Catch the next game at Cairo Marriott's Champions Sports Bar
The Cairo Marriott s Cinema Almaz, located on the roof of the palace, has been refashioned into a small stadium-like ground with a panoramic Nile view hosting daily screenings of…
No time for complacency
LONDON: After years of rapid growth, the countries of Eastern Europe have been especially hard hit by the world financial crisis. Some required billions of dollars of international support. Even…
A new approach to US aid in the Muslim world
EAST MEREDITH, New York: The American University of Beirut (AUB), from which tens of thousands of Arab leaders have graduated over the last 140 years, is a shining example of…
The return of 1948
TEL AVIV: The forthcoming United Nation's conference commemorating the 60th anniversary of UNRWA (The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) could not come at a better moment. The…
Universities cope with swine flu fears
CAIRO: After a week's delay, over three million university students are finally back to school this week, amid what they deem "ineffective precautionary measures. The Ministry of Higher Education said…
Marwa El-Sherbini's murder trial to start this month
BERLIN: The trial of a man accused of the Islamophobic murder of a pregnant Egyptian woman dubbed the veil martyr will begin on Oct. 26, the court said on Tuesday.Prosecutors…
Egypt sees prices rise as agriculture production drops
CAIRO: Egypt has witnessed an increase in commodity prices and a drop in agricultural production, according to a study by the Social Contract Center under the Cabinet of Ministers. The…
Crisis over, say legal specialists
CAIRO: The People's Assembly s legislative committee said the Ministry of Justice's decisions that sparked the legal specialists' crisis were "illegal. In a report about the crisis, the committee urged…
Barakat to end career with Ahly
CAIRO: Ahly winger Mohamed Barakat is willing to see out the remainder of his career with the Cairo club.Despite the fact that both parties failed to agree terms of a…
Ahly's Hosni calls for regular spot
CAIRO: Ahly s substitute striker Osama Hosni is eager to establish himself as a regular starter at the Cairo club, after spending the last nine years of his career as…