The Israeli education system and the question of shared citizenship
JATT, Israel: The concept of "shared citizenship refers to all citizens of a state being able to take equal part in the public and civic space of that state. The…
Sports channel sues commentator for violating contract
CAIRO: Modern Sports satellite channel is suing Alaa Sadek for LE 5 million for violating their contract after he stormed off the set and resigned on air Friday night.Sadek in…
Mideast gov'ts need to cooperate to face epidemics, say experts
CAIRO: Middle East governments should focus on local as well as regional cooperation to handle emerging diseases and reach effective control strategies, health experts said.Experts participating in the Emerging Zoonotic…
Health ministry announces 17 new H1N1 cases
CAIRO: Egypt announced 17 new cases of H1N1, raising Egypt's total number of cases to 1,092, according to the health ministry's official spokesperson Abdel Rahman Shahin.An official statement issued by…
Egypt aims to makes schools 'smart' by 2011
CAIRO: Minister of Communications and Information Technology Tarek Kamel and Minister of Education Youssry El-Gamal are working together on a plan to develop secondary schools around the country over the…
Media freedom in Egypt remains under attack, says RSF
CAIRO: Press freedom in Egypt remains shackled by a host of draconian laws, and state interference, NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in its annual worldwide index on press freedom…
Court annuls Journalists' Syndicate 2007 elections
CAIRO: An administrative court ruling earlier this week invalidated the results of the Journalists' Syndicate's elections of 2007.Fayez Zayed, chief editor of Akhbar El-Parlaman (Parliament News) magazine, and Khalil Fathi,…
Egypt police arrest woman for kidnapping scheme
LUXOR: Egyptian police say they have arrested a woman who had claimed she was kidnapped together with her young female cousin in hopes of bilking relatives out of the $55,000…
