The Arab Spring is an opportunity for Israel
By Natalia Simanovsky TEL AVIV: The Israeli government and security establishment are viewing the sweeping changes in the Middle East and North African region with apprehension. While it is human nature…
Calling it Sharia shouldn’t make it scary
By Jon Pahl PHILADELPHIA: What’s so scary about Sharia, or Islamic legal principles? According to a recent decision from a US Federal Appellate Court — one level below the Supreme Court…
Demilitarizing Muslim politics
By Shahid Javed Burki ISLAMABAD: Can Muslim governments free themselves from their countries’ powerful militaries and establish civilian control comparable to that found in liberal democracies? This question is now paramount…
Emerging donors chip away at aid industry’s status quo
By Alex Whiting / AlertNet MOGADISHU: Where most expat aid workers fear to tread in Mogadishu, recently arrived Turkish aid workers have been driving in the streets, swimming in the sea…
Egypt’s Brotherhood toes fine line on economy
By Una Galani / Reuters Breakingviews The Muslim Brotherhood’s economic platform isn’t likely to be fully implemented, but it offers a good glimpse of the type of policies they will push…
US outrage as Egypt bars Americans from leaving
CAIRO: The barring of six Americans working for publicly funded US organizations promoting democracy in Egypt from leaving the country provoked angry demands in Washington that Cairo's new military rulers…
Egypt rejected Kazakh wheat after purchase
PARIS: None of the four cargoes of Kazakh wheat bought by Egypt's state buyer so far this season made it to the North African country after GASC rejected one cargo…
Egypt faces hurdles in securing IMF aid
CAIRO: Egypt faces a struggle to secure a $3.2 billion IMF aid package that economists say is crucial to averting a balance of payments crisis and which, even if it…
Online database keeps memory of martyrs alive
CAIRO: Giving a face to the martyrs of Egypt’s Jan. 25 revolution is the main goal of the founders of Lan Nansahom (We won’t forget them), who feel the victims…
Shoura Council elections to start Sunday with new ballot boxes
CAIRO: The first round of elections for Egypt’s Upper House of Parliament, the Shoura Council, will start on Sunday in 13 governorates, with new ballot boxes, the Supreme Electoral Commission…