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Islamic parties making strong showings in early tallies
Early indications after vote counting got underway show Islamic Parties, particularly the Freedom and Justice Party and the Salafi al-Nour Party, making strong showings. The Egyptian Bloc and al-Wafd Party continue to lag. Ballot counting (...)

30 - 11 - 2011
Mubarak's trial to be broadcasted exclusively on Egyptian TV
CAIRO: The trial for former president Hosni Mubarak will be broadcasted daily till a sentence is passed. No cameras or cell phones will be allowed in except for cameras belonging to Egyptian television, which will broadcast the trial, said Judge (...)

31 - 07 - 2011
Analysts say it's high time Egypt's stock exchange reopens for trading
CAIRO: Egypt's stock exchange will reopen for trading on Tuesday, after being closed for a month, which came as a relief to analysts and traders. Angus Blair, head of research at Cairo-based investment bank Beltone Financial, told Daily News (...)

27 - 02 - 2011
Saudi-based Islamic group blasts Egyptian bishop for Quran comments
Members of the Saudi Arabia-based International Islamic Fiqh Academy, devoted to deciding issues of Islamic jurisprudence, attacked Egyptian Coptic Bishop Bishoy for statements he made last week in which he challenged the authenticity of certain (...)

29 - 09 - 2010
Why isn't anti-Palestinism Condemned as hate crime?
CAIRO: I bet you've never heard of anti-Palestinism? In Israel and the United States, defaming and delegitimizing the Palestinians is a national sport; but have you ever heard anybody complain about it? Why didn't Americans get worked up when 1,400 (...)

18 - 06 - 2010
The Case for an Impartial Turkish Inquiry
CAIRO: By now, anyone paying attention understands the broad outlines of Israel's notion of what constitutes an ‘impartial' inquiry into the murder of nine activists on the Free Gaza Flotilla. Except for Netanyahu and the cabinet ministers who (...)

15 - 06 - 2010
Egypt preparing personal status law for non-Muslims
Justice Minister Mamdouh Mar'ee has ordered the formation of a committee to draft a personal status law for non-muslims. The committee will be presided over by Omar el-Sherif, the minister's assistant for legislative affairs, and will operate for (...)

13 - 06 - 2010
Part 5: Taking on Mubarak's challenge
If you know Egyptians, you understand that eating less is not an option. If we're going to be importing so much to fill our stomachs, we either need to have something to export or import less of everything else. Every Egyptian must understand one (...)

06 - 06 - 2010
Taking on Mubarak's challenge – health
We've already addressed educational services. In a similar vein, much can be done to improve health services. Egyptian universities graduate as many doctors as Great Britain. It shouldn't take a miracle to create a functional and world class (...)

04 - 06 - 2010
Taking on Mubarak's challenge – housing
Moving on to housing – create incentives to build smaller units by using taxation as a disincentive to building larger units. The housing market is a private market and it should remain that way. But that doesn't mean that those who build mega (...)

03 - 06 - 2010
Part 2: Taking on Mubarak's challenge
Education is another area where Mubarak's government has a long resume of abject failures. In today's Egypt, public education is official mythology; it simply doesn't exist in any meaningful way. The rate of illiteracy is a scandal, the decline of (...)

02 - 06 - 2010
Taking on Mubarak's challenge
A few weeks ago, in a tardy speech to the labor movement, Mubarak laid down the gauntlet for the Egyptian opposition – “Enough with the slogans; show us what you've got in the way of solutions and programs.” Fair enough; taking on Mubarak's (...)

01 - 06 - 2010
Suing racist yahoos
Unless you're a foot soldier in the army of racists and bigots that regularly have their inflammatory comments approved and posted on Yahoo's message board, You'll probably find what you're about to read a little disturbing. I've actually chosen (...)

30 - 05 - 2010
One Holy Land United With Liberty and Justice For All
CAIRO: Next September, on the 17th anniversary of the signing of the Oslo Agreement, the mass media mavens will dust off ancient news clips from last century’s White House signing ceremony and go through the ritual of bemoaning the lack of (...)

30 - 04 - 2010
Deport the Palestinians to where they came from – Israel
CAIRO: It was bound to happen. The Israelis have decided to opt for outright ethnic cleansing. As of April 13 – the Israeli military will be accorded the power to deport any Palestinian or any foreigner in the West Bank if their residence papers (...)

14 - 04 - 2010
Are Egypt’s anti-riot squads causing traffic jams?
It’s never been safe to protest in Egypt. They call in the anti-riot police whenever a couple of dozen kids take to the sidewalks and start to disturb the peace by shouting inflammatory slogans like ‘Freedom.’ Now, these young rabble rousers (...)

08 - 04 - 2010
Bibi makes it personal
Aside from the usual canards, Israel's premier is claiming ancient heritage on the basis of his immigrant father's assumed name. Well, why not, ponders Ahmed Amr* You can't make this stuff up. It was a Monday, the first day of spring in 2010, a time (...)

01 - 04 - 2010
Netanyahu’s Ring and the Legitimacy of Zionism
You can’t make this stuff up. It was a Monday, the first day of spring in 2010, a time usually reserved for a little fresh air. Alas, the Prime Minister of Israel was dispensing noxious fumes in a speech to AIPAC, the pro-Israeli lobbying (...)

24 - 03 - 2010
Preachers told to pray for Mubarak''s health
The Ministry of Religious Endowments has issued instructions to Egyptian preachers to pray for President Hosni Mubarak's good health in their Friday sermons. Mubarak recently underwent a medical procedure in Germany. "We instructed preachers to ask (...)

18 - 03 - 2010
Gazans have no friends in Egypt
This just in – read all about it in Al Ahram – Egypt's semi-official paper. A multi-millionaire, Yehia El Komy, denied marrying Kheloud al Onzy. I ran across this earth shattering news while scanning the front pages of the government operated rag (...)

13 - 01 - 2010
A city called Egypt
It’s past time that Egyptians came to terms with the reality that we’re a country that imports its breakfast. Virtually every grain of wheat and over half the Fava beans make their way to our kitchen tables via our ports. That’s a fact of life (...)

12 - 01 - 2010
Ben Bella was in Cairo and Egypt was alive
Let it never be said that Pan-Arab nationalism died with a whimper. In the streets of Cairo, Algiers and Khartoum – Algerians and Egyptians celebrated the final death knell with gusto. But before we bury the ancient ideological beast, it might be (...)

22 - 12 - 2009
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