Suez Canal revenues rise in July
CAIRO: Egypt's Suez Canal Authority posted July numbers that signal a steady rebound for one of the government's primary income sources.Revenue for the canal in July hit $382.9 million, about…
Indian outrage at actor's US airport questioning
Indian newspapers on Sunday railed against the questioning of Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan at a New York airport after the actor suggested he had been singled out because he was…
Daring not to dance in Rawabet dance showcase
After two years of continuous training with a number of leading Egyptian and international dancers and choreographers, the Cairo Contemporary Dance Workshop Program presented the resulting project, "Open Doors, performed…
Why America Will Lead the "Asian Century"
SINGAPORE: Not a week passes, it seems, without a big-picture thinker releasing a big-picture book or giving a big-picture sermon describing the gradual eclipse of American hegemony in Asia. True,…
Make room for Hamas in the peace process
WASHINGTON, DC: Any meaningful Israeli-Palestinian peace effort cannot exclude or ignore Hamas. If the process is to have a chance of achieving a meaningful conclusion, Hamas must be brought in,…
Dealing with overt and covert racism
JERUSALEM: Jewish-Arab relations in Israel are fraught with tension, and racism is part of it whether we admit it or not. Racial tension is not a product of the conflict…
Former minister joins World Bank
CAIRO: Medhat Hassanein, former Finance Minister and a finance professor at the American University in Cairo, was appointed as a member on the World Bank's Joint Committee on the Remuneration…
ECWR distributes children's booklet on sexual harassment
CAIRO: The Egyptian Center for Women's Rights released last week a booklet and animation film on sexual harassment of children in a step aimed at confronting the taboo issue. The…
Police brutality in Warraq gets rights group's attention
CAIRO: An alleged mass arrest, torture of detainees and framing evidence turned the attention of human rights lawyers from El-Nadim Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence to Al-Warraq district…
Ministry of Justice launches surprise inspection campaign on specialists
CAIRO: The Ministry of Justice is paying surprise inspection visits to legal specialists' offices nationwide, threatening to take administrative action should specialists fail to report their achievement records for July.Regular…