Cam McGrath

IRAQ: Blood Splashed Across Arab Media

To Western eyes, the Arab media's focus on gruesome close-up images of dead and wounded Iraqi civilians is a macabre obsession. To Arab audiences it is a firm statement about the tragic reality of war.

IRAQ: Tourism Becomes a Casualty in Egypt

By Cam McGrath

The war in Iraq is taking a heavy toll on Egypt's beleaguered tourism sector, deepening losses the vital industry has suffered over the past two years.

IRAQ: Springtime for Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood

By Cam McGrath

Western "military adventurism" and the inability or unwillingness of Arab regimes to face perceived threats to Islam is giving a new lease on life to the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest Islamic fundamentalist group.

IRAQ: Egyptian Police Clamp Down on Anti-War Rallies

By Cam McGrath

Egyptian anti-war demonstrators protesting against the U.S.-led military strike on Iraq are putting a visible strain on security forces deployed to contain the angry crowds.

POLITICS-IRAQ: Egypt Braces for War Fallout

By Cam McGrath

Egypt is preparing to handle the political and economic fallout of a war in Iraq.

RIGHTS-IRAQ: New Campaign Against War Criminals

By Cam McGrath

A demand by human rights campaigners to arrest Iraqi delegates at the Arab League summit over the weekend was inevitably rejected, but it has focused some attention on violations by Iraqi leaders.

POLITICS-IRAQ: In a League of Their Own

By Cam McGrath

Now in its 58th year, the Arab League has come to be seen in the Arab world more for what it cannot do rather than what it can.

POLITICS: Arabs Divided Ahead of Crucial Summit

By Cam McGrath

Widening rifts among the 22 member states of the Arab League threaten to derail their annual summit called in Cairo March 1.

ECONOMY-EGYPT: New EU Controls Threaten Farmers

By Cam McGrath

New pesticide controls are set to make it harder for Egyptian farmers to export to the European Union.

ECONOMY-EGYPT: Pound Floating Well, For Now

By Cam McGrath

The newly floated Egyptian pound has lifted the money markets, but raised fears also of inflation and heavier import bills.

POLITICS-EGYPT: Debate on Whether Saddam will Seek Asylum Abroad

By Cam McGrath

Egyptian government officials deny reports of a plan to offer Iraqi President Saddam Hussein asylum in Egypt, but analysts say even if an offer were made, the Iraqi leader would probably decline.

POLITICS-EGYPT: Caution Mingles With Criticism of Bush’s Iraq Stance

By Cam McGrath

While senior government officials in Cairo are urging the U.S. Administration to act with caution, some of Egypt's eminent political analysts are blasting what they perceive as Washington's bias towards Israel and sabre-rattling at Iraq.

POLITICS-EGYPT: Caution Mingles With Criticism of Bush’s Iraq Stance

By Cam McGrath

While senior government officials in Cairo are urging the U.S. Administration to act with caution, some of Egypt's eminent political analysts are blasting what they perceive as Washington's bias towards Israel and sabre-rattling at Iraq.

2002-2003/EGYPT: War Drums Threaten Economic Recovery

By Cam McGrath

Egypt's battered economy is showing signs of recovery, but a protracted war in Iraq would be a serious setback, analysts say.

2002-2003/EGYPT: War Drums Threaten Economic Recovery

By Cam McGrath

Egypt's battered economy is showing signs of recovery, but a protracted war in Iraq would be a serious setback, analysts say.

POLITICS-ISRAEL: Arab Vote Could Make a Difference

By Cam McGrath

The upcoming Israeli elections offer the most significant chance yet for peace between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly a decade, but only if the peace camp and Arab voters turn out in strength, Arab commentators say.

POLITICS-ISRAEL: Arab Vote Could Make a Difference

By Cam McGrath

The upcoming Israeli elections offer the most significant chance yet for peace between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly a decade, but only if the peace camp and Arab voters turn out in strength, Arab commentators say.

MEDIA-EGYPT: Political Storm Meets Artistic Death

By Cam McGrath

Jewish groups and U.S. officials who found a television series anti-Semitic are now finding unexpected support from Egyptian viewers tuning out because they find it too boring.

MEDIA-EGYPT: Political Storm Meets Artistic Death

By Cam McGrath

Jewish groups and U.S. officials who found a television series anti-Semitic are now finding unexpected support from Egyptian viewers tuning out because they find it too boring.