Ashraf Khalil

The state-owned press gives prominent focus on Thursday to emerging details on the upcoming parliamentary elections. Safwat al-Sherif, the National…

US Middle East envoy George Mitchell made a point of telling reporters from the start not to expect any juicy…

Ending months of speculation, opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei has called for a blanket boycott of upcoming Egyptian parliamentary elections by…

As Palestinian, Israeli, and American negotiators fly into Sharm El Sheikh this week for round two of the latest US-sponsored…

State-owned flagship Al-Ahram has happy economic news on its front page, with an announcement by Minister of Economic Development Othman…

Pad Thai is not a very easy dish to create. The noodles can often get squishy if left to soak…

State flagship Al-Ahram tops its front page with what looks like President Mubarak and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy sharing…

It’s one of the mantras of Alcoholics Anonymous and other related ’12-step’ recovery groups, and it goes something like: “Insanity…

Zahi Hawass has never exactly been afraid of making enemies. Egypt’s 63-year-old antiquities chief (a man who cheerfully refers to himself…

Al-Ahram leads its front page with further coverage of the van Gogh Poppy Flowers theft and the continuing aftermath. Today’s…