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…
Al-Shater submits candidacy docs with thousands of Brotherhood supporters
By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: Former deputy supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Khairat Al-Shater submitted on Thursday the candidacy application for the presidential elections as thousands of supporters gathered to…
No set timeline to conclude Egypt loan talks: IMF
By Reem Abdellatif WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday there was no fixed timeline for concluding loan talks with Egypt and insisted that any IMF financing package have the…
One on One with Abu Dhabi Fest founder Hoda Kanoo
By Joseph Fahim Of the various cultural festivals I’ve covered and attended over the years in the region, none has managed to offer the pure delight I experienced at the Abu…
Whose World Bank?
By Joseph E. Stiglitz NEW YORK: US President Barack Obama’s nomination of Jim Yong Kim for the presidency of the World Bank has been well received — and rightly so, especially…
The energy deficit
By Michael Spence MILAN: I have been surprised by the recent coverage in the American press of gasoline prices and politics. Political pundits agree that presidential approval ratings are highly correlated…
Healing the sick man of South Asia
By Michael Spence LAHORE: Pakistan is undergoing three transitions simultaneously. How they unfold matters not only for Pakistan, but also for much of the Muslim world, particularly as the Arab Spring…
Mr Successful and SCAF
By Omar El Sabh CAIRO: Once more the Muslim Brotherhood’s Guidance Bureau has presented Egyptian politics with a black box by fielding their business tycoon Khairat Al Shater in the presidential…