Special Series: Education: How 'free' is Egypt's free education?
CAIRO: One of the remaining vestiges of Egypt's socialist era is free education from elementary school to university-level, but in the never-ending calls for education reform, rarely is this free…
Cairo's houseboats: Life on the river waves
CAIRO: From the May 15 Bridge as it crosses to Giza you can see the calm, glittering expanse of the Nile below. A few feluccas plough the waves, pushed along…
Human rights 60 years after the declaration
Today we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document that marked a crucial turning point in human history as the first international agreement setting…
Criminalizing HIV
JOHANNESBURG: "If the law supposes that, Mr. Bumble says in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist, "the law is an ass. A criminal law that makes it preferable for carriers of…
Europe's Islam question
OXFORD: The growing Muslim presence in Europe has become a central issue for all European countries, east and west. The numerous debates that have been breaking out across the continent…
Letters: Tolerance is the answer
With reference to an article published by Daily News Egypt on Dec. 5 titled "Honey, I'm homosexual , I'd first like to thank you for picking up such a hot…
"I hate Israel" singer on life support after alleged hashish overdose
CAIRO: Shaabi singer Shaaban Abdel Rehim has been admitted to the intensive care unit of Al-Haram hospital and is currently hooked up to a life support system.Abdel Rehim was brought…
Behind the 'Shades of Ray'
Jaffar Mahmood learnt in graduate school that a good starting point to accomplish your first feature film is to write what you know. In "Shades of Ray, it is evident…
Italian film wins best picture award in Europe
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Gomorra, a movie by Italian director Matteo Garrone about Naples criminal underworld, has won the best film prize at the 21st annual European Film Awards.Garrone also has won…
