ANALYSIS: Egypt’s army draws anger as transition drags
CAIRO: When Egypt's military ruler was caught on video in a civilian suit strolling through downtown Cairo and speaking to passers-by, web users swiftly mocked it as a stunt to…
Police storm Al-Jazeera Mubasher headquarters for second time
CAIRO: Police stormed the new headquarters of Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr, the Qatari channel’s live transmission from Egypt, for the second time in one month, the channel's Managing Editor Abdel Moneim…
New concept store: The Studio @ Zafir
It is at Zafir that you can buy Egypt’s funniest shirts. Zafir, a small shop on Taha Hussein Street in Zamalek, offers well-cut and well-produced shirts with slogans and…
US congressional delegation quizzed on emergency law, democracy, free trade
CAIRO: A US congress delegation reaffirmed on Wednesday American support for Egyptian democracy. The delegation, which includes US congressmen David Drier, David Price, Gwen Moore, Jim McDermott, and Keith Ellison…
Three hugely ambitious men
By Brian O'Neill The Yemen revolution, born in the flush of Arab spring optimism, has descended into a body-strewn battleground pitting three sides that are entirely divorced from the hopes and…
Reconciling Libya after Gaddafi
By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz EAST MEREDITH, New York: What has really divided Libyans during the past seven months has not been tribe, class, culture, ethnicity or race. In the wake of…
Thick as BRICS
By Jorge G. Castañeda MEXICO CITY: When the United Nations voted for what was known as partition and created the State of Israel 64 years ago, subsequently granting it full membership,…
Gunmen kill Egypt church guard
By AFP CAIRO: Gunmen shot dead a church guard and wounded another south of the Egyptian capital on Thursday before fleeing, a security official said. Three men drove up to…
April 6’s dream and the Nobel
By Waleed Rashed To those who love freedom around the world, to those who dream of better lives, to those who seek to break their shackles and the limits that were…
Democratic Alliance threatens to boycott PA elections
CAIRO: The Democratic Alliance, a coalition of 34 political parties, threatened to boycott the November parliamentary elections in a meeting held late Wednesday, if its demands aren't met by Sunday.…