Will Derks draws parallels between Egypt and Indonesia
By Amr Ramadan CAIRO: The role of both established and emergent political parties in the Egyptian political scene after the January 25 Revolution has been continuously called into question since…
Fate of Egypt’s first research university hangs in the balance
By Brett Borkan CAIRO: With its funds frozen, its reputation potentially damaged, and its ability to conduct research threatened, the fate of Nile University, Egypt’s first nonprofit research university, remains…
Democratic Alliance refuses Cabinet’s PA draft law, demands dialogue with SCAF
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: A group of Egyptian political parties refused Monday the People’s Assembly and Shoura Council elections draft law proposed by Cabinet and demanded a dialogue with officials…
Qaddafi can stay in Libya if he quits, says rebel chief
BENGHAZI: Muammar Qaddafi is welcome to live out his retirement inside Libya as long as he gives up all power, Libya's rebel chief said in the clearest concession the rebels…
Syrian forces kill two, aim to retake Hama
DAMASCUS: Syrian security forces killed two anti-regime protesters near Damascus and deployed tanks in a town near Turkey's border, activists said on Monday, as the authorities eyed the recapture of…
Lebanon opposition demands PM back UN Hariri court
BEIRUT: Lebanon's opposition has demanded Prime Minister Najib Mikati announce his full support for a UN-backed court charging Hezbollah members in ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's murder, ahead of a vote of…
Gunmen bomb Egypt gas pipeline to Israel, Jordan
By Hatem El-Buluk Al-ARISH: A group of unidentified gunmen bombed early Monday a gas pipeline through which Egypt exports to Jordan and Israel, the third attempt to blow up the…
French boat symbolically ‘sets sail’ for Gaza
ATHENS: Pro-Palestinian activists on a French boat protested Monday by symbolically "setting sail" on the flotilla for Gaza, revving up their engines in an Athens port in defiance of a…
Bai Ling reveals dark memories of Chinese army
Actress Bai Ling said she is confronting a dark chapter from her past: sexual abuse she suffered as a teenager at the hands of Chinese army officers. Bai, 44, who…
Ibrahim El-Batout on ‘Hawi’, his upcoming movie and future of cinema
F ive years ago, former war reporter and documentary filmmaker Ibrahim El-Batout was another aspiring filmmaker with an atypical vision deemed incongruous with the homogenous local film scene. A couple…
