The Arab Spring’s balance sheet
By Wadah Khanfar CAIRO: Last year’s events in Egypt and Tunisia drew the curtain on a tottering old order and delivered much of the Arab world into a long-awaited new era.…
Iran is not an existential threat
By Bruce Riedel The danger of war is growing again over Iran's nuclear ambitions. Iran is rattling its sabers, the Republican presidential candidates and others are rattling theirs. But even if…
Are Arab Jews extinct?
By Naava Mashiah GENEVA: The growing rift between Israel and the Arab world makes it hard to imagine that Jews and Arabs once coexisted across the Middle East. At one point…
Telling stories of Muslims and Christians in Syria
JERUSALEM: Twelve years ago, I travelled to a monastery in the Syrian desert, where I met an Italian priest by the name of Father Paolo Dall'Oglio. For 20 years, he…
Military rule failed us, say Nubian youth
CAIRO: Members of the Democratic Union of Nubian Youth (DUNY) said in a press conference Wednesday that the military rule since the 1960s has failed to this day to end…
50 groups kick-off ‘Week of Anger and Mourning’ to commemorate Jan. 25
CAIRO: Some 50 political movements, groups and parties announced Wednesday plans for mass protests and marches over a week starting Jan. 20 to commemorate, not celebrate, the anniversary of the…
Radioactive material stolen from Egypt plant, says report
CAIRO: Radioactive material has been stolen from a nuclear power station on Egypt's Mediterranean coast that was the site of violent protests last week, state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported on Thursday.…
Civilian court cannot try Mubarak for graft: lawyer
CAIRO: Civilian courts have no authority to hear corruption charges against ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak because he reverted to his former military rank when he quit, his defense lawyer…
Women leaders swap experiences at Yahoo Summit
CAIRO: “The most powerful and revolutionary thing to do is to share life experiences as if they matter, because they matter,” said Mona Eltahawy, prominent columnist. In a…
No Wikipedia? What if the Internet went down?
WASHINGTON: If a day without Wikipedia was a bother, think bigger. In this plugged-in world, we would barely be able to cope if the entire Internet went down in a…