Abou-Reida elected for FIFA post
CAIRO: Egyptian Football Association (EFA) vice-president Hani Abou-Reida was voted as North Africa's representative in the International Federation of Football Association's (FIFA) executive committee.The EFA confirmed on its official website…
MP calls for harsher punishment for fraud charges
CAIRO: MP Mohamed Khalil Kwaitah proposed a new law to the People s Assembly (PA), calling for harsher punishments to be imposed in fraud crimes, he told Daily News Egypt.The…
German-Egyptian activist wants attention given to Gaza, not to his detention
CAIRO: Activist Philip Rizk described his four-day detention by state security on Thursday in a press conference held in his Maadi apartment in Cairo.Rizk, who turned 27 yesterday, was abducted…
The night "Bibi" won and my Balkan nightmare
During the 1996 Israeli election, I was in the Channel 4 Television studios in London. I still remember the surrealistic atmosphere sitting in the editing room, putting the final touches…
Coming Soon: Capitalism 3.0
CAMBRIDGE: Capitalism is in the throes of its most severe crisis in many decades. A combination of deep recession, global economic dislocations, and effective nationalization of large swathes of the…
In Focus: The Old Middle East
CAIRO: The United States didn't need the Pearl Harbor crisis in 1941 to break its isolation and end the state of uncertainty that prevailed in the international order throughout the…
Report reignites debate on Pharaoh bust in Germany
CAIRO: Egypt will demand Germany return an ancient bust of Queen Nefertiti if a document suggesting it was fraudulently spirited out of the country is authentic, antiquities chief Zahi Hawass…
From dust to dance
Fifteen Sesostris Street, Downtown Alexandria may appear as an unlikely location for a dance center. Smack in the heart of the city's financial district, it is more accustomed to pinstripe…
The vanished beauty of Gaza
So much of what we hear about Gaza today is too morbid and disheartening for words to describe. Yet, everyday we see the state of Gaza in gruesome full color:…
Meek at work
Writing is hard work, acclaimed British writer James Meek assures me. A journalist of 20 years, and a writer with two short story collections and four novels to his credit,…
