Journalists, activists protest sacking of Al-Dostor editor
CAIRO: About 200 journalists and opposition activists protested Thursday outside the Journalists’ Syndicate in downtown Cairo against the sacking of Ibrahim Eissa, editor-in-chief of independent daily Al-Dostor, while an emergency…
Pope Shenouda, Azhar Sheikh call for religious understanding, national unity
CAIRO: Pope Shenouda and Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayeb issued a statement on Wednesday calling for national unity and citizenship. In the statement, Shenouda and El-Tayeb condemned “inciting sectarian…
Egypt tries to silence critics before elections, says Freedom House
CAIRO: A Washington-based NGO has described the firing of Al-Dostor editor Ibrahim Eissa and cancellation of several prominent talk shows as evidence that the authorities have “ramped up attempts to…
October acrobatics and amusement at CirCairo
Circus at Al-Azhar Park entrance is everything you can imagine it would be: joyfully blaring trumpet music, acrobats, chaos, clowns, crowds, juggling, jostling, screaming, somersaults, a skirmish and some missing…
Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel literature prize
Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most acclaimed writers in the Spanish-speaking world, a man of letters who also braved the violence and political divisions of his homeland to…
Egypt making progress towards meeting MDGs, says report
CAIRO: With five years until the 2015 deadline, Egypt has made substantial progress towards reaching its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a recent report said. The Egyptian Ministry of Economic Development,…
CAF to investigate Ahly-Esperance incidents
CAIRO: CAF's disciplinary committee will investigate the clashes which marred Ahly's Champions League clash at home to Tunisia's Esperance, the African governing body said on Wednesday. Ahly claimed…
Egypt encourages poultry, meat imports to fight rising prices
CAIRO: Egypt is offering import relief to counter the rising prices of meat and poultry, which have increased to levels exceeding the international rate — reaching 25 percent and 40…
Give-and-take needed on IMF reforms: Egypt minister
WASHINGTON: The only way to break a deadlock over how to give emerging nations more say at the International Monetary Fund is to make sure everyone walks away feeling like…
A new focus for real estate in Egypt
CAIRO: Developers in the Egyptian real estate sector that were focused solely on the high profit margins of luxury developments are adjusting their strategies to cater for the middle-classes, a…