Top companies finance innovation despite economic downturn, says study
CAIRO: In its fifth annual "Innovation 1000 study, global management consulting firm Booz & Company has revealed positive news for innovators: despite economic insecurity and falling profits, the world's 1,000…
Cairo in abstract form
Cairo is a metropolitan city. Millions of people from every face of the earth visit the Egyptian capital each year, in groups or individually. Some stay longer than others, but…
The great silencing: intolerance and censorship in the Arab world
"Where are the moderate voices from the Arab world? This common lament often leads to nostalgic evocations of the Golden Age of Islam, which stretched from the 7th to the…
Twenty years after the Wall
BERLIN: Those who witnessed that night 20 years ago in Berlin, or elsewhere in Germany, will never forget what happened - the night the Wall came down.History in the making…
Liberating the Palestinian and Zionist narratives in Israeli schools
UMM-AL-FAHM, Israel: Last August, the Israeli Minister of Education, Gideon Sa'ar, presented to the government his program entitled "The Israeli government believes in education . The program aims to fulfill…
Trial delayed in German courtroom stabbing case
DRESDEN: The prosecutor in the trial of a man accused of knifing a pregnant Egyptian woman to death in a German courtroom says the hearing has been delayed because the…
Knockin' on chat room doors: Egyptians look for love online
CAIRO: Because boyfriend/girlfriend relationships are still somewhat of a taboo in Egypt, some couples resort to virtual relationships, hiding behind their computer screens as they get to know one another.A…
Health ministry closes three schools as H1N1 cases increase
CAIRO: The Ministry of Health ordered the closure of three schools for two weeks because of the rising number of H1N1 cases among its students.According to the ministry's press statement,…
Mido says he has no complaints over Egypt snub
CAIRO: Zamalek striker Ahmed "Mido Hossam says he fully respects Egypt coach Hassan Shehata s decision to leave him out of the squad facing Algeria on Nov. 14.The 26-year-old, who…
Abd-Rabou angered by fake injury claims
CAIRO: Egypt s holding midfielder Hosni Abd-Rabou sounded his dismay with some Emirati reports suggesting that he had pretended to be injured in order to join the Pharaohs training camp.…