The Nile and the Red Sea

"Egypt- the country that has been on the top of my "places to see" list since I started writing a list (since I was in primary school). Over time the list has changed a bit, but Egypt has always held it's top place. "To explore Egypt, I did a 15 day budget tour with 23...

Speech to Muslim World Hinges on Venue, Content

President Barack Obama will travel to Egypt next week. While there, he is expected to deliver a major address to the Muslim world, thus fulfilling a promise made during his presidential campaign. As he fulfills that promise, his choice of a venue and the content of his...

Egyptian woman dies of H5N1 bird flu

A woman in Egypt has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus, just one day after a six-year-old boy died of the disease. The twenty-five year old woman was the 25th person to die of the disease in Egypt. She died in a Cairo hospital of respiratory failure. Another four-year-old boy...

Fatwa out of Egypt: Neighbors can make you divorce!

You can't make this stuff up! "Cairo, 13 March (AKI) - A fatwa or religious edict issued by a senior Egyptian cleric invites people to end their neighbours' marriages if they can prove they are collapsing from irreconcilable differences. "If the evidence that the neighbours...

Al-Qaeda founder launches fierce attack on Osama bin Laden

"One of al-Qaeda's founding leaders, Dr Fadl, has begun an ideological revolt against Osama bin Laden, blaming him for "every drop" of blood spilt in Afghanistan and Iraq. Twenty years ago, Dr Fadl became al-Qaeda's intellectual figurehead with a crucial book...