Belal out of Coton clash
CAIRO: Ahmed Belal did not make Ahly's 19-man squad for the CAF Champions League final first-leg clash against Coton Sport due to a groin injury.The 28-year-old striker suffered a groin…
ED medicine TV ad pulled in Egypt 'weapon' row, says report
CAIRO: A television advertisement for erectile dysfunction medication has been pulled from the air in Egypt after viewers protested about its use of popular song Keep the Weapon Awake, media…
Alexandria teacher's trial set for Nov. 16
CAIRO: The Alexandria Criminal Court set Nov. 16 as the trial date of 23-year-old mathematics teacher Haitham Nabil Abdel Hamid, who kicked 11-year-old Islam Amr Bader to death last week.The…
El-Gamal touts success rates, teacher reiterate demand for unconditional pay raise
CAIRO: Education Minister Yosry El-Gamal announced a "85.9 percent success rate in assessment exams sat by teachers in August, while lobby group Teachers Without a Union (TWU) have renewed their…
Brotherhood students launch "morality" campaign at Egypt's universities
CAIRO: A young Muslim Brotherhood group recently launched a "morality campaign at Egyptian universities that is reportedly attracting more crowds than their vocal demonstrations ever have.Titled "Raqi Bi Akhlaqi (exalted…
Egypt not top priority for next US president, says Pintak
CAIRO: McCain or Obama? Everyone's wondering and on Saturday, about 300 people, mostly Egyptian, packed a conference room at the Semiramsis InterContinental Hotel in downtown Cairo for a conference on…
Low turnout at anti-NDP protest
CAIRO: A few dozen people gathered Saturday outside the Journalists' Syndicate in Cairo at a scheduled protest against the National Democratic Party (NDP) during its fifth annual conference.Opposition leaders and…
Sufi order finds strength in numbers
CAIRO: "Madad ya Sheikh El-Arab (Give us strength, O'Sheikh El-Arab). "Shi-allah ya sidi ya Badawi (Give us charity, O' Sayed El-Badawi,). These words echoed in my mind as we set…
The American leader we need
LONDON: Around the world, America's presidential election campaign has attracted as much attention as domestic political controversies in each of our own countries. The interest the world has taken in…
