Human Security in Arab Countries
In just a few days, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will launch the fifth volume of the Arab Human Development Report series.Entitled "Challenges to Human Security in the Arab…
Absent from the discourse
TEL AVIV: Before sitting down to write this article I searched the word combination "Arab Israeli on Google. I learnt the following from the first page of results: an Arab-Israeli…
Decoding Egypt: On Effectiveness and Efficiency
A frequent question they ask at business school is about the difference between "effectiveness and "efficiency. The model answer is that "effectiveness is doing the right things, and efficiency is…
Activists call for an amendment to professional syndicates law
CAIRO: Activists, lawyers and members of professional syndicates in Egypt met at the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) to discuss an amendment to law number 35/1976 to comply with…
Ministry denies detention of former ambassador allegedly caught up in corruption case
CAIRO: Egypt's foreign ministry has denied reports of the detention of the former Egyptian ambassador to Poland, who is allegedly embroiled in a corruption case.In a press statement issued on…
French University wins SIFE national competition
CAIRO: The French University in Egypt won the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) sixth national competition Monday, securing a chance to represent Egypt in the international competition in Berlin in…
Negotiations between Justice Ministry and protesting specialists fail
CAIRO: An attempt by a National Democratic Party MP to resolve the conflict between the Ministry of Justice and protesting legal specialists fell through after the ministry failed to send…
H1N1 cases reach 108 in Egypt
CAIRO: The number of H1N1 cases in Egypt reached 108 by press time, 84 of which have recovered, an official statement issued by the Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center…
Egypt to name street after German 'veil martyr'
CAIRO: The hometown of a pregnant Egyptian woman stabbed to death in a German courtroom is to honor the Islamophobia victim with a street in her name, Egypt's official MENA…
Gamal dismisses retirement rumors
ISMAILIA: Ismaili playmaker Omar Gamal refuted talks that his current injury could force him to retire from the game.The 27-year-old damaged a cruciate ligament while playing for the Dervishes against…