Muslims at rally: NYPD surveillance keeps us safe
By Colleen Long / AP NEW YORK: Members of an Islamic coalition stood in front of police headquarters with signs to support the New York Police Department's aggressive counterterrorism efforts, saying…
Activist sentenced in absentia; outspoken figures referred to military prosecution
By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: Prosecution referred Wednesday a complaint against 12 activists, politicians and journalists to the military prosecution, the same day activist Asmaa Mahfouz received a one-year prison sentence…
Hospital accused of breaching confidentiality with Al-Nour MP
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Member of the Doctors’ Syndicate Ahmed Hussein filed Wednesday a complaint at the Prosecutor General against officials at Salma Hospital for breaching doctor-patient confidentiality with Al-Nour Party…
Muslim envoys walk out in protest at UN gay rights debate
By AFP GENEVA: African and Arab states walked out in protest Wednesday during a UN Human Rights Council debate on gay rights, saying that they could not legitimize homosexuality. The…
Mainz’s Zidan fined for anti-Kaiserslautern chant
By AP BERLIN: Mainz striker Mohamed Zidan has been fined €6,000 ($7,900) for joining fans in a chant containing a mild expletive against local Bundesliga rival Kaiserslautern. The German Football…
Urban growth has negative effect on children, says UNICEF
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: The current surge in urban growth is creating a harsh environment for children all over the world, according to a UNICEF report. Forty-three percent – 35.2 million…
Franco, Cornish among those with films at Tribeca
By Jake Coyle / AP This year's Tribeca Film Festival will feature many domestically oriented movies that deal with contentious contemporary issues, from the recession to James Franco's artistic antics. Tribeca…
That’s seriously funny: Comics tackle tough issues
By Matt Moore / AP There are wedding bells in Riverdale, but it's not Archie and Betty or Veronica. It's Army Lt. Kevin Keller and the physical therapist who helped him…
Fluxus in Giza: Rana ElNemr and explorations of process
By Marie-Jeanne Berger “I see long streams, which are heavy, strong, dark and constant … I find them abstract, and rather incomprehensible, flowing recklessly most of the times. I call them…
On Women’s Day, remember our Arab sisters
By Amat Al Alim Alsoswa Arab women have fought bravely over the last year to demand dignity and new freedoms. And their courage has been noted: In December, my Yemeni sister…