Egypt officials see end to US NGO stand-off
CAIRO: Egypt's government will back down in a stand-off with Washington over US funding for civil society groups because allowing the dispute to drag on could jeopardize aid worth billions…
‘Halftime in America’ ad creates political debate
By Corey Williams / AP People rarely pick a fight with Dirty Harry. But Chrysler's "Halftime in America" ad featuring quintessential tough guy Clint Eastwood has generated fierce debate about whether…
Book shows Chinese laureate’s struggles with West
Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo has been hailed as a bold champion of democracy, but a new compilation of his writings shows him also to be deeply introspective and doubtful…
For Tony Kaldas, ‘art is not an option, it’s a right’
At Al Masar Gallery, an exhibition simply titled “Bahgory on Revolution” is currently on display. George Bahgory is one of a handful of artists who have become household names in…
Decoding Egypt: The Dominance of Mubarakism
By Nael M. Shama One year after the dramatic ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, many Egyptians now look retrospectively at the jubilation that followed his resignation with pain and…
PA summons petroleum minister to discusses gas crisis
CAIRO: Minister of Petroleum Abdallah Ghorab told the People’s Assembly (PA) Monday that the average citizen does not benefit from the LE 20 billion allocated subsidy for butane gas cylinders…
A strategy for Russia’s Snow Revolution
By Mischa Gabowitsch MOSCOW: Nonviolent revolutions do not always remain nonviolent, as the examples of uprisings in Egypt, Libya, and Syria in the Arab Spring have shown. But peaceful movements for…
Overcoming Islamophobia in US elections
By Muqtedar Khan NEWARK, Delaware: Islam has become an important part of American discourse leading up to the 2012 federal elections and candidates everywhere appear eager to take a position on…
Neville Chamberlain was right
By J. Bradford DeLong BERKELEY: Neville Chamberlain is remembered today as the British prime minister who, as an avatar of appeasement of Nazi Germany in the late 1930’s, helped to usher…
Syrian forces bombard Homs, Lavrov arrives for talks
AMMAN: Syrian forces renewed their bombardment of Homs on Tuesday as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Damascus for talks aimed at pressing President Bashar Al-Assad to end a…