Reassuming your position
The Townhouse Gallery is currently hosting a group show titled "Assume the Position, carefully translated into Arabic as "Khaly Balak (be careful or take care). Hosting the work of nine…
Violence against women is not a tenet of Islam
GLENDALE HEIGHTS, Illinois: Listening to the radio one day, I was shocked to hear the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report on widespread occurrence of…
A velvet climate revolution?
BUDAPEST: In the discussions now underway in Copenhagen, the fate of Earth's climate is at stake. Although many of the participants recognize the urgency, the actions of many of them…
Editorial : Lily Sussman and the power of new media
CAIRO: When 21-year-old American student living in Cairo Lily Sussman decided to vacation in Israel three weeks ago, she had no idea that her little trip was going to turn…
A foot in both cultures
NEW YORK: The American dream lured El-Sayed El-Deeb to New York City to pursue medical studies in the year 2000. He had the fantasy of becoming a millionaire in Uncle…
Monument lifted from Cleopatra's underwater city
ALEXANDRIA: Archaeologists on Thursday hoisted a 9-ton temple pylon from the waters of the Mediterranean that was part of the palace complex of the fabled Cleopatra before it became submerged…
9,301 cases of underage marriages in Egypt
CAIRO: A total of 9,301 cases of underage marriage were found in Egypt, according to Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud.Around 4,100 of these cases were found in Cairo, Mahmoud said…
Conference discusses women's rights in MENA region
CAIRO: The Alliance for Arab Women, Karama and UNIFEM organized two conferences on women's rights in the Arab world in Cairo this week.The weeklong series of events culminated on Tuesday…
Church demands compensation for Farshout residents
CAIRO: The Egyptian Church is demanding compensation for the Coptic residents of a village in Qena whose houses and shops were looted and burned in sectarian clashes last month, sources…
Six swine flu deaths bring Egypt tally to 77
CAIRO: Six swine flu related deaths were reported on Thursday, raising Egypt's death toll to 77, according to health ministry spokesperson Abdel Rahman Shahin. Three cases were announced early Thursday,…