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Politics/headline news
A global Egyptian judge
Veteran diplomat Nabil El-Arabi has been chosen to sit on the UN's International Court of Justice in the Hague. El-Arabi is the third Egyptian to serve as an ICJ judge. His term will begin on November 1 and will last for four and a half years. El-Arabi previously served as Egypt's permanent representative to the UN.
(October 25, 2001)
Columnists
According to American sharia
Al-Wafd's front page cartoonist gets pretty harsh on the US air strikes against Afghanistan in Wednesday's edition of the opposition daily, titling his cartoon "No comment". It shows two US fighter planes, one dropping chickens onto Afghanistan, the other dropping bombs. The chickens have a sign on them saying, "Slaughtered according to Islamic sharia". The bombs, meanwhile, have hit a man, on whom is a sign that says, "Slaughtered according to American sharia".
(October 25, 2001)
New developments
Cairolive on TV
Cairolive founder and director Tarek Atia appeared on Nile News's Sabah Gedeed.com talk show on Thursday morning to talk about cairolive.com and its recent finalist ranking in the Highway Africa Innovative Use of New Media award. Atia told the channel's audience that "cairolive.com tries to provide its readers with the news they want about happenings in Egypt, both big and small." He also said that the site aimed to satisfy readers' many requests for even more content, urging interested parties to suggest or provide the means of support needed to fulfill this noble goal.
(October 25, 2001)
Miscellaneous
Wedding day boycott
The title of an article in this week's Al-Wafd says it all: "A wedding night political lesson: A bride refuses to enter her wedding party until it is empty of all American drinks". Turns out the bride at the Jordanian wedding reported by the paper was a strong believer in the movement to boycott American products -- and when she saw soft drinks with US brands on the tables she decided not to join in on her own festivities until the US-based soft drinks were all removed. One of the guests, impressed by her steadfastness, immediately went out and bought all the other guests locally-produced fruit juice instead, the paper says.
(October 25, 2001)
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