AUTOMECH Exhibition opens tomorrow
CAIRO: About 500,000 visitors from across the Middle East are expected to attend the 14th annual AUTOMECH Akhbar El-Youm exhibition, which will kick off tomorrow. The exhibition that runs to…
IFC advisory services grew without coherent frameworks, says report
CAIRO: The International Finance Corporation (IFC)'s investment and advisory services grew without coherent global strategic framework, Independent Evolution Group (IEG) said in its 2009 report on IFC's development results, released…
Middle East will be fastest growing region in 2009
CAIRO: The Middle East will be the fastest growing region in the world in 2009, says a recent report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). "In 2009, lose the top…
Songs of Egypt on a canvas
It began with an image of an old telephone. It had to be painted in a context; the one envisioned was of a man putting away his lighter, cigarette and…
DNA test to discover Tutenkhamun's parentage
CAIRO: Egyptian researchers are using DNA tests to discover the lineage of pharaoh king Tutenkhamun, whose ancestry remains a mystery to Egyptologists, antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said on Monday.The young…
What Egypt can learn from the "swine flu" scare
WASHINGTON, DC: Now that the scare over the "swine flu virus (H1N1) has subsided around the world, governments, international organizations and ordinary people are taking stock to determine whether the…
Israelis are shown a glimpse of the Nakba
RAMALLAH: Somewhere outside Tel Aviv last week two busloads of Israelis were taken on a tour of their history. It is a history many of them will have heard a…
Yes He Can! Insha'Aallah, Yes He Will!
Obama is coming to Cairo! What a refreshing change! I'm not just referring to the rather extraordinary popular mood in streets noted in the more recent past for an anti-US…
Doctors' Syndicate outlines anti-smoking campaign
CAIRO: The Doctors' Syndicate outlined its plan to combat smoking in Egypt over the next three months, in a joint campaign with the World Health Organization (WHO). The syndicate aims…
American Islamic Congress will benefit from Obama's visit, says director
CAIRO: As the Arab and Muslim world pricks up its ears for US President Barack Obama's much-anticipated speech on June 4, Dalia Ziada, North Africa director of the American Islamic…