Rejoice, it’s election season
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: Some crimes are just unforgivable, no matter who committed them. In Shubra El-Kheima a few days ago, according to news reports, two 14-year-olds were arrested…
7,000 civil society members apply for permits to monitor elections
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Sixty-three civil society organizations have applied to the National Council for Human Rights Council (NCHR) for authorization to monitor the upcoming parliamentary elections on Nov. 28, NHRC…
Nobel Peace Prize winners urge nuclear weapon ban
HIROSHIMA: The Dalai Lama and other Nobel Peace Prize laureates from the last four decades gathered Friday at a hotel a few miles from ground zero of the world's first…
Ahly’s Shehab faces three weeks on sidelines
CAIRO: Promising midfielder Shehab Ahmed will miss Ahly's crunch tie against Ismaili after spraining his ankle few minutes after scoring the equalizer in the 1-1 draw at Gouna earlier this…
Abdul-Shafi granted Egypt reprieve despite Niger slip-up
CAIRO: Zamalek left-back Mohamed Abdul-Shafi, criticized for a string of lackluster displays, is relieved to have earned a call up to Egypt's squad for next week's friendly against Australia. The…
Hassan makes Shikabala request
CAIRO: Zamalek coach Hossam Hassan asked Egypt manager Hassan Shehata to drop Shikabala for next week's friendly game against Australia. The 24-year-old wizard was replaced in the second half of…
Mecca goes upmarket but commercialism unnerves some
MECCA: Sitting in the marble lobby of a luxury hotel in Mecca, Moroccan bank director Mohammad Hamdosh gets a breather from the cacophony of pilgrims bustling around the Grand Mosque…
Time magazine claims Egypt aided Israel in assassination of Gaza operative
CAIRO: Egypt aided Israel in the assassination of a Gaza operative called Mohamed Namnam, Time magazine claimed in an article published Wednesday. Namnam, 27, affiliated with the Army of Islam,…
Animal slaughter methods defy sharia, anger animal rights groups
CAIRO: On the Autostrade road south of Cairo, a walking distance from the city of the Dead, lies the Basateen slaughterhouse. Once inside its gates, the smell of blood cannot…
Obama spotlights failure of UN reform
UNITED NATIONS: US President Barack Obama's support for India's bid for permanent membership on the UN Security Council put the spotlight on the failure of the United Nations to reform…
