Military prosecution adjourns interrogation of two activists, releases third on bail
CAIRO: The military prosecution adjourned Monday the case of activists Alaa Abdel Fattah and Bahaa Saber to Sunday and released April 6 member Ali El-Halaby on LE 1,800 bail pending…
A divine display of Coptic art at St. John the Baptist Church
The Church of St. John the Baptist in Maadi has been known for hosting regular art exhibitions that aim at bringing people of all backgrounds, religions and nationalities together in…
Court says Egyptian expats can vote at embassies
CAIRO: Egyptians living abroad can vote in elections in their respective embassies, the administrative court said Tuesday. Justice Abdel Salam Al-Naggar, head of the first circuit of administrative court and…
Uncomfortable truths
By Philip Whitfield CAIRO: Censorship’s logical end is when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads, wrote George Bernard Shaw. The degree of restriction on…
A PALESTINIAN VIEW: Prisoner exchange: No impact on a dead process
By Ghassan Khatib Perhaps surprisingly to some, the exchange of prisoners negotiated between Israel and Hamas, with Egypt's mediation, might not have any impact at all on the peace process. This…
Three ways to wave the Eurozone
By Jean Pisani-Ferry BRUSSELS: Since the summer, the continuing installments of the Greek crisis have concealed a worrying process of fragmentation in the eurozone. Indeed, there are several grim indicators of…
Muslim Americans find ways to engage
By Mehrunisa Qayyum WASHINGTON, DC: In August 2011 the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center released a report in which the key finding was that Muslim Americans are among the most integrated and…
Policemen continue open-ended strike
CAIRO: Several thousand low-ranking policemen gathered in front of the Ministry of Interior Tuesday morning on the second day of an open-ended strike against corruption. The nationwide protest demanded better…
Human Rights Watch warns against possible whitewash in Maspero probe
CAIRO: International rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned of the Egyptian military’s intention to control the investigation into the use of force against unarmed Coptic demonstrators in front of…
Analysis: Tunisia shows democracy can work for Arab Islamists
TUNIS: Tunisia gave birth to the "Arab Spring" and now it is again showing the way in the Middle East by demonstrating that moderate Islamists can win an election without…