Farah Pandith and US engagement with Muslims
Pandith's appointment is an opportunity, not a panacea - Anja Manuel WASHINGTON, DC: In July 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton named Farah Pandith the Special Representative to Muslim Communities.…
Drug addiction hotline gets 8,000 calls in six months
CAIRO: Egypt's Minister of State for Family and Population Moshira Khattab said that the country's drug addiction hotline has received over 8,000 calls in the past six months, reported the…
Three Egypt drug companies close, owners imprisoned
CAIRO: An Egyptian court found the owners of three pharmaceutical companies guilty of manufacturing and selling counterfeit drugs to the public.The owners of Daber Egypt Ltd., Nunu Misr for Child…
Muslim group: Schalke anthem OK
GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany: A top official with a German Muslim group says he sees no problem with a decades-old anthem at Bundesliga club Schalke that mentions the Prophet Mohamed.Schalke has asked…
Freed journalists home in US after NKorea pardon
BURBANK, California: Two American journalists freed by North Korea returned home to the United States on Wednesday for a jubilant, emotional reunion with family members and friends they hadn t…
Egyptian Writers' Union denounces attacks against controversial writer
CAIRO: The Egyptian Writers' Union condemned the campaign launched against secular writer and thinker Sayed Al-Qimni after he received the State Merit Award in Social Sciences earlier this year.In a…
Sadat's daughter files complaint to US embassy over American comedy
CAIRO: Ruqaya El-Sadat filed a complaint to the American embassy over a reference to her father, late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, made in the film "I Love You, Man. The…
Protesting legal specialists not satisfied with ministry's terms
CAIRO: Protesting legal specialists refused to end their sit-in Wednesday, claiming that the Ministry of Justice changed the terms of a deal they reached Monday.The second round of negotiations between…
Abou-Treika pens new Ahly deal
CAIRO: Mohamed Abou-Trika has pledged his future with Ahly by signing a four-year extension to his contract with the league champions."It is logic that Abou-Trika sees his future with Ahly,…