Floods destroyed 1,246 homes, says Aswan governor
CAIRO: Flash floods and rains that decimated 1,246 homes in Aswan have finally subsided, governor Mustapha Al-Sayed said Sunday.At least 15 people were killed in the floods that occurred last…
Police torture allegations fabricated, says interior minister
CAIRO: People who accuse the police of torture and violating human rights without having experienced such abuse first hand are making these allegations up, Interior Minister Habib El-Adly said in…
Centuries-old Holy City cellar at heart of Byzantine battle
JERUSALEM: An Arab-Israeli shopkeeper is locked in a Byzantine battle with the Coptic Church over an ancient Jerusalem cellar, in a saga involving Christianity s holiest site and a 12th…
Arab ambassadors against hunger film messages to help Haiti earthquake victims
CAIRO: Mahmoud Yassin and Hend Sabry, Ambassadors Against Hunger for the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), joined international efforts to raise awareness and funding to support relief efforts for…
Obamanomics: year one and beyond
BERKELEY: President Barack Obama has not had an easy first year economically. He inherited a financial system on the verge of collapse. He was bequeathed an economy in recession and…
China unbound
SYDNEY: The appointment of five provincial-level Chinese Communist Party chiefs in early December is a reminder that the ascension of China's next generation of leaders, who will take power in…
The role of informal education in shaping the image of the Other
GIVATAYIM, Israel: Recently I took part as a moderator in an international conference that examined dialogue between people from different backgrounds in a multicultural society. The conference was also attended…
Prosecutor General orders release of royal jewels
CAIRO: Egypt's Prosecutor General has ordered the release of the Mohamed Ali Dynasty's jewelry and antiques that have been kept in a special room in the Central Bank of Egypt…
'Sphinx Alley' gives Egypt large open-air museum
LUXOR: Luxor is set to become one of the world s largest open-air museums when a multimillion dollar project to restore the Sphinx Alley is complete in March, the governor…
Cinema El-Fourn: Cairo's new haven for indie film
Cinema El-Fourn is a very unlikely name for an open-air film theater, but this is exactly what the new initiative from the Darb 1718 Contemporary Art and Cultural Center is…
