September can still produce something useful
By Yossi Alpher September 20 is the day the PLO has targeted for submitting to the United Nations its request for state recognition. It is still not clear how that request…
Rebuilding Libya
By Barak Barfi BENGHAZI: Six months after Libyan rebels took up arms against the country’s leader, Col. Muammar El-Qaddafi, they have finally toppled him. But, while victorious on the battlefield, they…
Rallying for freedom
By Abdullah Abu Rahme We in the West Bank village of Bilin are just one part of a coordinated plan for September, when Palestinians will seek statehood from the United Nations.…
The boundaries of July 14
By Abir Kopty Although some Israelis are calling for making a clear connection to Israel's occupation, the July 14 movement for "social justice" is far from endorsing a position on this,…
A contagion of bad ideas
By Joseph Stiglitz NEW YORK: The Great Recession of 2008 has morphed into the North Atlantic Recession: it is mainly Europe and the United States, not the major emerging markets, that…
President of Cairo University, three others resign ahead of elections
CAIRO: The president of Cairo University, Hossam Kamel, and presidents of Helwan, Fayoum and Al-Wadi Al-Gadeed universities resigned Tuesday before the end of their term ahead of the first ever…
Police used expired, US-imported weapons against Jan. 25 protesters, says lawyer
CAIRO: A civil rights lawyer volunteering for the prosecution in former interior minister Habib El-Adly's trial said on Monday that the weapons and tear gas bombs included in the evidence…
Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya refuses constitutional principles charter
CAIRO: Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya rejected the suggested charters of constitutional principles and guidelines for selecting the constituent assembly drafted by the Cabinet after a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Ali Al-Selmy…
President of Cairo University, three others resign ahead of elections
CAIRO: The president of Cairo University, Hossam Kamel, and presidents of Helwan, Fayoum and Al-Wadi Al-Gadeed universities resigned Tuesday before the end of their term ahead of elections to choose…
Rights group demands dismissal of Prosecutor General
CAIRO: The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) called on Tuesday for sacking the Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud, describing it as an "urgent necessity" to restore confidence in…