Algerian author scoops German book prize
BERLIN: Internationally acclaimed Algerian author Boualem Sansal Sunday received the annual German Book Trade Peace Prize and said that people everywhere were rising up against dictatorship. Sansal, 62, received the…
Grand banquet of documentaries enthrall at Abu Dhabi
Once again, the Abu Dhabi Film Festival cements its reputation as the regional Mecca for documentaries, thanks to an exciting selection featuring some of the biggest names in documentary filmmaking…
Milton Friedman’s magical thinking
By Dani Rodrik CAMBRIDGE: Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of Milton Friedman’s birth. Friedman was one of the twentieth century’s leading economists, a Nobel Prize winner who made notable…
Afghanistan: A decade of war with no end in sight
By Scott Tankel In October 2001, the United States executed Operation Enduring Freedom. From the onset of the invasion, President Bush made clear that the main objectives of US military action…
Deadly divide and rule
By Philip Whitfield CAIRO: To cross the River Nile from the Corniche to Zamalek you would probably go by bridge. If the bridges were closed, you could take a boat. In…
Salafi parties quit Democratic Alliance, form own list
CAIRO: Salafi, ultra-conservative Islamist parties quit the Democratic Alliance, forming a coalition of their own to compete in the upcoming elections. Leaders of the Salafi parties said that the Freedom…
MB sweep Doctors’ Syndicate polls amid rigging claims
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated “Doctors for Egypt” list won 11 of 12 seats on the Doctors' Syndicate board of directors losing only one seat to its rival “Independence” list in…
Rights group slams car-ramming students at Mansoura University
CAIRO: The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) described on Sunday the car-ramming of a student protest by a university dean in the Delta city of Mansoura…
Five North Sinai Wafd Party leaders walk out
Al-ARISH: Five members of the liberal Al-Wafd party in North Sinai have submitted their resignations to the party chairman Saturday in protest at the inclusion of former regime figures at…
Court rejects Ayman Nour appeal, dashing presidential hopes
CAIRO: The Court of Cassation dismissed Sunday an appeal by former opposition leader Ayman Nour, head of the New Ghad Party, in which he asked for a retrial in the…
