Volume, quality, internet access divide mobile operators' strategies
CAIRO: With the number of mobile internet subscribers growing at a furious rate in Egypt, the three mobile operators have been in a frantic scramble to attract new business, retain…
THE REEL ESTATE: Tales of Scheherazade
Yousry Nasrallah, one of Egypt's greatest filmmakers, has crafted not only this year's best Egyptian film of the year so far, but one of the most important movies of the…
If not now, when?
YANGON - All politics are local, goes the old aphorism. Yet today, we can say that all problems are global. As world leaders meet at the G-8 Summit in Italy,…
The Obama doctrine and Africa
MADRID: President Barack Obama's much discussed Cairo speech represented not only the demise of George W. Bush's ideological drive to reconstruct the Muslim world through a democratic revolution; it marked…
Editorial: The slums of Cairo
CAIRO: A coupe of days ago, Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif announced a new strategy to clean out 29 slums deemed "unsafe , as part of a national project that will…
NEW ON DNE'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL : Cross tattoos endure the time, but change in meaning
CAIRO: Girgis Farag Nasr closed his eyes and grimaced with pain as the needle dug into his arm. "Yes, it hurts, he said, "but I like the color of the…
New Egyptian blog calls for release of Iranian detainees
CAIRO: A group of Egyptian activists launched a website demanding the release of Iranian protestors detained on account of demonstrations following the allegedly rigged presidential elections in Iran. "We were…
Admin development ministry to assign watchdog in gov't bodies
CAIRO: The Ministry of Administrative Development's recent decision to assign "an anti-corruption commissioner to overlook ministries and government bodies generated varied responses from civil, political and rights groups.The ministry's transparency…
Health ministry proposes doctor with every Umrah group
CAIRO: The Egyptian Ministry of Health requested that the Ministry of Tourism send a physician to accompany Egyptian groups going on Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca.In the official request letter, the…
Pro-Gamal Mubarak campaigns storm Facebook
CAIRO: Groups on the social networking website Facebook, have recently sprung up to campaign for Gamal Mubarak, head of the ruling party's policies secretariat and son of Egypt's President Hosni…