Features/Interviews
Anti-border wall campaigns launched in Cairo, Beirut
February 14, 2010
Anti-border wall campaigns launched in Cairo, Beirut
Coordinated opposition to the underground wall currently being built in the Egyptian border town of Rafah along Egypt's 14-kilometer border…
Swine Flu: Was it ever really a threat?
February 13, 2010
Swine Flu: Was it ever really a threat?
Later this month, Egyptian schoolchildren will return from their mid-year break. It will be the first time this year that…
2009 most lethal year for journalists in a decade
February 11, 2010
2009 most lethal year for journalists in a decade
A total of 110 journalists were killed because of their work in 2009, making last year the most lethal in…
The ongoing battle for access to knowledge
February 9, 2010
The ongoing battle for access to knowledge
Copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets: these are only some of the legal means of obtaining exclusive rights to creations of…
Unresolved: Stolen rights, insecurity in Coptic Abu Fana
February 8, 2010
Unresolved: Stolen rights, insecurity in Coptic Abu Fana
Qena -- Almost two years since the vicious attacks on Abu Fana, lying in the Western desert on the outskirts…
Davos: Not much for the Middle East
February 8, 2010
Davos: Not much for the Middle East
Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif had an excellent excuse to miss the Davos forum this year: he just got married. But…
New Burullus harbor unsafe, say fishermen
February 8, 2010
New Burullus harbor unsafe, say fishermen
Mohamed el-Balati boards the boat on which he works as a fisherman in Burullus. He scans the Burullus strait, his…
English-language press: ‘Peace process,’ limp cigarettes
February 8, 2010
English-language press: ‘Peace process,’ limp cigarettes
Middle East peacemaking efforts and the lingering aftermath of last month's sectarian killings in Upper Egypt were the themes this…
Declare ‘zero tolerance’ to FGM/C
February 7, 2010
Declare ‘zero tolerance’ to FGM/C
Yesterday was the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, commemorating the 100-140 million women who have been…
The Nubian dream: Caught between old and new
February 5, 2010
The Nubian dream: Caught between old and new
"Photo, money, come!" pleaded 80-year-old Raseema, who doesn't speak Arabic or English, except for these few words. She only speaks…