MPs to go on a peaceful march despite security refusal
CAIRO: Opposition and independent MPs, including members of the Muslim Brotherhood, will organize a peaceful march on Monday, May 3, despite the Ministry of Interior's refusal to grant them permission.…
Ghali endorses new pensions and insurance law
CAIRO: In an interview on primetime show “Egypt Today,” Ministry of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali discussed the draft pension and insurance law which elicited mixed reactions when it was proposed…
Egypt to build its largest oil refinery
CAIRO: Egypt plans to build an oil refinery with Chinese investment worth $2 billion to supply the domestic market as well as export to China, the state news agency MENA…
Country music with an Islamic flair
He is America’s first Muslim country-western musician, and he has Egyptian roots. With his thick Southern drawl, he speaks Arabic with a novel twang. The Egyptian audience at Kareem Salama’s…
Curtain call for Japan's premier kabuki theater
Hundreds of people swarmed Tokyo's Kabukiza, the celebrated home of Japan's traditional kabuki drama, as it closed its doors Friday to be demolished and rebuilt into a high rise tower.…
US, Egypt negotiate Mideast nuclear-free zone: report
WASHINGTON: US officials are in talks with Egypt over a plan to make the Middle East a nuclear-free zone, part of an effort to block the Iranian nuclear program, The…
Egypt embassy says girl in underage row still in Egypt
ABUJA: Egypt’s embassy in Nigeria said Thursday a 13-year-old girl at the center of claims that a Nigerian senator had taken the minor as his fourth wife is still…
Arab nations back indirect peace talks with Israel
CAIRO: Arab nations on Saturday endorsed indirect peace talks between the Palestinians and Israelis, a move that likely paves the way for the start of long-stalled US-brokered negotiations. The United…
Amnesty calls for retrial of Hezbollah case in Egypt
CAIRO: Amnesty International on Thursday called for a retrial of 26 defendants convicted in Cairo of working for Lebanon's Hezbollah to launch attacks in Egypt, criticizing the use of an…
Blues on the Nile
During a recent visit to Cairo on April 25, I rang a boat restaurant on the Nile to make a dinner reservation for the following day . As the venue…
