Egyptian expats discuss challenges
CAIRO: A large Egyptian flag being carried into a conference hall by a group of young boys and girls. Singer Sherine's patriotic lyrics playing in the background: "Did you drink…
A cat named "Studio"
The residents of 7, Nubar Street in Downtown pin their garbage bags to the wall so that the stray cats do not litter the stairwell. But the feline species have…
Conservative interventionism
BERKELEY: At this stage in the worldwide fight against depression, it is useful to stop and consider just how conservative the policies implemented by the world's central banks, treasuries, and…
History, used and abused
LONDON: In her brilliant book, "The Uses and Abuses of History the historian Margaret Macmillan tells a story about two Americans discussing the atrocities of September 11, 2001. One draws…
Reading the past in order to write the future
GIVAT ADA, Israel: "There is nothing more frightening than ignorance in action . This universal lesson was articulated by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Germany more than two hundred years…
Charity questions UK over extraordinary rendition
LONDON: A legal advocacy group sought Tuesday to compel Britain s government to investigate a Pakistani man s claims that he was aboard an extraordinary rendition flight that made a…
Doctors' Syndicate denounces ministry surprise visits
CAIRO: The Doctors' Syndicate condemned surprise visits conducted by Ministry of Health inspectors to medical institutions, likening them to "police raids. Hamdy El-Sayed, head of the Doctors' Syndicate, said such…
3 AUC students reach finals of international mechanical, engineering competition
CAIRO: Three students from the American University in Cairo's Department of Mechanical Engineering will be heading to San Diego at the end of August to attend a major competition organized…
One dead, five missing in Gaza tunnel collapse, say medics
JERUSALEM: A Palestinian was killed and five others were missing on Tuesday after the second deadly collapse this week of a smuggling tunnel between Hamas-run Gaza and Egypt, medics said.They…
Parts of Giza Zoo declared antiquities
CAIRO: The Supreme Council of Antiquities added the Japanese Kiosk and Citadel Hill, both located in Cairo's Giza Zoo, to the roster of Islamic and Coptic antiquities because of their…