Sudden U-turn in Turkiye-Egypt relations
YASAR YAKIS November 27, 2022 Short Url A sudden U-turn occurred last week in Turkiye-Egypt relations when Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met in […]
COP requires comprehensive reform ahead of UAE meet
ANDREW HAMMOND November 24, 2022 Short Url In typical COP fashion, world governments seized a last-minute agreement on Sunday in summit overtime, including a breakthrough on the loss and damage […]
Holy Family Trail: A new path though Egypt’s holiest sites
Share using EmailShare on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on Linkedin (Image credit: Anthon Jackson) Recently, Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism & Antiquity has launched the Holy Family Trail, stringing together some 25 stops […]
As the world burns, faith leaders urge ‘civilizational acquaintance’
BARIA ALAMUDDIN November 07, 2022 Short Url The shocking, racist comment that “Europe is a garden … Most of the rest of the world is a jungle, and the jungle […]
The entrepreneurial state must lead on climate change
Nov 07,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Mariana Mazzucato CAIRO — In recent weeks, several members of the Glasgow Financial Alliance on Net Zero (GFANZ), a group of 450 financial institutions, have quit over concerns about the cost of delivering on their climate commitments. In dropping out, they have given the […]
We are on highway to climate hell, UN Chief warns
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COP27 Blog: Interfaith responses to the climate crisis
Interfaith prayer before COP26, Glasgow. PHOTO: Albin Hillert/LWF By Bishop Philip Huggins Our Australian diplomats and negotiators recently gave briefings to those of us going to COP27. We have a […]
As pope visits, leading Muslim cleric urges intra-Muslim dialogue
Issued on: 04/11/2022 Awali (Bahrain) (AFP) – One of the world’s leading Islamic clerics on Friday called for dialogue between the faith’s two main currents to settle sectarian differences, in an address […]
King Charles should attend climate summit says US envoy
By Justin Rowlatt Climate editor King Charles should reconsider his decision not to go to the UN climate conference in Egypt, President Biden’s climate envoy has told the BBC. John […]
Cracking the Rosetta code: How a black slab of stone unlocked a world to an ancient Egyptian civilization
SPECIAL A new British Museum exhibition marks 200 years since scholars cracked the code of the Rosetta Stone, pictured. (© The Trustees of the British Museum) Short Url Updated 14 […]
Is this the end of the Muslim Brotherhood?
Muslim Brotherhood flag. (Stock photo) Abdulrahman al-Rashed Published: 29 September , 2022 With the passing of yet another Muslim Brotherhood symbol, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the movement loses one of its key propagandists. […]
Jason Greenblatt’s ‘In the Path of Abraham’ offers an inside track on the Middle East peace process
Previous SPECIAL 1 / 6 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pose for a picture with the foreign ministers of Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Morocco and the UAE following their meeting in […]
Why blocking King Charles from COP27 in Egypt is a mistake
FAISAL J. ABBAS October 04, 2022 Short Url With Britain having acquired a new head of state and a new head of government in a matter of days last month, […]
Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Qaradawi dies at 96
By AFP – Sep 26,2022 – JORDAN TIMES In this file photo Egyptian Muslim scholar Sheikh Yusuf Al Qaradawi addresses Muslims at Al Azhar Mosque during the weekly Friday prayer in Cairo […]
A royal death
Nouran Sallam Tuesday 13 Sep 2022 The death of Queen Elizabeth II last week will doubtless give rise to some difficult conversations about Britain’s colonial legacy in much of the […]
Green development is now the only option
Sep 12,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Alessio Terzi BRUSSSELS — In the run-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm Al Sheikh, this year’s energy crisis has […]
Imam Al-Shafii: Those who seek higher status must labour through the night
Amira Noshokaty , Tuesday 18 Aug 2020 Imam Al-Shafii (767-820 AD) was the founder of the eponymous Shafii school of Islamic jurisprudence, one of the four dominant schools in Sunni Islam […]
Egypt to penalise facilities that ban entry of veiled women
Ahram Online , Wednesday 7 Sep 2022 Egypt’s Chamber of Tourism Establishments (CTE) said that tourist venues that ban the entry of veiled women will be subject to penalties that include […]
As a dark force in the Middle East, the UAE hinders regional peace, democracy, freedom
BY NUR ÖZKAN ERBAY ANKARA JUN 18, 2020 – DAILY SABAH EDITED BY DILARA ASLAN In this July 22, 2017, file photo, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (R), Crown Prince of Abu […]
Ambitious new vision needed to fix Arab region’s inequalities
OSAMA AL-SHARIF August 30, 2022 Short Url The title of the latest report by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia on inequality in the Arab region is […]