Egypt government proposes anti-discrimination law
CAIRO: Egypt's government on Wednesday proposed an anti-discrimination amendment to its criminal code, mostly aimed at the troubled Christian minority which has been the target of sectarian attacks. The bill,…
Doctors plan open strike on Sept. 10
CAIRO: Egypt's Doctors’ Coalition is preparing to hold an open strike starting Sept. 10 to demand the dismissal of the health minister’s "corrupt" assistants, better wages and security at hospitals.…
New theory blames KGB for death of Albert Camus
Famous French author Albert Camus, who died in a car accident in 1960, may have been the victim of a Soviet plot, new research suggests. Italian academic Giovanni Catelli, an…
Turkish bureaucrats are literature watchdogs
By Safak Timur/ AFP A 10-member board headed by an agricultural economist and including a doctor, an imam and a psychologist, is the only legal body in Turkey authorized to send…
Chronicles of a bourgeoisie foodie
I am the most spoiled foodie in town. I have, for the past three years of my life, been sent to sample, taste, test, gorge and guzzle on the best…
A PALESTINIAN VIEW: West Bank wall: Illegal, unjust and ultimately destructive
By Ghassan Khatib Ten years after Israel started building a Wall in the occupied West Bank, the project has not proven Israeli arguments in its defense, but rather illustrated the Palestinian…
Translating growth into poverty reduction
By Vinod Thomas and Marvin Taylor-Dormond Many countries experienced unprecedented economic growth and a significant reduction of poverty over the past decades. With an average yearly growth rate of 10 percent,…
Oslo attack sheds light on polarizing public debates
By Aslak Sira Myhre OSLO: When terror struck Oslo, many in the West’s first response was to blame Muslims. In pubs and on the streets of Oslo, girls wearing headscarves and…
A planet for all apes
By Peter Singer MELBOURNE: Two new movies released this month — one a science-fiction blockbuster, the other a revealing documentary — raise the issue of our relations with our closest non-human…
Escalation in Gerga as governor escapes meeting with victims’ families
CAIRO: Gerga residents slammed Sohag Governor General Wadah El-Hamzawy on Tuesday when he “fled” from a meeting with families of the victims of recent clashes, in a move they considered…