Egypt index dips in late sell-off
CAIRO: Egypt's benchmark index EGX30 ended slightly lower, its sixth straight decline, in low volumes after late selling hit Ezz Steel and blue chip firms dipped into the negative after…
Mozambique salutes late godfather of photography
Mozambicans on Tuesday mourned the recent death of Ricardo Rangel, a groundbreaking photojournalist who documented six decades of Mozambique's history from colonialism and through civil war.The 85-year-old Rangel, whose photographs…
Award-winning Iranian director urges support for protests
Award-winning Iranian film-maker Bahman Ghobadi, in Paris after being released from jail, on Tuesday urged the world to come out in support of the country's young protesters."Iran's youth has spilled…
Barbès and the multi-culti music fest
Wust El-Balad fuses jazz, rock, and oriental music into a mélange dubbed as "Downtown. Yet even Cairo's 'heart of town' paled in comparison to the Orchestre National de Barbès in…
Celebrating Eratosthenes with pencils and rulers
ALEXANDRIA: The Bibliotheca Alexandrina celebrated Eratosthenes (276-195 c), one of the prominent head librarians of the ancient library, with a day of science fun where about 500 Alexandrian preparatory school…
French patriotism shared across religious lines
PARIS: France currently has the largest Muslim community in Europe with approximately five million people (i.e., about eight percent of the total population), most of whom hold French nationality. This…
What's wrong with ethnic profiling?
BRUSSELS: Several years ago, as terrorism, immigration, and unrest in suburban Paris were at the top of the news in France, a French police officer confided to a researcher: "If…
Evaluating Western media coverage of Iran's elections
CAIRO: It's hard to understand what s really going on in Iran. Every time I log on to the internet and go to reputable news sites, Iran is making headlines.…
Foot and mouth disease is no pandemic, says official
CAIRO: Officials at the General Authority for Veterinary Services quelled concerns surrounding the spread of foot and mouth disease (FMD) after several deaths among livestock animals in a farm in…
Families of seven missing men say they are illegally detained
CAIRO: The families of seven men detained since March say that they have still not been informed of the reasons for the men s detention. Lawyers from the Arab Network…
