President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has a mammoth task ahead of him and he knows it. Modernizing a country, whose institutions, educational facilities, hospitals and infrastructure have been chipped away by neglect or corruption for decades, can't happen (...)
Slandering Dubai has become fashionable in Western circles. One after the other, rabid British reporters and columnists, in particular, are sinking their teeth into the emirate. The latest news that Dubai World seeks to re-structure its debt (...)
The ongoing debacle over the Egypt-Algeria World Cup qualifiers is childish and sad. It not only reflects badly on the values of today's society but also upon the respective governments whose handling of the situation leaves much to be desired. (...)
The knives are out for Libya simply because the Scottish Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill made the decision to release the only person convicted in connection with the 1988 Lockerbie bombing on compassionate grounds, ignoring US government (...)
Judging by the standing ovation President Barack Obama received when he reached out to the Muslim world at Cairo University, his words have been accepted as balm on hurt wounds.
Towards the religion of Islam he was respectful: "I have come here (...)
Egypt has come under a barrage of criticism due to its reluctance to keep open its border with Gaza despite humanitarian appeals. Critics also wonder how the largest and one of the most influential Arab nations can cooperate with the incoming right (...)
Sentimentality isn't really my thing and as a rather hard-bitten and hard-biting political columnist I do have a reputation to maintain. So there was no-one more surprised than me to note that every time I think about the 100-vehicle British aid (...)
Inspired by a British reality show depicting the transformation of rotund, multiple chinned women into svelte and dynamic go-getters within a mere six weeks, I dug deep into my pockets and headed for the Grand Hyatt Health Club.
Getting to the (...)
On Sunday came the anticipated verdict following the trial of Iraq's former leader Saddam Hussein - death by hanging. Early media reports described Saddam as shaking and shaken. In reality, he fluctuated between being anger, defiance and composure. (...)
The Israel-Palestine conflict is tragically the most enduring and, arguably, the most written-about. Yet often sincere truth-seekers are left in the dark due to the relentless propaganda emanating from either from professional spin masters or people (...)
The proof of a pudding is whether it tastes good and doesn't make you ill. If the 'War on Terror' was a dessert, we'd all be suffering from food poisoning. It's a failure, and according to numerous leaked documents, that's official. But when, oh (...)
Once upon a time a disgruntled millionaire troglodyte plotted with his ideological cohorts in his Afghan mountain fastness to teach the superpower a lesson. As a result, 19 volunteers, including several trainee pilots, were dispatched to the U.S. to (...)
Israel is in trouble. Its president Moshe Katsav is being investigated for allegedly raping one of his own staff members. Ehud Olmert, its Prime Minister, is accused of accepting a whopping $500,000 bribe from a building contractor and of making (...)
Amazingly, the Egyptian President has managed the impossible, and it only took a matter of minutes. Eat your heart out Condi and Jack! Hosni Mubarak has actually succeeded in uniting members of the Iraqi government-in-waiting with his civil war (...)
A Supreme Council Court decision taken in January has thrust greedy developers into a fever. Without notice, the country s beautiful historic buildings, as well as turn-of-the century villas and apartment blocks, have become fair game for demolition (...)
CAIRO: The recent promotion of 42-year-old Gamal Mubarak to Assistant Secretary-General of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) has once again triggered questions concerning his ultimate political ambitions.
Has Hosni Mubarak s youngest son (...)