The protests in Cairo are now in their third week, and despite everything that has happened in the furious, violent yet ultimately hopeful 15 days in the Egyptian capital, the bond between President Mubarak’s regime and his western allies, the US...

Egyptian writers have condemned a call by a group of Islamic lawyers for the classic book Arabian Nights to be banned because it is “obscene”. The group, Lawyers Without Shackles, filed a complaint with Egypt’s prosecutor general...

Imagine an enemy that kills one person every six seconds with non stop-killing. He is also responsible for one in 10 adult deaths worldwide, killing 5.4 million people a year! You may see his shadow at home, work, and even on the street you walk in....

The global run on food that has led to shortages and riots in Egypt, Haiti and other nations has made its way to U.S. shores. Concerned about rising prices and limited supplies of staples such as rice and flour, customers across the country have been...