Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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Osman Mirghani, chief editor of the Al-Tayar daily, lies on his bed after he was severely beaten by armed men who raided the offices of the Sudanese newspaper earlier this week, on July 24, 2014 in Khartoum’s twin city of Omdurman. (AFP/Ebrahim Hamid)

Sudanese newspaper editor denies pro-Israel stance after attack

by Mustafa Sirri | Jul 26, 2014 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The editor-in-chief of Sudan’s privately-owned Al-Tayar newspaper, Osman Mirghani, has denied calling for Khartoum to normalize relations with Israel in the wake of an armed attack on the newspaper’s headquarters, allegedly over his pro-Israeli...

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A Palestinian woman reacts as she arrives to see her destroyed house in Beit Hanoun town, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes, in the northern Gaza Strip on July 26, 2014. (Reuters/Suhaib Salem)

12-hour Gaza humanitarian truce takes hold

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 26, 2014 | Middle East

Gaza and Jerusalem, Reuters—Palestinians in the Gaza Strip poured into the streets on Saturday to recover their dead and stock up on food supplies after a 12-hour humanitarian truce agreed by Israel and Hamas took hold. Women in Beit Hanoun wailed as medics pulled...

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Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko speaks during a news conference at the EU Council in Brussels on June 27, 2014. (Reuters/Philippe Wojazer/Files)

EU edges to economic sanctions on Russia but narrows scope

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 26, 2014 | World

Brussels, Reuters—The European Union reached an outline agreement on Friday to impose the first economic sanctions on Russia over its behavior in Ukraine but scaled back their scope to exclude technology for the crucial gas sector. The EU also imposed travel bans and...

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Armored personnel carriers (APC) of the Egyptian Army patrol on a road close to El Gorah in northeastern Sinai, Egypt, 21 May 2013. (EPA)

ISIS presence in Egypt overstated: official

by Ahmad Al-Ghamrawi | Jul 26, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Radical Islamist groups in Egypt are claiming ties to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in a bid to secure funding and publicity, a senior Egyptian security official told Asharq Al-Awsat. The Egyptian security official, who spoke to...

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Mafrosh book fair, held in Eteni Square in the center of Khartoum on the first Tuesday of the month. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Secondhand book fair rekindles Sudanese love for reading

by Ahmed Younis | Jul 26, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—An old saying goes: “Cairo writes, Beirut prints and Khartoum reads.” The Sudanese are well-known for their love of reading. Khartoum, a primary literature hub in the region, once boasted of its busy bookstores. Here, books were delivered...