MIDEAST: This Math Class May Figure Out Israel
In a bright and spacious classroom, with plants overflowing in the courtyard outside, six students lean forward at their desks looking at the 10-digit addition they are asked to make. One student stands before the numbers on the chalkboard and a red and yellow-beaded abacus. But her attention is on the abacus she visualises in her mind.
Author : Eva Bartlett
Publ.Date : Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:51 GMT

Poor Thirst as Nile Taps Run Dry
The midday sun punishes a group of veiled women as they wait in line to fill their buckets and jerrycans. They have travelled on foot to a rusty tap on the outskirts of Cairo that gushes irrigation water never intended for human consumption.
Author : Cam McGrath* - IPS/IFEJ
Publ.Date : Fri, 6 Sep 2010 02:05 GMT

EGYPT: Military Court Sentences Civilian Workers
An Egyptian military court handed down sentences Monday in the trial of eight civilian factory workers who led a protest against deteriorating safety conditions in an army-owned factory. Rights groups say the trial should never have taken place.
Author : Cam McGrath
Publ.Date : Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:58 GMT

EGYPT: Brotherhood Struggles Against Shut Doors
As Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood gears up to contest November parliamentary elections, some analysts note the relatively few gains made by the Brotherhood- led opposition over the last five years in an assembly dominated by the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP).
Author : Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani
Publ.Date : Tue, 3 Sep 2010 01:03 GMT

MIDEAST: Pessimistic About Peace, Yet?
As President Obama on Wednesday initiates the ninth U.S. attempt in the last 30 years to bring about a final Palestinian-Israeli peace agreement, expectations are low and pessimism is high.
Author : Analysis by Jerrold Kessel and Peter Klochendler
Publ.Date : Mon, 2 Sep 2010 13:10 GMT

MIDEAST: The Lights Are Going Out on Gaza
The Muslim festival Eid approaches, but not the end to power cuts that have darkened the month-long Ramadan fasting leading up to the festival. Or to the agony of Gazans, made worse by the reminder that it's approaching festive time.
Author : Mohammed Omer
Publ.Date : Thu, 5 Sep 2010 01:44 GMT

MIDEAST: Bureaucracy Limits Rights of Palestinian Women
As Hamas cracks down on the rights of Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip, their sisters in the occupied West Bank are slowly gaining ground. But a bureaucracy, that is sometimes supported by foreign aid, is crippling these advances.
Author : Mel Frykberg
Publ.Date : Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:03 GMT