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Articles of the author Scott Liddle
Getting Egyptological with tour guides
CAIRO/LUXOR: Candlesticks, tobacco and pipes, almond paste, a flag, and a light Cairene donkey-saddle are some of the items a traveler should acquire for a journey in Egypt according to Murray's Guide to Egypt, published in 1847. And as Thomas (...)

30 - 08 - 2010
Sufism is alive
“Sufism is an entirely indigenous, deeply rooted resistance movement against violent Islamic radicalism. Whether it can be harnessed to a political end is not clear. But the least we can do is to encourage the Sufis in our own societies.” With (...)

26 - 08 - 2010
Youth on the Nile
LUXOR: The monuments of Luxor are no strangers to international tourism. In Greco-Roman times visitors marvelled at the twin colossi flanking the entrance of Amenhotep III's temple on Luxor's west bank. Amenhotep III's name had been forgotten in (...)

17 - 08 - 2010
Luxor launches the International Year of Youth
LUXOR: Some 150 young people from three continents gathered in front of the vast temple complex of Karnak on Thursday night to celebrate International Youth Day. The day marks the start of the International Year of Youth, an initiative put in (...)

13 - 08 - 2010
ANALYSIS: Is Egypt out of Africa?
CAIRO: “Nasser, angered by criticism, says US can ‘jump in lake'.” So read the front-page New York Times headline on Christmas eve 1964. America had just threatened to withdraw aid from Egypt in retaliation for Nasser's support for Congolese (...)

30 - 07 - 2010
Possible to counter terrorism on the basis of the rule of law, says US Attorney General
CAIRO: It is possible to counter terrorism on the basis of “rule of law” and without violating basic human rights, said US Attorney General Eric Holder in a meeting Wednesday with journalists in Cairo. Holder, on the last leg of a five-day trip (...)

28 - 07 - 2010
Room for growth in Mideast private equity
Private equity in the Middle East is emerging stronger and smarter from the financial crisis, finds a new report co-authored by INSEAD and Booz & Company. The report, entitled “Private Equity in the Middle East: A Rising Contender in Emerging (...)

28 - 07 - 2010
Wind of change: All (media) eyes on Egypt
CAIRO: In the last fortnight foreign media have shown increasing interest in Egypt. Their theme: “Change at last?” The Economist, the British weekly and arbiter of Anglophone liberal opinion, published a nine-article special report on Egypt in (...)

26 - 07 - 2010
World Bank report compares FDI climate in 87 countries
CAIRO: A new report by the World Bank Group has compared conditions for foreign direct investment (FDI) across 87 different countries, publishing the results in “Investing Across Borders 2010.” Released on July 7, the report finds that “overly (...)

16 - 07 - 2010
Press reacts to inquest into Ashraf Mawran's death
CAIRO: An inquest is under way in the UK into the death of Ashraf Marwan, son-in-law of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Egyptian man variously described as a “billionaire arms dealer,” an “Israeli spy,” a “double agent loyal to Egypt.” The inquest comes (...)

14 - 07 - 2010
If you think the burqa is degrading, banning it is not the solution
Pierre Bayle, a 17th-century philosopher and theologian, wrote one of the first works on religious toleration of the western tradition. He argued that Christians should not use force to convert those of other faiths to their own beliefs. Rather, (...)

11 - 07 - 2010
SolarDay 2010 highlights the need for 'symphony' of renewable sources
CAIRO: “Why have you turned against me? Am I not part of you? Am I not 70 percent of you?” said the water to the audience. On Saturday evening, the Swiss Club in Cairo hosted a large-scale environmental initiative titled “SolarDay 2010.” The idea (...)

04 - 07 - 2010
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