Budget deficit widens as analysts blame lack of political will
CAIRO: Egypt’s budget deficit is expected to peak to LE 182 billion from LE 134 billion, the Central Bank governor said Sunday, according to the state official news portal. As…
Continued victory for Islamists in round two of PA elections
CAIRO: Islamist parties were once more in the lead in round two of parliamentary elections, raking in 72 percent of the seats. According to the Supreme Electoral Commission, the voter…
Release of activist Alaa Abdel Fattah gives hope for other detainees, say lawyers
CAIRO: An investigations judge released Sunday prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah pending investigation into involvement in the Oct. 9 Maspero violence. The decision, hailed by rights activists and politicians, follows…
Doctors’ Syndicate says attacks on doctors are ‘intentional’
CAIRO: The Doctors’ Syndicate will file an official complaint to the Prosecutor General against those behind attacks on doctors who were treating protesters during the Mohamed Mahmoud Street and Cabinet…
SCAF pushes up Shoura elections, political powers divided
CAIRO: The Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) approved a proposal by the Advisory Council Saturday to push up the Shoura Council election with the aim to finalize it by…
Arab poll results and the way forward
By Saliba Sarsar WEST LONG BRANCH, New Jersey: People across the globe are trying to comprehend the significance of what is happening in the Middle East, particularly in terms of what…
The insider brain gain
By Esther Dyson NEW YORK: Unfortunately, many new technologies and business models make money for investors without creating jobs for workers. That causes unemployment and increases what the blogger Clay Shirky…
One-of-a-kind debate on women’s rights in Palestine
By Nida' Tuma RAMALLAH, West Bank: A Facebook page with nearly 2000 members has recently attracted the attention of the Palestinian public and media. “Puzzled young women” is becoming an important…
A prisoner’s Christmas
By Yuliya Tymoshenko LUKYANIVSKA PRISON, KYIV: It has been said that there are no atheists in a foxhole. Here, after my show trial and four and a half months in a…
Arts chocked by 2011 intensity, with rare glimpses of hope
By Mariam Hamdy This year has been an emotional roller coaster for Egyptians, and it seems that the ride will continue to thrill and terrify its way into 2012. Our social,…