MANAMA: At first glance, Bahrain's capital, Manama, may not seem like the most interesting of travel destinations in the Middle East. The island itself, located of the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia, is quite small and, apart from the capital, is (...)
A recent analysis piece by P. H. Liotta and James F. Miskel at the Foreign Policy Research Institute examines the coming problems associated with the growth of many of the world’s cities. In particular, the authors focus on an area that they deem (...)
Last week the Obama administration sent its budget request for fiscal year 2011 (FY11) to Congress. The $3.8 trillion request will most likely look far different by the time it is approved by Congress, but it does shed some light on the direction (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian and Israeli filmmakers recently participated in a cultural exchange program sponsored by the U.S. State Department. The program brought together filmmakers, producers and journalists from around the world to interact with their (...)
CAIRO:Â On Monday, the Lebanese army fired anti-aircraft guns at Israeli jets flying over the south of the country. A spokesman for the military said that the planes, Phantom fighter-jets flying at a low altitude, were in violation of Lebanese (...)
CAIRO: Straddling Asia and Africa with a coastline facing Europe, Egypt has long been at the center of cultural and economic exchange between the East and West. These days, exotic spices have been replaced by denim jeans and caravansaries have (...)
CAIRO: On December 16, 2006 the higher administrative court ruled that Egyptian Baha’is would not be issued official identity cards unless they convert to Islam, Christianity or Judaism.
Ahmed Ezzat, who works for a development NGO here in (...)
CAIRO: Pavel Yahoravich Marozau is a Belarusian activist that has been involved in the politics and diaspora community for the last 5 years. He created a cartoon called “Lukashenkoâ€, named after the current president of Belarus, that details the (...)
CAIRO: With few Cairenes owning their own vehicle, most are dependent on other forms of transportation ranging from giant city buses to tiny mini-buses. When these forms of ‘public’ transportation are over-crowded – and they usually are – (...)
CAIRO: On November 27, the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) voted to censure Iran’s nuclear program and forward the issue to the United Nations Security Council. While even China and Russia, countries that have (...)
CAIRO: Straddling Asia and Africa with a coastline facing Europe, Egypt has long been at the center of cultural and economic exchange between the East and West. These days, exotic spices have been replaced by denim jeans and caravansaries have (...)
CAIRO: Israeli President Shimon Peres traveled to Egypt on Sunday to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The two met at the Presidential palace in Cairo to discuss the state of peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians, the status of (...)
CAIRO: A court in Cairo has sentenced two Christian men to death for the murder of the Muslim husband of one of their relatives, Mariam Atef Khilla. The two men, Khilla's brother and uncle, were convicted of entering Khilla's home and opening fire (...)
CAIRO: Hala Mustafa, the Editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram's quarterly Democracy magazine, may face punishment for her meeting with Israeli Ambassador to Cairo, Shalom Cohen, on September 14. She had met with the ambassador to begin the groundwork for a (...)
CAIRO: The American University in Cairo has recently taken advantage of social media websites to expand its online presence. In addition to the school's main website, AUC is now using such social networking sites as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and (...)
CAIRO: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Cairo this week to meet with President Hosni Mubarak and other Egyptian officials. Clinton traveled to Cairo to discuss the situation in Palestine and how the US and Egypt can begin to put (...)