Month: August 2015

New tax laws sees more Egyptians filing

CAIRO: Thanks to a national campaign launched to garner awareness of the…

Najla Moussa

Iraqi delegation absent as Arab foreign ministers meet in Cairo

CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers began meeting Wednesday at the Arab League headquarters…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Activists accuse government of fabricating cases against opposition

CAIRO: Activists accused the state of fabricating evidence to support criminal charges…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Egypt frees 950 former militants

CAIRO: Egyptian authorities have released some 950 detained former members of the…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Al-Sadr: Comments serve the enemy

BAGHDAD: The Egyptian president s claim that Shiite Muslims in Iraq and…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Dow Jones launches Egyptian index

CAIRO: A new blue-chip index for top-performing Egyptian stocks has been established…

Waleed Khalil Rasromani

Hijab double standards too often strikes home

CAIRO: Every now and then news comes along that a government outside…

Sarah El Sirgany

Love, war and redemption in the European Film Caravan

CAIRO: Film festivals have become a haven for us, the film fans,…

Joseph Fahim

New cement plant to be built in Aswan

CAIRO: The Egyptian General Authority for Industrial Development (GAID) has approved a…

Najla Moussa

Iraq says no to Cairo following Mubarak's comments

BAGHDAD: Iraq has decided not to participate in a meeting of Arab…

Daily Star Egypt Staff