The rate is right

The Central Bank of Egypt stood its ground keeping interest rates unchanged, Niveen Wahish analyses the significance of the decision

You want Arab cash?

If the West wants Arabs to bail it out of its financial crisis, it must put an end to historic injustices and exploitation in the Middle East, Aijaz Zaka Syed writes

Facing the enemy

Can Lebanese society pull together under the ever-looming war clouds, asks Raed Al-Rafei

Sway with me

Kids doing business

Nader Habib finds out that the games kids play have changed

Theatre review: A bitter pill

Time for confession

Damascus television aired the confessions of the perpetrators of a recent bombing. But what exactly are the Syrians trying to say? Bassel Oudat reports from Damascus

'A piece of Egypt'

Niveen Wahish examines the details of a very public privatisation

The occupation cannot stay

Serene Assir in Madrid interviewed Mohamed Al-Faidhi, spokesman of the Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq, on the future of the Iraqi resistance and the inevitabi...

Repercussions of the casual

Order and discipline must replace the lazy fashion of all things casual if national unity, stability and security are to be maintained, writes Mohsen Zahran

Heritage: Invisible people

Blood bags -- part two

The case of the MP charged with supplying defective blood bags to hospitals continues to rumble, reports Reem Leila

Why we celebrate

The election of Obama is not just a gain for the African American community; it is a step forward for all, writes James Zogby

First Lebanon, then Sudan

Egypt's latest diplomatic moves show that its regional clout cannot be overlooked, Dina Ezzat reports

Calm no longer

Israeli military operations and the siege on Gaza make an end to the Egyptian-mediate ceasefire inevitable, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Reverses on all fronts

Millions of Congolese are in dire need of humanitarian help and the country is not ready for Western-style democracy, contends Gamal Nkrumah

The embers of political plurality

It is not just the Ghad Party headquarters that has gone up in flames, reports Mona El-Nahhas

So what's new?

Very little, writes Gamal Essam El-Din, as the People's Assembly opened its new parliamentary session yesterday with Muslim Brotherhood MPs deciding to boycott commit...

Lack of trust

Palestinian national reconciliation talks fail amid charges of political arrests and attempts to impose a fait accompli on those supposedly in dialogue, writes Saleh ...

Boosting Egyptian exports

An international mechanism exists that could substantially increase Egyptian competitiveness, if taken advantage of, writes Magda Shahin