of a popular Islamist presidential hopeful was an American citizen, effectively disqualifying him from the race and…
Bahrain activist moved to hospital after hunger strike
By Firouz Sedarat /Reuters DUBAI: A jailed Bahraini activist who has been on hunger strike for 58 days was moved to a hospital and fed intravenously on Friday after his health…
Abu Ismail supporters flood Tahrir Square
By Heba Hesham CAIRO: Scuffles broke out between supporters of Islamist presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu Ismail and protesters denouncing the Islamist-dominated Constituent Assembly tasked with drafting the constitution as…
Former MB youth leaders slam nomination of Al-Shater, support Abol Fotoh
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Former young leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) criticized the group's decision to nominate former deputy supreme guide Khairat Al-Shater for president, announcing their support to one…
Interpol issues arrest alerts for two Libya officials
By AFP LYON: The global police agency Interpol issued alerts Thursday seeking the arrest of two senior officials in late Libyan strongman Moamar Qaddafi’s regime on suspicion of torture and…
The soldier, the politician, the Sheikh and his mother
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: On the fourth anniversary of the April 6 protests, an invisible voyeur looks down from above, sporting a grin that is part gloating and part ‘mission…
World food prices rise further, raising fears of unrest
By Svetlana Kovalyova and Veronica Brown / Reuters Global food prices rose in March for a third straight month with more hikes to come, the UN's food agency said on Thursday,…