Telecom Egypt Q1 profit up 72 pct, beats forecasts
CAIRO: Telecom Egypt reported a 72 percent rise in first quarter net profit on Thursday and said it was open to spending its cash pile on acquiring a fixed and…
Israel renovating and raising barbed wire fence on border with Egypt
CAIRO: Israel has begun renovating and raising the barbed wire fence on its side of the Egyptian-Israeli border in a possible effort to curb attempts by African refugees to enter…
Security arrests Muslim Brothers in dawn raids
CAIRO: Egyptian security forces arrested 14 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood in dawn raids at their homes on Thursday, a judicial official told AFP.The men, members of Egypt s…
Egyptians in US urge Obama to raise issues of reform with Mubarak
CAIRO: Egyptian groups in the US urged Barack Obama to tackle issues such as political reform as well as the continuation of the emergency law with counterpart Hosni Mubarak when…
Panelists shed light on challenging financial landscape at InterGas
CAIRO: Heeding warnings from Egypt's petroleum minister about delaying investments in the energy sector, a panel at InterGas discussed the challenging financial landscape this week. On the sidelines of the…
Energy experts urge Egypt to capitalize on growing demand for gas
CAIRO: Industry insiders at the fifth annual InterGas conference Wednesday expected a growth in demand for gas and highlighted the potential for investments in this sector in Egypt, underlining the…
Egypt shares fall, Telecom Egypt results welcomed
CAIRO: Telecom Egypt surprised the market on Thursday with a 72 percent rise in net profit for the first quarter, helping its shares record a modest gain while shares elsewhere…
Egypt's 4.3 pct economic growth 'a breakthrough,' says Mohieldin
CAIRO: Egypt's economy grew by 4.3 percent in the third quarter of the current fiscal year, an unexpected development that Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieldin called "a breakthrough. Economists were surprised…
A tree in the desert: An interview with Egyptian choreographer Karima Mansour
With the establishment of MAAT for Contemporary Dance in 1999, Karima Mansour became the founder of the first independent dance company in Egypt's history. One of the most established choreographers…
Sherry Jones speaks out about controversial 'Jewel of Medina'
A year before the release of her divisive fiction about the relationship between Prophet Mohamed and his wife Aisha, author Sherry Jones found herself in the middle of a media…