'Garbage Dreams' documents Cairo's zabaleen community
Mai Iskander's documentary film "Garbage Dreams was one of the highlights of a conference on sustainability that took place last week.Set in Cairo's densely-packed neighborhood of Mansheyet Nasser, the film…
Egypt's oldest university in spotlight over niqab ban
CAIRO: Al-Azhar University in Cairo is one of the oldest and most respected Sunni religious institutions in the world. It works hard to uphold the image of Islam by supporting…
Slouching Toward Sanity
BERKELEY: In America today - and in the rest of the world - economic-policy centrists are being squeezed. The Economic Policy Institute reports a poll showing that Americans overwhelmingly believe…
J Street and the ATFP are norm breakers
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida: In "Transforming America's Israeli Lobby, Dan Fleshler argues that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is not helping Israel's long-term interests and it is not…
Islamic philosopher Mostafa Mahmoud passes away at 88
CAIRO: The funeral of prominent Islamic thinker, author and philosopher Mostafa Mahmoud brought together the rich and the poor, the simple man on the street and the intellectual.Mahmoud's funeral was…
NGOs challenge decision to limit external students' access to universities
CAIRO: Two NGOs have criticized as unconstitutional the decision to restrict the access of external students to universities.Individuals who fail to achieve the grades necessary to be accepted as full…
Egypt reports first suspected student swine flu death, fifth death overall
CAIRO: A nine-year-old boy is suspected of having died of swine flu early Saturday morning, Egypt's health ministry announced.The student attended Egypt Language School in Helwan governorate's Fifth Settlement."The boy…
German accused of Islamophobic murder suicidal, mother says
BERLIN: The man on trial for murdering pregnant Egyptian Marwa El-Sherbini in Germany in a frenzied anti-Islamic attack, is suicidal, his mother said in a press interview on Sunday."He no…
Abd-Rabou sustains negligible ankle injury
CAIRO: Egypt midfielder Hosni Abd-Rabou sustained a minor ankle injury that will keep him out of action for a week, which means he will be available for the Pharaohs crucial…