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Football is the new religion – a post-match musing

Back in the United Kingdom – where I’m from – a new phrase entered the national consciousness during the 2004 European Championships: ‘football is the new religion’...

Headlines from the region - 3/2/2010

Families of Jordanian prisoners in Syria, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the US appealed to the government to intensify its efforts to help secure the release of their beloved ones. According to the organization, there are 250 Jordanian prisoners in Syria, over 46 in Iraq, 27 in Israel, 14 in Saudi Arabia, six in Iran and five held by the US...

HRW Jordan: Stop Withdrawing Nationality from Palestinian-Origin Citizens

Jordan should stop withdrawing nationality arbitrarily from Jordanians of Palestinian origin,..

Egyptian government, NGOs duke it out in Geneva over women’s rights

CAIRO: The Egyptian Government, represented by the National Council for Women, in Geneva last Friday,..

Suez Canal: Chinese, Iranian and Israeli ships decline, Americans increase

CAIRO: The Official data released by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has revealed a marked decrease in the number of Chinese,..

Egypt H1N1 death toll rises to 258

The Egyptian Health Ministry reported on Sunday that the H1N1 influenza death toll has risen to 258. The statement said that one person was reported to have died from the virus, commonly known as swine flu, on Sunday...

Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood “not brothers”

Experts seem to support this claim. In a conversation with one of the world’s leading experts on the Muslim Brotherhood, Khalil al-Anani, the question of Hamas and its connection with the Brotherhood arose. He argued that in order for a member of the Brotherhood to turn toward violence “they would ostensibly have to leave the group, because the Brotherhood is not an extremist or violent entity and adheres to peaceful transitions of power.”..

Headlines from the region

Meditel Morocco inks Rotana Media deal Reuters reported on Monday that Moroccan mobile operator Medi Telecom (Meditel) on Friday..

American poll finds Arabs believe economy deteriorating

CAIRO: Only one-quarter of Egyptians said that the economic situation in the country is heading for the better,..

Egypt: tourism drops slightly in 2009

CAIRO: Mahmoud Amr gets the call and knows it is big, the smile creasing across his lips says it all...

At African Union Summit, Egypt says it welcomes Chinese investments

CAIRO: Egypt continued its push to get China to invest in the country, this time at the 14th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...

Middle East IT spending to lead world

Severe budget cuts in the IT sector in 2009 are over, as experts at the CIO Summit in Dubai said they are looking at 2010 to bring stability and increases in the global spending levels on IT. Analyst group IDC said at the summit that it is expecting a massive push in the Middle East in IT growth, although worldwide they say it will only rise some 3.2 percent...

A Jewish voice against the “burqa ban”

While studying abroad in the French city of Strasbourg in 2007, I decided to grow a bushy beard. Little did I know that in France only traditional Jewish and Muslim men don anything but the most finely trimmed mustache or goatee. Since I did not wear a yarmulke or other head covering, people who saw me on the street assumed that I was Muslim...

Cairo International Book Fair in full swing as literary censorship remembered

The books are in place on the shelves and thousands of Egyptians and foreigners scour the titles, searching for a deal that will make it worth buying one of the millions of books at the 2010 Cairo International Book Festival, which kicked off last Thursday...

Muslims helping Haiti

Haiti is experiencing unimaginable suffering from its devastating earthquake, with more than 150,000 dead and one to three million individuals displaced...

Egypt looks for three in a row at African Cup of Nations

Their is excitement in the air, previous matches being shown on local television screens and smiles on faces Sunday, as Egyptians prepare to watch their national team take on Ghana in the African Cup of Nations final in Angola...

CPJ: Moroccan independent magazine faces closure

Moroccan authorities continue to stifle free press and freedom of speech in the country, the press watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a report published January 29...

The Internet killing the freelance journalist

Aspiring freelance journalists came to Egypt and the Middle East in abundance in recent years, but with the continued fast-paced Internet age, timing has become vitally important for news organizations to remain afloat...

Headlines from the region 29-1-2010

Morocco is a “sign of hope” in a troubled region whose role as stabilizer is valued by the European Union, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Thursday. “Morocco’s role in global and regional politics is one of a moderator and stabilizer,” local media quoted Tusk as saying after a meeting with his Moroccan counterpart, Abbas El Fassi...

Stop the politicisation of Islam in Switzerland

The year 2010 has started off as a difficult one for Muslim-European relations. Switzerland’s 29 November referendum banning the construction of minarets is still producing an outcry in the country and abroad...