1. The Gaza War\'s Effect on Women
(Newsletter)

...ng member of the Islamic Movement, a Palestinian group, accusing him of inciting violence. CONTINUE... Al-Azhar face-veil ban questioned CULTURE By Al Jazeera    Wednesday, 07 Octobe...

2. Chomsky on Obama Speech
(Newsletter)

...to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over 1,000 years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University...

3. Al-Azhar face-veil ban questioned
(News/Culture)

...tudies Institute (ISI) in Cairo, said although it was not required by Islam for women to cover their faces, Al-Azhar University should allow women to chose what they want to wear. "No official ha...

4. Valediction, disquisition and contradiction
(Editor/Editorial)

...eech, paused with 33 applause interruptions, was hosted by the Islamic epicenter of learning represented by Al-Azhar, oldest university in the world (970 AD), and center of Islamic law and jurispruden...

5. Full text of Obama speech in Cairo
(Editor/Daily)

...to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over 1,000 years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University...

6. Guantanamo Controversies
(Opinions/Politic)

...am, to disfigure its image in the minds of American." Shaikh Muhammad Sayyid al-Tantawi, the rector of al-Azhar seminary and the chief Sunni authority in Egypt, called the desecration of the Kora...

7. Islamist fighters buried in Gaza
(Archived/News/Arab)

Palestinian families have held funerals for at least a dozen fighters from a pro-al-Qaeda group killed in a battle with Hamas, the de facto rulers of the Gaza Strip.

8. UK exhibit depicts Yemeni settlers
(Archived/News/Culture)

Some of the earliest Muslim settlers to the UK are being celebrated in an art exhibition in the north-east of England.

9. Iran says ties with Egypt improving
(Archived/News/Arab)

At the end of a rare visit to Egypt, a senior Iranian envoy has said that the two countries are making progress in normalising ties after nearly three decades of discord over regional issues.

10. Iran and Egypt hold rare talks
(Archived/News/Arab)

After 27 years, a senior Iranian official has held talks with government and religious leaders in Cairo about reopening diplomatic ties with Egypt.